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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:26 PM

Star Member Taverner (53,321 posts)

As much as I hate this guy, I am hoping the best for his daughter, Bella

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/06/11056965-santorums-ailing-daughter-taken-to-hospital


Rick Santorum's daughter, Bella, afflicted with a chromosomal disorder, was taken to the hospital for the second time during this campaign. Santorum is home in Virginia for the Easter holiday.

"Rick and his wife Karen have taken their daughter Bella to the hospital," Santorum Communications Director Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "The family requests prayers and privacy as Bella works her way to recovery."

The Santorums have medical equipment in their Virginia home and and a nurse on call that can tend to Bella. Because of these accommodations, Bella only needs to be taken to the hospital when her condition is very serious, a person familiar with the situation told NBC News.

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Reply As much as I hate this guy, I am hoping the best for his daughter, Bella (Original post)
 Taverner Apr 2012 OP
LineReply Really terrible
 get the red out Apr 2012 #1
LineReply Poor girl struck twice by fate, first for her condition and second
 Cleita Apr 2012 #2
LineLineReply On the contrary
 gratuitous Apr 2012 #13
LineLineLineReply I dunno. If my parents made me hug a dead
 Cleita Apr 2012 #15
LineLineLineReply Seriously. If she had the last name of about 99% of the other folks here in the USA
 LynneSin Apr 2012 #16
LineLineLineReply Not really. Those with Trisomy 18 rarely survive to age 10, no matter how much care they receive.
REP Apr 2012 #22
LineLineLineLineNew Reply Thank you, I'm unfamiliar with her condition
 gratuitous Apr 2012 #27
LineReply I wish this was a teaching moment for Santorum to be compassionate
 Zalatix Apr 2012 #3
LineReply That is terribly sad
 JustAnotherGen Apr 2012 #4
LineReply Don't know if i feel more sorry for her health or the stupid Twilight name.
 slampoet Apr 2012 #5
LineLineReply Umm...her health...
 antigone382 Apr 2012 #7
LineLineReply I believe her real name is Isabella
 rox63 Apr 2012 #11
LineLineReply (facepalm)
 WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #23
LineReply Second time in just a few months.
 Wait Wut Apr 2012 #6
LineReply Yes... Of course I wish her only the best....
 hlthe2b Apr 2012 #8
LineReply Medical equipment? So, Santorum is a cafeteria science consumer?
 Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #9
LineReply best wishes for that child--on the other hand, might this be the thing that finally gets that
 niyad Apr 2012 #10
LineLineNew Reply If he has any decency he will back out...oh, wait...
 CTyankee Apr 2012 #28
LineReply Good on you for saying that.
 cali Apr 2012 #12
LineReply There are few things -- if any -- more upsetting to me than a sick child.
 RedSpartan Apr 2012 #14
LineReply Unlike the god-damned teabaggers, who wish children dead
 DiverDave Apr 2012 #17
LineReply I am sorry for their troubles.
 lapislzi Apr 2012 #18
LineReply Who cares for her when the parents travel so much or do they bring her with them?
 Peregrine Took Apr 2012 #19
LineReply Vibes for Bella
 denbot Apr 2012 #20
LineReply Bob Marshall, R-VA, called deformed babies nature's "special punishment
 just1voice Apr 2012 #21
LineNew Reply Oy - few things worse than a sick child
 leftynyc Apr 2012 #24
LineNew Reply May she get the same care that the poorest in our nation receive.
 obxhead Apr 2012 #25
LineNew Reply I'm glad that Bella has medical equipment at home and a nurse on call...
 Little Star Apr 2012 #26
LineNew Reply Bella has trisomy 18, a severe chromosonal disorder.
 s-cubed Apr 2012 #29
LineNew Reply I hope seh pulls through and after this I hope she evolves as a person...
 joeybee12 Apr 2012 #30
LineLineNew Reply She has Trisomy 18. It's unlikely she'll see her 10th birthday
 REP Apr 2012 #31
LineNew Reply Poor little thing; I wish her all the best.
 LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #32
LineNew Reply That makes you a decent human being.
 Prophet 451 Apr 2012 #33

Response to Taverner (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:28 PM

Star Member get the red out (7,315 posts)

1. Really terrible

Poor little girl. I hate it when little kids are sick. Sadness for the whole family, and no one could wish that.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:31 PM

Cleita (64,553 posts)

2. Poor girl struck twice by fate, first for her condition and second

for having to have the Santorums as parents. I wish her well in spite of both drawbacks.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:55 PM

gratuitous (49,292 posts)

13. On the contrary

She's rather lucky to have the last name of Santorum. It means her family has the means and the motivation to make sure she has top-flight medical equipment, care, and none of that icky hanging around the emergency room with the hoi polloi when her condition flares up.

Now, if every citizen could have the same access to health care, I'd feel bad for Bella's choice of family.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:11 PM

Cleita (64,553 posts)

15. I dunno. If my parents made me hug a dead

miscarried baby, I would be very traumatized. This isn't want normal parents do to their kids. Sure money can buy access to anything, but this is why we need universal health care so everyone's child can have the same access to health care that his daughter gets.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:17 PM

Star Member LynneSin (89,793 posts)

16. Seriously. If she had the last name of about 99% of the other folks here in the USA

she would have died ages ago because of not being able to afford all these medical perks.

If Rick Santorum was president, children like Bella born in working class homes would have been dealt to their own personal 'death panel'

That's the GOP way!

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:47 PM

Star Member REP (18,307 posts)

22. Not really. Those with Trisomy 18 rarely survive to age 10, no matter how much care they receive.

Last edited Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:48 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:53 PM

gratuitous (49,292 posts)

27. Thank you, I'm unfamiliar with her condition

But I'd still bet a shiny nickel that young Bella will have a far more comfortable life and far better treatment while she's here than she would if her ZIP code was, say, 90220.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:32 PM

Zalatix (8,994 posts)

3. I wish this was a teaching moment for Santorum to be compassionate

 

about everyone else who has the same problem as himself.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:36 PM

Star Member JustAnotherGen (5,601 posts)

4. That is terribly sad

She is an innocent.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:38 PM

slampoet (5,032 posts)

5. Don't know if i feel more sorry for her health or the stupid Twilight name.

Last edited Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:39 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Bad timing if the parents aren't fans.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:44 PM

antigone382 (3,366 posts)

7. Umm...her health...

Who knows why they named her that? Maybe someone important in one of their lives was named Bella. Regardless, I don't think this is the best time to be taking issue with the possible correlation between a sick child's name and a pop-culture obsession.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:53 PM

Star Member rox63 (9,423 posts)

11. I believe her real name is Isabella

And Bella is just what they call her.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:48 PM

Star Member WilliamPitt (54,470 posts)

23. (facepalm)

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:39 PM

Star Member Wait Wut (6,187 posts)

6. Second time in just a few months.

Poor little girl. And, yes, I feel for her parents, as well.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:44 PM

Star Member hlthe2b (47,287 posts)

8. Yes... Of course I wish her only the best....

BUt, I can't help thinking of the families that don't have the health care access that Santorums do. And, I think I have to reserve one heck of a lot of my sympathy for them.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:47 PM

Tom Ripley (2,648 posts)

9. Medical equipment? So, Santorum is a cafeteria science consumer?

Best to the little girl, though.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:53 PM

niyad (24,211 posts)

10. best wishes for that child--on the other hand, might this be the thing that finally gets that

worthless, woman-hating jerk to bow out of the race?

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:58 PM

Star Member CTyankee (35,116 posts)

28. If he has any decency he will back out...oh, wait...

I guess he won't be backing out...

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:53 PM

cali (80,305 posts)

12. Good on you for saying that.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:55 PM

RedSpartan (1,133 posts)

14. There are few things -- if any -- more upsetting to me than a sick child.

Best wishes to her.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:21 PM

Star Member DiverDave (3,691 posts)

17. Unlike the god-damned teabaggers, who wish children dead

Last edited Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:21 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I hope she pulls through.
NO child has to suffer because of illness.
And people that wish ill on
a child are fucking SNAKES.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:26 PM

lapislzi (4,880 posts)

18. I am sorry for their troubles.

There are few things harder for a parent to bear than the suffering of a child. But, my wish for the Santorum family is that their hearts would open to the many thousands, millions even, of suffering families in the United States and across the world.

Perhaps the Santorums believe that they are especially favored by their god. If that is so, then to whom much is given, much is expected.

If one must suffer, is it too much to hope that the suffering can be meaningful?

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:34 PM

Peregrine Took (4,153 posts)

19. Who cares for her when the parents travel so much or do they bring her with them?

Poor little girl. I will pray for her in church this afternoon.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:41 PM

Star Member denbot (3,355 posts)

20. Vibes for Bella

And those that love her..

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:46 PM

just1voice (1,362 posts)

21. Bob Marshall, R-VA, called deformed babies nature's "special punishment

 

for aborting firstborns" so Spamtorum must have committed some evil sin in psychotic repuke-land.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:52 PM

leftynyc (10,339 posts)

24. Oy - few things worse than a sick child

I will remember the family in my prayers.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:54 PM

Star Member obxhead (7,154 posts)

25. May she get the same care that the poorest in our nation receive.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:54 PM

Star Member Little Star (11,654 posts)

26. I'm glad that Bella has medical equipment at home and a nurse on call...

I'm glad she has good health care that her parents are able to afford. I'm sad she has this horrible condition and I hope she will be ok. It is heartbreaking for any parent to have a child this sick and I do feel a great deal of sympathy for the Santorum family. I wish them all well.

But my heart also breaks for others less fortunate when it comes to being able to afford good health care. sigh.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:32 PM

Star Member s-cubed (1,130 posts)

29. Bella has trisomy 18, a severe chromosonal disorder.

As one of my friends said, it is basically incompatible with life. One of my sisters carried a trisomy 18 to term. He died in childbirth, which happens with the vast majority. Those who survive childbirth usually die within a week, and the few that make it that long usually die in the first year. Bella has beaten the odds for a very long time, thanks to massive medical intervention.

I'm not trying to minimize the pain for the family and for Bella, just to put in perspective what her situation is.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:36 PM

Star Member joeybee12 (41,684 posts)

30. I hope seh pulls through and after this I hope she evolves as a person...

Unlike her parents have been unable to do.

Best wishes and good vibes, Bella.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:23 PM

Star Member REP (18,307 posts)

31. She has Trisomy 18. It's unlikely she'll see her 10th birthday

It's a severe disorder with a dismal prognosis. Those with Trisomy 18 cannot grow much in any way because of it.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:35 PM

Star Member LeftishBrit (29,620 posts)

32. Poor little thing; I wish her all the best.

Trisomy 18 is a very serious disorder, with a very bad prognosis for both quantity and quality of life.

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Sat Apr 7, 2012, 06:42 AM

Prophet 451 (6,882 posts)

33. That makes you a decent human being.

There aren't enough around these days so kudos.

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