On December 11, 1995 a mother with high blood pressure is told her blood pressure has sky-rocketed and will not come down. She is sent to a bigger hospital where the doctors perform an emergency cesearean. Baby AJ was born two months premature and weighed only 2 lbs. Because of his size he is not capable of crying like a normal-sized baby. The mother is unable to touch or hold him. Read More »
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Happy 13th Birthday AJ
By emogirl - Posted on December 11th, 2008
Tagged: Alcoholics Anonymous
• alcoholism
• Child Neglect
• DCYF
• death
• divorce
• domestic violence
• drug abuse
• law enforcement
• prematurity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Better future
Solutions are Within Our Grasp
By fallon - Posted on October 15th, 2008
The Discussion We Aren't Having
By fallon - Posted on August 20th, 2008
Tagged: cost of healthcare
• cost of prematurity
• insurance reform
• Medicaid
• premature birth
• premature infants
• prematurity
• Universal Healthcare
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
At least once a year at this time, I try to blog about prematurity in some way. Last year, I wrote about legislation that I found important. The year before, I wrote specifically about the March of Dimes and WalkAmerica. Read More »
Reflections and Racism
By fallon - Posted on April 25th, 2008
The journey that is life makes many interesting stops and detours along the way. Read More »
The responsibility gene.
By fallon - Posted on November 23rd, 2007
I suppose I should preface this post by saying that I'm not sure what this is about. In truth, I'm infuriated right now and need to write my way through it or strangle someone. My sister is an absolute moron and has me at wit's end. I've never been good at wit's end. Read More »
