tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581913724905405055.post5800034072972518288..comments2024-03-21T19:59:30.711-07:00Comments on Trust and Obey: Inside the American Medical System: Our Story, Considered (Part 4 in the Series)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581913724905405055.post-83893288923514431372014-02-27T16:11:52.613-07:002014-02-27T16:11:52.613-07:00Hi, Tristan!
I'm so glad you visited! You hav...Hi, Tristan!<br /><br />I'm so glad you visited! You have so many awesome things to contribute with all of your experiences with your sweet Mason. I'm so glad you chimed in. You're absolutely right about the prenatal diagnosis situation. Many doctors just present a scare-tactics diagnosis, followed with a recommendation to abort. Those doctors who do so do not realize that they have blood on their hands when abortion-vulnerable families take their advice. How much better to say, "Your sweet baby has some health challenges, so let's discuss how we can meet those needs, and let me hook you up with some other families who have children with similar needs." How much better to do that, than to abuse their position of authority and power. And what those scare-tactics situations always ignore is the fact that regardless of health challenges, you will LOVE your baby - and that makes the challenges doable. And that's aside from all of the issues of life ethics and the sovereignty of God in creating babies with special needs!<br /><br />Enough rambling! :) Thank you for chiming in!<br /><br />Diana Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581913724905405055.post-84855323572118805412014-02-26T18:57:40.706-07:002014-02-26T18:57:40.706-07:00Yes, agreed, all children are precious gifts!
I...Yes, agreed, all children are precious gifts! <br /><br />It has been eye opening as we had Mason and became involved in the Spina Bifida community. I'm part of an international forum and many months we have several families find the group and want to know what to do because they've learned their child will have SB. Most have scary stories of the medical professionals dire warnings of the hardship raising a child with SB would be, that the child would not really have a worthwhile life, and on and on. The abortion rate is over 60% when there is a diagnosis of SB, which is frightening. Many times the response when these families who are frightened and unsure of what to do see the pictures, posts, and videos of Mason and others like him is one of shock or surprise. They see a happy, smart child who happens to have a lot of medical needs. But you can see the joy in his face, and I hope in ours, that we are together. Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483248387092516827noreply@blogger.com