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I want to live.

Posted on 12:36 PM No Comments
Labels: anecdote, Authenticity, being exemplary, Drama, Life, stories, story

There are some parents who do not approve of the life of a deformed child. They "indulge" it from suffering.
Here we have a real life story. A child who prefer to have no legs rather than not living at all...

Omayra Sanchez (the girl pictured) was 13 years old at the time and lived with her parents, her brother and an uncle. However, prior to the tragedy, her mother had traveled to Bogotá on business. Omayra could not escape and was trapped under her own home's concrete plaque and debris.

When rescue teams tried to help her, they realized that her legs were trapped. The only feasible option was to pull her out by breaking and ripping her legs off. Omayra remained strong until the last moment of her life. According to people who were by her side during those moments, the little girl wanted to live, saying her only worry was to go back to school.

The people who were trying to save her life begged the pilots of overflying helicopters to get a pump so the water could have been drained out. After two days a pump was delivered, but unfortunately it did not work properly and finally got stuck because of the mud and debris.

A life for a Party

Posted on 12:30 AM No Comments
Labels: Life, Party, prolife, transcendence

We don't always realize that children are persons and not OPTIONS. Therefore many times we might be choosing "things" (beautiful things, though) instead of the joy children bring.
On a hard note, abortion is a very tough choice; there, selfishness prevails.
Read the following short story, illustrating this thought...

A life for a Party

Our Beloved Son, John

Posted on 12:16 AM No Comments
Labels: Life, prolife

The Beloved John

           I was called to the delivery room one night to assist with a term infant because of a small amount of meconium that was present. Meconium is the substance within the bowels of the infant before delivery, and it can sometimes signal distress or abnormality in the infant. It generally requires a pediatrician or other qualified individual to be in attendance. However, most of the time these babies are born without complication and are healthy and normal.
            In the delivery room, both mother and father were anxious yet happy as they anticipated the birth of their first baby. The pregnancy had been uneventful. But when the baby was born, it was immediately apparent that there was a significant problem. The baby was anencephalic. This means that there is essentially no upper brain, and the dome of the calvarium, or skull, is also absent. These babies generally don't survive the immediate newborn period, and often they have other significant abnormalities.
            The obstetrician immediately handed the baby to me. Even the father, beside himself in anticipation and excitement, could see that the baby was not normal. The mother had not been sedated and, of course, wanted to see her baby right away. The baby did not cry significantly, but it was not in any serious respiratory distress. It did maintain a deep bluish color, indicating the possibility of severe heart disease, which is common in these infants.

John, Our Beloved Son