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

Tue Jun 29 21:39:41 UTC 2010

Bravo, Michael!  Enjoy your R & R.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring 
Mikaelahome

> Thanks Debbie.  Michael's already been to the follow-up clinic and 
> everyone
> that saw him, both therapists and doctors commented on how happy he looks
> and how big he's getting.  And here was something really neat for my 
> parents
> to see.  They're watching him for a couple days to give me a break and 
> right
> before they left with him, Michael continued to stare in my direction.  He
> apparently didn't take his eyes off me and that's also a good sign.  I 
> kept
> thinking, "Good for you, Michael!  Let Grandma and Grandpa know that 
> Mommy's
> doing a great job! And not letting her out of their sight is one way to 
> tell
> them!"
> Leslie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Deborah Kent Stein
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:32 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
> Mikaelahome
>
>
>
> Dear Leslie,
>
> That is a wonderful idea!  I hope you can do it.
>
> Debbie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
> Mikaelahome
>
>
>>I agree a hundred percent. Sharon, I can empathize with your NICU staff
>> issues.  It's one thing being a new mother, hormones and all, but it's a
>> doublewhammy when you have to be both student and teacher and constantly
>> be
>> bombarded with questions and false assumptions.  One thing I've offered 
>> to
>> do is come back to the NICU with Michael and do a presentation on my
>> experiences, what and what not to do when dealing with parents with
>> disabilities, and so on.
>> Leslie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Sharin
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:17 AM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> 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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>>>>
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