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re: re: to j wood toCherry and Aime Sep. 12th, 2006 7:59pm
AHHHHHHHH! Thank God I read that wrong and misunderstood your post. Please accept my apology and KNOW I don't try to be ugly or argumentive. I just feel so passionate about SOME issues that I HAVE the NEED to voice my opinion and obviously TOO STRONGLY! Maybe it is me that does not understand the torment that you are struggling with to make a RIGHT medical decision for your child. I think ours happened so fast I had NO time to weigh my options and for this I am Thankful as I would have had a VERY hard time doing this ........I weigh what decisions I did make over in my mind when I get into a debate over this. Maybe this is what causes me to be soooo vocal Who Knows???? I just wish NONE of us had to make this kind of choice or decision for our childs health.......only God and the one who has had it done knows the right answer to our questions. I prayed to Mitzi's Mother and God for some peace when I was struggling with her surgery. I guess we had been through so much with her health and welfare while she was in intensive care that when she survived I KNEW at that moment that any choice I made would be right for her as God let her live and he gave her to me for a reason. I found peace in KNOWING that when he let her live it was in HER best interest and whatever choices I made for her health God trusted me to make them. The last words I said to her Mother was ....... Don't worry I will take care of your baby. This is what I am doing and EVEN THOUGH it is second time around in the parenting world for me ......it does NOT get easier. I still feel her pain....dream her dreams for a happy normal life and share the pain of CAH through her. I obviously do not express myself on the posts as well as I should and hurt some feelings. PLEASE KNOW it was not my intention. I feel sooooo overwhelmed at my age to be addressing issues concerning Mitzi's health and at times I get very confused and second guess myself in ALL aspects of child rearing second time around. I do not have the energy or the stamina I had 30 years ago with my children and they had good health and still it was hard at times ... the FEAR of KNOWING what to expect and remembering puberty and teenage issues scares the wits right out of me . BUT I plug along and stand at the bus stop with all the cute young mommies and feel blessed that I have the FAITH and good graces of God to get me through it. So JWood I really am not as spunky as you think I am just running on empty at times. I do relish the controversy and opinions of others and the support this board offers me when I am low. Please accept my apologies for not being more observative in reading your post and putting two and two together. Just remember Grandma is old and not quite as sharp as she should be !! LOL Take care and follow your heart in your decision and you will find peace. You are fortunate that you have the research and tools at hand to help you in this time of need. Sometimes FAITH is all we have.
