kids

[stokeace]

just watching a programme on bbc1 about kids fighting cancer......how the hell can we complain about anything when these brave little kids are fighting for their lives?kind of puts things into perspective eh?

[sleepy1]

hi stokeace i could not watch it to sad for me . but your so very right does put things in to perspective . such brave kids

[stokeace]

hi sleepy it brings a lump to my throat to see these kids.it shouldnt be like this eh?

[sleepy1]

to sad for me

[stokeace]

nothing but 100% respect for the kids the families and the doctors and nurses...

[RATTER15]

I agree, well said stokeace!!!!!!!!!!!

[smudge]

I've also been watching this series - tissues at the ready.

I totally agree with you stokeface - you hear 'some' people moaning & groaning about their so called 'ills', when these poor little children are so brave & just get on with it.

God bless them all.

[nutgoneflake]

A very good friend of mine has a child with a tumour on the brain stem. It's been operated on, but will never be completely removed due to its location - tangled up with the stem, the vocal cords, trachea etc. The poor little mite is fantastic with all the trauma surrounding it - months in hospital, scans, loss of balance, loss of voice for a while (awful at any age, but this was aged nearly 3), a tracheotomy, being fed liquids by huge syringe direct into the tummy through a "peg" I think it's called. Now there are scans every 3 months just waiting for it to be actively growing again so they can begin aggressive treatment. The little one is now 4. The whole thing leaves me shocked, unable to comprehend, and yet Mum and Dad are truly the best parents you could ever hope to have. The way they, and the little one, cope takes my breath away. So, so brave. Nothing seems important and all my troubles are insignificant after spending time with them all - they're in my thoughts often, as my littlest is the same age, and when he's driving me mad I have to remind myself how lucky we all REALLY are. xx

[Octavius]

Yes I did watch it, both sad and inspirational at the same time. I do recognise however that these children are being given the best care, attention and treatment that is available in the system of health care that we have in the United Kingdom. One wonders how children with similar illnesses are cared for and encouraged in poorer nations. There are varying levels of perspective as I have seen first hand what is available and what is practised in a 3rd world country, but nevertheless the hospital staff in the programme (as are many in the UK and worldwide) quite admirable.

[fine,thanks]

stoke, if you found last night programme distressing. last weeks programme a young boys story and at the end of the it they stated sadly he had died , a handsome young scottish boy who played hockey, very sad,

[smudge]

I watched that too fine & bawled my eyes out. He was such a positive thinking boy & I was praying upon all hopes that he would survive....bless him.

[stokeace]

thanx for all your replies it is very very sad when kids are so ill.makes you realise how lucky we are i guess.there for the grace of god and all that eh?god bless them all...

[joko]

it is indeed very sad, but i think people are entitled to moan and be upset about lesser problems

it all about degrees though - wailing like a banshee because of a broken fingernail is obviously ridiculous, but cancer is undoubtedly much much worse than, say a broken finger - still hurts though and puts a person through some stress and hassle worthy of a bit of a moan.

there is always someone worse off than yourself - doesn't make life and easy ride though.


i think some people just have no realistic gauge - especially young people - nothing genuinely bad has happened to them so their internal gauge of genuine suffering is if take that split up or timmy fancies someone else.
trouble thats not really their fault is it, how can someone be expected to genuinely understand unless they have some experience of it

i agree though, it does make me feel lucky that my roof is only leaking and hasn't come down and killed me, or that my radiator only burst when i was just at my house rather than on the motorway.