I took Hadley in for his 6 month appointment yesterday. It was scheduled for early morning, but was rescheduled last minute for later in the day because the doctor was stuck at the hospital. When I finally saw the doctor he explained that a 4 month old boy was brought in the night before (while he was the pediatrician on call) with "respiratory difficulties". It turned out that those "difficulties" were caused by a bunch of huge bruises around the boy's neck that had swollen, making it hard for him to breathe. The doctor then went on to undress the boy, discovering many more bruises. He then decided to take an x-ray and found that he had had lots of broken bones, including a few currently broken ones (all of them looking like they had been let to heal on their own). I don't know for sure if the doctor spent the whole night in the hospital or just stayed late and went back early, but it sounded like he was there the whole night. Now, this doctor is one of the most soft-spoken men I've ever met, but yesterday he had a lot to say and I totally agree with him. He said that he'd just love to strangle people who can do that to a baby.
He said that the baby cried just like any other would but that instead of reaching out for people to console him (like a baby his age usually does), he just laid there. He knew he wouldn't get comfort from his parents. I can't even think about that without crying. Every time I hear about a baby in a situation like that, I just want to take him away and show him how good the world can be.
I can't believe there are actually people out there that can be like that, but it's in the news enough to make me sick. Then there are people like my friend Tara who are/would be wonderful parents but they can't even have children of their own unless they adopt. I just wish our ability to procreate was dependent upon how good of a parent we will be. But that might cause problems of its own.
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That's absolutely horrible.
I hate stories like that! I can't belive that someone would harm an innocent helpless child like that! I always tell Scott that I better not ever witness that because I would have to step in and beat the crap out of the adult...at least try to:)
How Awful!!!! It just makes me sick! Seriously, HOW could someone do that to a baby??? You know, my friends 3 kids are all from foster care (the last one hasn't been adopted yet) and the things that happen to those kids, or that their parents do just make me wonder about people. Grrrrr...it makes me mad.
SO sad! I was actually thinking a similar thought the other day. I was rocking Nathan and singing "I am a Child of God" to him and I was thinking about all those kids out there who don't get love from their parents and don't realize that they are children of God. It made me really sad. Children are SO precious. It made me wonder why some of us are so lucky to be born into families where we know we are loved and why some have to be born into situations like you described. So, so, so, so sad.
Oh, and I can't believe Hadley is 6 months old already!
That is AWFUL!!! I hope he has better life. I dont understand people. Lets all hug our children and hold them a little tighter. It is very sad that people can hurt this little children.
Jenny
that is horrible! I agree, I think that peoples ability to breed should be monitored and that some people should never be allowed to raise children.
Stories like that always make me sad. And as you mentioned in your post, I can't have them, so it is almost like a sucker punch to the stomach when I hear about people not caring and loving for their children. SO sad!
On a side note, how big is Hadley now? And another side note, you are invited to our sealing next Saturday! Oct 18th, MT Timp, @ 4:00 with a blessing to follow and then dinner at like Chuck O Rama or something like that (Yeah...we're cheesy:-))
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