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Thanks for being understanding because I REALLY do not want to offend or hurt anyone or talk about something I am REALLY not doing anything about other than whining. Like I said my energies will be spent doing positives for CAH and not whining about why I can't get the world to see my point of view. You know Aimee I would never mean to SLAM you and I honestly never thought I COULD slam Betsy. LOL She is not one to to be messed with (in my opinion) She could out debate the best of them and has documentation to back it up most of the time. DUH???? I definitely am somewhat smarter than that. LOL Anyway I wanted to say Thanks for responding because I felt so bad about writing nasty mean comments. Sometimes I just get carried away. (imagine that lol) I just KNOW I did what I had to do for Mitzi and I can't allow myself to be made to feel guilty for ANY of the childrearing roles I pursue with her. I question my parenting ability enough as is. I question every move I make and always wonder would this be what her Mother would have wanted. I DON"T have the luxury of parenting with out thinking of the consequenses....because I have already been there and I KNOW the results . Second time around you definitely TRY to avoid the same mistakes and think very hard about everything from discipline/education/ welfare in general/ and of course her treatment for CAH. I suppose that most parents come to the board to know if some of there choices are right/wrong.
In the world of PARENTING there is no such thing as the right way or the wrong way but some us feel more comfort in knowing we are doing the same things as other parents ......it is reassuring and gives us confidence in such an unconfident profession. Do we all REALLY KNOW if our choices for children are RIGHT ? OF COURSE NOT. But we do KNOW that we are doing what we feel is what is best for them in our hearts and what WE BELIEVE the medical profession continues to think is best based on what WE have researched and read and concluded. This is all we can do in the year 2005. Who knows in two years the correction procedure for genitals of children who need it may be different. We may all be sitting around with egg on our face someday saying damn I wish I had waited to do that. But we can't second guess medical health on what it may be propose of one day. WE HAVE NOW! The ones that chosse not to do it and have children confused about there gender may say damn I wish I had it done years ago. Who has the crystal ball? None of us for sure or we would not be continuing this debate to the degree of parents attacking another persons character over a believe. I have a job to do that is much more important than worrying or second guessing about WHAT is best for Mitzi down the road. I don't have the luxury of not knowing what the outcome will be or still having the perceived notion that you love them / meet there needs and have them in the RIGHT schools or in the right social circle and my kids going to be A- OK! LOL Yea Right. I KNOW BETTER! So for now I want everyone to know that I am staying within my realm of parenting decisions and choosing to believe I am doing whats best for her. As a Parent I have to believe this or I would be looking at accepted failure everyday and that would definitely be a miserable life for anyone. So for the sake of my sweet Granddaughter I Thank the medical profession for the knowledge they have today to give her the best that is possible for today. I thank Aimee for giving me the insight of knowing that CAH Does and will make my Mitzi a survivor and I thank Betsy for making me aware there are other choices and for all the research possible for the negatives of surgery. I thank the other parents that come here out of support for others to let us know what we are doing is right. This is what we have TODAY and we REALLY are indeed BLESSED to have WHAT we have TODAY to share our plus and minus of surgery/childrearing/education/ sympathy and most of all this board for being able to continue doing this.
Lets show the world that the people that come here are from all aspects of cah..... I do think the whining and the bickering and the self righteous will weaken the board. I feel trully blessed to have it at my finger tips To lose it would be a disgrace to us all and the world of cah.
