AUTHOR: Sara TITLE: Joey DATE: 2/02/2005 06:36:00 AM ----- BODY:

I have not felt much like posting, but I think I am getting over the "damnit-my-period-is-here" bump in the road. It seems to take a few days, although I unleash the waterworks at incredibly small things now, like EPT commericials, first-graders that want to hold my hand (who don't even know me), and the fact that we are out of any form of chocolate here at the house. If those things weren't enough, I found out about a little kindergartener at my school yesterday who has had a really unfortunate accident. I know we here in the blog-world of infertility-challenged are overwhelmed anyway with our own screwed-up situations surrounding children,(or the DESIRE for children) but I wanted to share with you just in case anyone wants to help out in some way. (I also know we spend every extra dime on the medicine and treatments that are not covered by our cheap-ass insurance companies, so I doubt there will be many that COULD help, even if they wanted to.) Being a teacher myself, I am only able to put forth a little pocket change, so to speak, but everything helps. This is Joey's site.He has been attending our school this year in Las Vegas and I believe he was staying with family here, although the majority of his family lives in Arizona. At the beginning of January, he somehow managed to pull down a very large, heavy television off an entertainment center and it dropped on his head. You hear of this happening all the time, it seems, with young children. We hear of how important it is to station these pieces of furniture. Regardless, it happened and Joey is in the children's ICU here at University Medical Center. Joey's family does not have medical insurance. Joey is not doing well. However, they think he will live, despite having skull and brain removed. It is so incredibly sad. His classroom was next door to mine and he is the child in line making the witty comments, he is the child that catches the attention of those outside of his class with his sweet, infectious laugh. I have cried enough about it. I thought I would pass the site along to you and if you chose to help or sign his guestbook, thank you. Having children seems to be something we are all working so hard for. Once you have them, the challenge is overcoming the fear of things like this happening. My friend Nancy used to say that when you have children, you are "setting yourself up for heartache." This comment used to annoy me to no end, but I guess in a sense it is true. You end up loving this person you created so much that you would die for them and do everything to keep them healthy. Have a great Wednesday. Hugs to all the women in our "community" that have recently become mothers or are about to - we may neglect to realize you have just as much, if not more, on your plate than we do, the women who are striving to be mothers too someday. And send your warm thoughts Joey's way, too.

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