[blparent] Challenges with hospital

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

For goodness sake, do you have to argue with everything?  I only suggested 
switching hospitals as an option, which it often is, especially in larger 
metropolitan areas where there is frequently more than one NICU.  I never 
said it would work in all cases, but it is definitely an idea to consider 
much of the time.

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:17 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Challenges with hospital

> 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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