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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 339987" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>(((hugs))) klmno</p><p></p><p>That is so very heart breaking. How horrid for the parents and that child to have to endure so much. </p><p></p><p>When we were living in Dayton and my kids were young......we had a very nice neighbor. She was a young Mom and stopped as she went in and out of her apartment to talk to us often. She lived with her sister and both had 1 yr old's she a girl and the sister a boy. Kids being kids, one day asked her why her baby wasn't ever allowed out to play. She explained that her daughter had a serious heart defect and exertion could kill her.</p><p></p><p>Well.......being my kids, they came up with a way for the baby to get to play with them. The kids had a wagon with the wooden slat sides. And when the neighbor brought the baby girl out to play they would sit her in the wagon and pull her up and down the street. They had a blast making her laugh and giving her rides. If it rained we would go over so she could play with the kids inside. And the Mom enjoyed having someone to talk to who could understand about her daughter's condition.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly we didn't see them for a couple of weeks. We were worried. One day the Mom was running into her apartment when I stopped her to ask how she was doing. Turned out the baby (then about 18-20 months old) had taken a turn for the worst and was in ICU at children's. I held the Mom while she sobbed. (I never did see any other family except her sister)</p><p></p><p>The kids had to get something for the baby to make her feel better. We chose a really cute teddy bear and gave it to the Mom. The baby didn't make it. </p><p></p><p>We were devistated. I swore then I'd never regret a single moment, no matter how bad it seemed at the time, with my kids.</p><p></p><p>That baby had spent the majority of her life in hospital getting poked prodded and tested. The few months when she got to play with my kids was the only time she'd ever been home. She was waiting for a donor heart</p><p></p><p>It's far too easy to take life and those you love for granted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 339987, member: 84"] (((hugs))) klmno That is so very heart breaking. How horrid for the parents and that child to have to endure so much. When we were living in Dayton and my kids were young......we had a very nice neighbor. She was a young Mom and stopped as she went in and out of her apartment to talk to us often. She lived with her sister and both had 1 yr old's she a girl and the sister a boy. Kids being kids, one day asked her why her baby wasn't ever allowed out to play. She explained that her daughter had a serious heart defect and exertion could kill her. Well.......being my kids, they came up with a way for the baby to get to play with them. The kids had a wagon with the wooden slat sides. And when the neighbor brought the baby girl out to play they would sit her in the wagon and pull her up and down the street. They had a blast making her laugh and giving her rides. If it rained we would go over so she could play with the kids inside. And the Mom enjoyed having someone to talk to who could understand about her daughter's condition. Suddenly we didn't see them for a couple of weeks. We were worried. One day the Mom was running into her apartment when I stopped her to ask how she was doing. Turned out the baby (then about 18-20 months old) had taken a turn for the worst and was in ICU at children's. I held the Mom while she sobbed. (I never did see any other family except her sister) The kids had to get something for the baby to make her feel better. We chose a really cute teddy bear and gave it to the Mom. The baby didn't make it. We were devistated. I swore then I'd never regret a single moment, no matter how bad it seemed at the time, with my kids. That baby had spent the majority of her life in hospital getting poked prodded and tested. The few months when she got to play with my kids was the only time she'd ever been home. She was waiting for a donor heart It's far too easy to take life and those you love for granted. [/QUOTE]
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