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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 280601" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Ok, follow me here...</p><p>***</p><p>My brother's wife's brother has twin daughters that were born healthy. At about 18 months old, they started to physically digress, starting with their upper bodies. They eventually lost the ability to walk, sit up unassisted, talk, and even to breathe and eat on their own. They are in wheel chairs on ventilators with 24 hour in-home nursing staff. </p><p>***</p><p>For years, the parents were not allowed to leave the house at the same time because of provisions on the nursing staff - a parent had to present in the home to make life and death decisions at all times. Eventually, a few people were given "authority" and they were allowed as respite providers, but it took time. For several years, if the husband was at work, the wife HAD to stay home; when husband came home, she could then go get groceries, etc.</p><p>***</p><p>I was there visiting one Saturday and she was going grocery shopping while he was home, so I rode along. He called just as we got to town and had been called in to work and had to be there in 30 minutes. She used the placard and parked in a HC spot. I decided then, that while I know the spots get abused a lot, I can't always judge. Should she not have used that card? I certainly couldn't fault her for it.</p><p>***</p><p>I also remember reading a book when I was a teenager called "Alex, the life of a child". It was biography about a little girl with CF. On the day she died, she wanted grape soda, so her able-bodied dad ran to the grocery store, knowing she was dying, and bought her grape soda. I don't recall if he parked in a HC spot or not, but I often think of that passage in the book when I see someone standing in line at the store looking impatient. The vast majority of the time, I'm sure they aren't buying grape soda as their dying child's last wish, but how do I know. There was a day in that man's life that he was...and I wouldn't have faulted him for using a HC spot.</p><p>***</p><p>Just a couple experiences I had that made me look at things a little different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 280601, member: 1848"] Ok, follow me here... *** My brother's wife's brother has twin daughters that were born healthy. At about 18 months old, they started to physically digress, starting with their upper bodies. They eventually lost the ability to walk, sit up unassisted, talk, and even to breathe and eat on their own. They are in wheel chairs on ventilators with 24 hour in-home nursing staff. *** For years, the parents were not allowed to leave the house at the same time because of provisions on the nursing staff - a parent had to present in the home to make life and death decisions at all times. Eventually, a few people were given "authority" and they were allowed as respite providers, but it took time. For several years, if the husband was at work, the wife HAD to stay home; when husband came home, she could then go get groceries, etc. *** I was there visiting one Saturday and she was going grocery shopping while he was home, so I rode along. He called just as we got to town and had been called in to work and had to be there in 30 minutes. She used the placard and parked in a HC spot. I decided then, that while I know the spots get abused a lot, I can't always judge. Should she not have used that card? I certainly couldn't fault her for it. *** I also remember reading a book when I was a teenager called "Alex, the life of a child". It was biography about a little girl with CF. On the day she died, she wanted grape soda, so her able-bodied dad ran to the grocery store, knowing she was dying, and bought her grape soda. I don't recall if he parked in a HC spot or not, but I often think of that passage in the book when I see someone standing in line at the store looking impatient. The vast majority of the time, I'm sure they aren't buying grape soda as their dying child's last wish, but how do I know. There was a day in that man's life that he was...and I wouldn't have faulted him for using a HC spot. *** Just a couple experiences I had that made me look at things a little different. [/QUOTE]
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