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

Tue Jun 29 17:30:14 UTC 2010

As a small step toward educating professionals, the pamphlet we've been 
working on, "Parenting without Sight," is finally done.  Copies will be on 
hand at the NFB convention or can be ordered from the Independence Market at 
the National Center for the Blind.  Many people on this list contributed 
their ideas and photos, so this is very much a community effort to help 
ensure that blind parents are treated with respect and families are not 
needlessly shattered.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharin" <coffeemommy at verizon.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:17 AM
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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