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The reason for disabled kids….

There is a politician in Virginia who believes… ” disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy. ”

I won’t say his name, because that in my book would be akin to an endorsement.

I say this Mr. Politician.  My wife has never had an abortion, not that it is any business of yours.  We have a couple of kids with disabilities.  How do you explain that?

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I and a huge number of other parents of kids with special needs take offense at your words.  Be happy I don’t live in Virginia anymore, I would do everything in my power to see that you got recalled.

It is one thing to be against abortion.  I am not in favor of it myself, but until I grow my own vagina, I am not going to tell a woman what to do with hers.  However, to blame subsequent births and any special needs that those children may or may not have on abortion is an atrocity of inhumane proportions.  Where is your compassion Mr. Politician?

I say that the reason that kids have special needs is because God has seen fit to bless them, and their parents with those needs.  What is your excuse?  I can say that my kids behavior is based in part of Autism, or Reactive Attachment Disorder.  Can your mother or father say the same about yours?

People of Virgina, I hope that you vote this guy out of office.
Here is a link to an article about his statements.
http://www.wtop.com/41/1894168/Lawmaker-Disabled-kids-are-gods-punishment

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so tired. hospital again

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I am so tired.  I was able to catch 15 minutes of nap time here and there this morning, but it isn’t like it was when I was 20 and 15 minutes felt like a couple of hours sleep when we were on maneuvers at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

David has been going pretty much non-stop since yesterday. I had a brief respite from him when he was asleep for about three hours, but… I wasn’t asleep.  so I have been awake for the most part since yesterday.  Thankfully my daughter is going to be my eyes for a while this afternoon so I can sleep a bit.

I am due in Denver for three days at the end of the week, and we have family coming to stay with the kids while I am gone.  So since David is actively non-compliant with his meds, I will be putting him back in the hospital tomorrow.  I would do it today, but I need him to be there thru Friday.  We will have to see how the afternoon goes.

Trouble with that is, they only keep him long enough to get him stable on his meds again.  Last night he threw up his meds three times.  And the last two times he did it, I had no idea until I confronted him about it.  See, 20 mg of melatonin should pretty much knock him out.  I gave him 40 mg over three hours and he still hasn’t slept.

To read about a family similar to ours, check out Lost and Tired

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