[blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaelahome

Tue Jun 29 16:26:18 UTC 2010

I'm really interested in hearing how the book is coming for professionals 
about blind parents.  It seems to me that it would be a first step in the 
education process, at least for those who are willing to be educated.

Also, is there a way to make a credit card donation, specifically for the 
purpose of this legal issue, and not just to the NFB general fund?

I feel very lucky that I had a wonderful experience at a good hospital where 
very people had doubts, or at least very few people expressed them.

Jo Elizabeth
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From: "Sharin" <coffeemommy at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:17 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring 
Mikaelahome

> The hospital should definitely be sued, when this is all over and she is
> home with her parents where she belongs. And the nurse should be fired. 
> The
> CPS workers should also be given some kind of disciplinary action; they 
> are
> supposed to be able to correctly assess situations.
>
> This really hit close to home for me. When my twins were in the NICU, 
> there
> were 2 nurses who wrote down every question I asked and said I would of
> course always need to have someone at home with me and the boys. It got to
> the point that I was not able to bond with my boys during the little time 
> I
> had to spend with them each day and I was afraid of exactly this 
> happening.
> I went to the mead dr. of the NICU and she arranged a meeting with the
> nurses, a social worker, and a couple of other dr.s. I was an exhausted 
> new
> mother and so all that happened was a reprimanding of the nurses. I always
> thought maybe I had been a bit paranoid, hormones and all, at the time. 
> But
> reading this tells me that we have to somehow increase the awareness of 
> the
> capability of disabled parents so that this situation will never again
> occur. BTW, some of the other nurses helped me to learn how to nurse both
> babies at once, a difficult task with preemies who aren't so good at
> latching on; it took a lot of practice, trial and error. Now my boys are 
> the
> biggest in their class so I guess blind mothers can nurse just as good as
> sighted ones, eh?
>
>
> Sharin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:53 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
> Mikaelahome
>
> Hi,
>
> the bonding time with not just her mother but both parents is what I 
> thought
>
> of when I read this.  It's sickening that people feel that blindness is a
> reason to take children from parents, and first time parents at that. 
> What
> first time parent knows how to nurse and who isn't nervous about taking 
> care
>
> of a brand new baby?
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
> Mikaelahome
>
>
>>I think the hospital should be sued for this and the nurse fired.  I want
>>to just strangle those people who act like this, and the baby has lost
>>precious bonding time with her mother.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
>> Mikaelahome
>>
>>
>>> This just puts me in tears.  Is it really going to cost all that much?
>>> What about the ACLU?  Is there any place to make a donation by credit
>>> card for people who will not be attending the convention?  I can't
>>> believe she isn't home yet!
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:43 PM
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela
>>> home
>>>
>>>> Here is an update, we all have been waiting to hear. Veronica
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debbie
>>>> Wunder
>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:27 PM
>>>> To: Chapter Presidents
>>>> Subject: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home
>>>>
>>>> Sugar & Spice
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And Everything Nice
>>>>
>>>> That is what little Girls Are Made Of
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Erica and Blake, a young couple awaiting the birth of their first child
>>>> with
>>>> joy and happiness. BabyMikaela  was born at 12:45pm, May 21. Not unlike
>>>> many
>>>> new mothers Erica experienced some difficulty in her first breast
>>>> feeding
>>>> ofMikaela, she called the nurse for some advise. By 6:00pm child
>>>> protective
>>>> services arrived at the hospital to say the parents could not
>>>> takeMikaela
>>>> home, unless they had a sighted person to live with them.
>>>>
>>>> In all the investigations, blindness is the only reason sited for the
>>>> parents not being allowed to leave with their new baby girl.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Missouri affiliate has hired an attorney at $250 per hour, and her
>>>> assistant at $85 per hour to bring Mikaela home where she belongs!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please help with any donations possible to unite this family. You may
>>>> stop
>>>> by the Missouri table, B 114 in the exhibit hall, or come by our
>>>> delegation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We, the National Federation of the Blind can bring Mikaela home to her
>>>> parents where she belongs! Thank you for any help you can give.
>>>>
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