posted February 07, 2012 11:00 AM            

I take it this is some juvenile code for attacking comments then??

SaggiMC,

All MC2012 was saying was for AriesDragon to stop playing the computer game on his PC/XBox 360/Playstation 3, whichever it may be, and ask some questions about astrology.

Edited out about the reference to "Jer"

There was nothing caustic in that statement.

posted February 07, 2012 12:20 PM            

My name is Ian. To make it more personal, I have four children, but two are in Heaven (both daughters). My two sons are with me and I treasure them dearly every day. My heart is with you on the loss of your wife, bud.

posted February 07, 2012 12:21 PM            

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Originally posted by RunAroundScreaming:
I think his name is Jerry. Lol.

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Ahhh... thanks

posted February 07, 2012 01:17 PM            

My wife and I lost our first child, a daughter, two days after birth to a rare genetic disease. Signs of this disease did not show up in the standard 24th week ultrasound. The bottom line is that the kidneys stopped functioning sometime between the 27th and 30th weeks. Mal-formed kidneys produce a rapid or gradual loss of amniotic fluid. Such a loss produces underformed lungs, the baby cannot breathe, which in turn causes gradual brain damage. At birth, underdeveloped lungs make the bad kidneys moot. Ventrilator support can only occur for so long, and one cannot live on pure oxygen forever.

My second daughter was loss through a late term mishap, and perhaps also from the inception of this genetic kidney disease, but medicine cannot provide full confirmation. The accident occurred in early March where there was a rainstorm, followed by snow and then a rapid deep freeze. My wife stepped out on a sheet of black ice on the driveway leading to the side door steps. I'm fortunate to just have my wife because she slipped and her head bonked the right angle corner of concrete steps, causing a concussion and the worry of sub-cranial hematoma. I wasn't about to lose my wife due to cranial internal bleeding. MRI showed that she was alright, and that our baby, a daughter on the ultrasound (again, not 100% conclusive) was alright. Then, as April progressed, despite weekly monitoring, the baby got more and more lethargic and died in utero. We had a pre-mature third trimester birth of a dead baby.

My eldest son was born in between both daughters and had the same genetic issues. Given information from the death of my eldest daughter, we were able to intervene very aggressively and save his life. He had a kidney transplant as a baby at 9 months old. He is now 16 years old (10th grade) and doing well and leading a regular life, albeit with chronic illness for the rest of his life.

My second boy, and my youngest child, is fully healthy and is now 7 years old (1st grade).

My daughters are buried side by side. I thought that shopping for a casket and undertaker three days after my daughter's birth was the hardest thing I had done in my life. I was incorrect. Burying my daughters was the hardest thing.

About 16 months after my second daughter was buried, I nearly lost my life myself in 9/11/2001. I was up on the 82nd Floor of Two World Trade Center (Centre) that fateful morning. I was about 12 minutes from being turned into dust and debris.

Behind people are real life stories. I'm sure you have quite a few of your own too.

posted February 07, 2012 05:07 PM            

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Originally posted by ariesdragon:
Oh and thanks RAS

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Great stories, wow! Sometimes amazing things are shared from the heart on this forum, and I appreciate so much that I'm a part of it.

posted February 13, 2012 01:59 PM            

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Originally posted by ariesdragon:
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO YOU MY DEAR FRIENDS...
May your day bring you love, plenty of sunshine
with happy tears and that it may keep you sheltered all
Year through xoxo

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Aww thank you! I hope everyone else sees this post!