[blparent] Challenges with hospital

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Someone suggested switching hospitals if you don't like one for whatever 
reason.  Unfortunately, that doesn't always work, especially if there is 
only one hospital where there is a NICU.  In which case, you just have to do 
your best ot educate staff.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karla Hudson" <HudsonKC at msu.edu>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 1:23 PM
Subject: [blparent] Challenges with hospital


> Hi Group,
>
> I have been watching the posts regarding the family who may have taken 
> their
> baby away by CPS. I have mentioned this before on this list. When I had my
> first child I had an interesting experience with hospital nurse with 28 
> year
> of experience. The hospital Social Worker also offered us WIC when we were
> totally not qualified. I believe these individuals have an interest in
> protecting the child. I am thinking they just do not know exactly what to
> protect them from when it comes to blind people. They make all kinds of
> assumptions as they are unable to believe that they themselves could care
> for a child without sight.
>
> Also, I think as persons who are blind we need to become better at lying.
> When asked if I would have sighted help at home with my baby I lied and
> indicated that I would have such help. The joke was on them as the friend
> who came to help me was also blind and happened to be on staff at the
> hospital. Anyway, after all the annoying challenges the hospital put my 
> way
> I finally wrote a letter to the CEO a few months after my daughter was 
> born.
> Well, the Social worker had to contact me and apologized. Did I let her 
> off
> the hook? No, she received a lecture from me regarding the importance of
> reviewing the file before making assumptions. She would have seen there 
> that
> we did not qualify for WIC and that our OBGYN wrote a note indicating that
> we were extremely independent and prepared to have our child.
>
> So this can happen to the best and most independent of blind individuals.
>
> Karla
>
>
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