On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:22:51 -0500, Teresa Pitman
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  The parents are very hopeful that he will have some recovery,
>> but his test results are grave, so we just don't know.  It's been very
>> painful for this mom to deal with healthcare providers who are trying to
>> make her "face reality."  Several even suggested to the parents that they
>> simply don't feed him, and another nurse told her while she was cuddling
>the
>> baby "You know he won't be this cute and cuddly when he gets bigger."
>

>I cannot tell you how angry this makes me.

Me too.  Why do so many people think that if you can't have a full life you
should have no life?  Maybe they think they are sparing the parents future
pain?
-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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