Ian David
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:54 PM
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| 8. There are people who think their cat can smile. n/t |
| -Baby without brain turns one... |
thenooch |
Dec-18-09 05:36 PM |
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Well, SOMEBODY's gotta |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-18-09 05:38 PM |
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LOL! Good one! |
valerief |
Dec-18-09 06:59 PM |
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Dec-18-09 05:38 PM |
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If he's laughing, he's not anencephalic. |
Warpy |
Dec-18-09 05:40 PM |
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I know it. That is impossible. |
debbierlus |
Dec-18-09 05:41 PM |
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There are people who think their cat can smile. n/t |
Ian David |
Dec-18-09 05:54 PM |
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I'm no doctor but I thought the same thing... |
walldude |
Dec-18-09 06:10 PM |
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Anencephalics have a brain stem. That's what controls breathing. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-18-09 06:19 PM |
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Nonetheless they usually either die in utero or very shortly after birth. I read 8 days, tops... |
Hekate |
Dec-18-09 06:33 PM |
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This baby clearly has just enough of a brain to keep it alive. Just. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-18-09 06:37 PM |
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Terry Schiavo smiled and tracked a balloon -- or so they said |
mainer |
Dec-18-09 06:16 PM |
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It happened in 1978... |
pipi_k |
Dec-18-09 06:25 PM |
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Same thing happen to me with a holly bush ... |
RoyGBiv |
Dec-18-09 06:30 PM |
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Did you sneak out the next night |
pipi_k |
Dec-18-09 06:38 PM |
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Oregano laced with PCP did stuff like that. |
Warpy |
Dec-18-09 06:36 PM |
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Ooooh, maybe that's what it was...!!! |
pipi_k |
Dec-18-09 06:40 PM |
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yup-- thanks for making this point.... |
mike_c |
Dec-18-09 06:44 PM |
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Omg. That is so, so, so, so, so, so sad. |
debbierlus |
Dec-18-09 05:40 PM |
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that's just terrible |
mddem9850 |
Dec-18-09 05:43 PM |
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If he survives a few more decades... |
PatGund |
Dec-18-09 05:49 PM |
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That's awful. nt |
Liquorice |
Dec-18-09 06:07 PM |
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Wouldn't be any worse than the last one. n/t |
calico1 |
Dec-18-09 07:34 PM |
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This is a shitty diagnosis and a poorly-researched/written story. |
Poll_Blind |
Dec-18-09 06:04 PM |
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He looks microcephalic, not anencephalic |
REP |
Dec-18-09 06:11 PM |
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I agree--microcephaly is probably more accurate. nt |
Hekate |
Dec-18-09 06:14 PM |
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He's blind, deaf, can't sit, and can't suck. This grotesquerie ... is a "miracle"? nt |
Hekate |
Dec-18-09 06:13 PM |
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It's tragic. One simply cannot have emotions when lacking a cerebrum. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-18-09 06:22 PM |
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I would be freaked out if that were my child. |
KittyWampus |
Dec-18-09 06:24 PM |
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As awful as it is - and quality of life isn't even at issue here |
enlightenment |
Dec-18-09 06:26 PM |
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I feel very sorry for these people. i think they're doin the best they can . |
hedgehog |
Dec-18-09 06:33 PM |
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I agree with that much. That the local news station chose it as a feel-good Christmas story... |
Hekate |
Dec-18-09 06:36 PM |
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Agreed. Maybe because he's a Christmas baby? |
enlightenment |
Dec-18-09 06:43 PM |
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Yeah, turning this story into a feel-good piece is...kinda sick, actually. n/t |
Poll_Blind |
Dec-18-09 06:44 PM |
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I wouldn't consider this a "miracle" either. |
LisaL |
Dec-18-09 07:51 PM |
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WTF, that kid looks microcephalic. In Anencephaly there is simply no cranium. |
Odin2005 |
Dec-18-09 06:42 PM |
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There isn't any one default look for anencephaly |
Posteritatis |
Dec-18-09 07:27 PM |
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"Miracle"?? "Saint Nicholas"?? |
JNelson6563 |
Dec-18-09 06:57 PM |
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It's telling that almost anything online about anencephaly is from pro-lifers. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Dec-18-09 07:29 PM |
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Wow, I didn't know Glenn Beck had kids. |
name not needed |
Dec-18-09 07:01 PM |
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He can always be a republican president. |
Turbineguy |
Dec-18-09 07:05 PM |
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He sure plays a mean Pin Ball however... |
Boxerfan |
Dec-18-09 07:10 PM |
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You think that disability = grotesque? |
lightningandsnow |
Dec-18-09 07:21 PM |
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that's not a disabilty.... |
thenooch |
Dec-18-09 07:32 PM |
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Oh, stop it. |
lightningandsnow |
Dec-18-09 07:37 PM |
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Muscular dystrophy is nowhere near the same thing as what this child has...nt |
SidDithers |
Dec-18-09 07:55 PM |
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So, in 34 more years, he will run for the GOP Presidential candidate? |
Deja Q |
Dec-18-09 07:40 PM |
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He cannot see, cannot hear... at least he has no frontal lobes to think with. |
Deja Q |
Dec-18-09 07:44 PM |
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Hatred for profoundly disabled people does not belong on a |
tonysam |
Dec-18-09 07:52 PM |
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This. |
lightningandsnow |
Dec-18-09 07:54 PM |
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A baby Terri Schiavo |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-18-09 07:55 PM |
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It's happened before. |
Lyric |
Dec-18-09 07:59 PM |
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We're locking this. |
pinto |
Dec-18-09 08:22 PM |
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