Today, I crossed one of my fears. I had been given a recumbant bike by a person that put it in the online classifieds for free. I wanted it because I thought with my knee problems I would be able to do that in my home and not have such high impact on my knees so that I could get regular exercise. I got it, probably closer to a year ago. It took a while for me to get it into the home because it was a bit heavy and cumbersome. Finally, I got it in the home, but then I have moved it around in my home; trying to find the best location for it. For the past few months, it has been sitting parrallel to the couches and directly in front of the tv. Procrastination has been working its charm and I put a bunch of fears into my head — seemingly very unnecessary fears. One of the greatest fears was that it would hurt my knees as I cycled the peddles; boy, I was wrong! Okay. Now the next hurdle is to set up a schedule of riding it each day — maybe even several times a day. I have to remember to take one step at a time though.
Emilio was granted an extended life by the Travis County Courts to try to find other hospitals willing to continue this 17 month old’s life as it stands today — on resucitation. Folks are questioning the quality of this boy’s life while others say that people have been left on resucitation means for lots longer than this young boy has been.
Larry Birkhead is Anna Nicole’s baby’s true father per DNA results. Personally, I am relieved. He seems to be much more level headed than anyone else in the spectrum and will, hopefully, not let the money get in the way of raising the daughter in as little limelight as possible; something that her Mom didn’t ever had the chance of doing.
[...] 20th, 2007 by txbluebonnet In following up on my Bits and Pieces posting, I had mentioned that Baby Emilio Gonzales’ Mother was fighting hard to keep Baby [...]
RE comments on Baby Emilio. there is no case. There was no wrong done. The bishop of the Catholic church agreed that letting him go was the right and moral thing to do. The hospital, the ethics committee, the hospitals that refused to take him the ad litem who was hired to decide for him all decided that the good, just and moral thing to do was to take the child off the respirator and let him die. Yet there is a suit, an outcry. for what? For the bad luck that gave this 23 year old a child with a terminal illness? The hospital did all that it could. Which of us does not rail against fate when these things happen? But to take it to court? Wrong, wrong, wrong.
The hospital and nurses should not be forced to cause pain and suffering to anyone for anyone else’s benefit. The services will not be there for you or me if this keeps up. It was wrong and immoral to waste these special, expensive resources on a dead baby. For the money that was spent thousands of other children who could have benefitted from treatment could have been cared for. This was a travesty.
Who said that there is a case to pursue? The only Courts involved were the formal proceedings necessitated by the fine lines of the laws as it stands in Texas currently in terminating the care of this child at a hospital. This doesn’t need to be tried out in court. The court is a moot point at this conjuncture. No one ever said it should be a case to be tried still. However, do laws still need to be changed in Texas? Yes. Can the legislators in the Texas Legislature do something about in their Legislature? Yes.
I do agree that the money is needed for many health care needs of children and adults alike. Whether or not this will be resolved with some form of health care reform is anyone’s guess. Currently, I believe that the Texas Legislators have some health care bills before them to decide as well.
While the whole thing is indeed a travesty, it doesn’t mean that it is all in vain. Out of even the most grim of situations can blossom some good. The Bible teaches that to us all who believe in the Catholic Church, or any other Church we believe in.