Posted on 04/18/2002 5:14:44 AM PDT by nina0113
On a seemingly normal February day, the perfect storm arrived. The storm consisted of influenza A, pneumonia and a wheezing episode merged in the lungs of our severely disabled daughter. There are no forecasting methodologies or advance warning systems for such pulmonary disasters and so our home filled with paramedics who broke suburbia's monotony with the lights and sirens of a Code 3 ambulance trip.
She usually writes about matters of ethics (she's an ethics professor at ASU), which naturally targets the socialists among us. The local paper that runs her on Wednesdays has a phone-in column called "The Vent," and usually Friday's has the hate-calls. She's gotta be one tough lady to take all that crap and still hang in there. I've emailed her a few times to lend encouragement.
mmjdiary@aol.com or Website
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