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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (5297)	5/14/2000 3:56:00 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

I have an interesting story that all might like to read. Two years ago, my closest friend, who is heavily involved with the Make A Wish organization, took an extremely ill 7 year old boy into her home. He had cancer. His odds of survival were poor, hence the granting of his wish. The father was out of the picture and his mother had drug and alcohol problems. After his 'wish' trip, he was again hospitalized and under went radical cancer treatment. This was to be followed by two months of critical and difficult medications if he had any chance of pulling through. His mother could not take care of herself, much less a critically ill child. The little boy had formed an attachment to my friend, so she decided to take him in and nurse him through. I advised her against it. She lives in a mansion, has four loving children, is the perfect mother in every respect, offering her children every advantage. I thought it would be cruel to expose this little boy to this dream come true environment and then snatch him from it. She decorated a special room for him. Bought him toys, clothes, music, cooked all his favorite foods. Her children loved him and would quietly play with him. She bent over backwards to make sure his mother would come and visit him at least once a week, arranging times, picking her up, even though the mother oft times would just disappear. She had familiar hospital staff come and visit him too. She also had his teacher and a few classmates come in. She tried so hard to bring him some joy and security. The poor little guy hated every second he was there. He wanted his mother, he wanted to go home. He fought my friend every step of the way, medications [sometimes it would take 2 hours to get the meds in him], foods, any and every aspect of his care. I was stunned. She stuck it out and the boy is in remission and home. Several child agencies are monitoring his health and home life. It drove home two points that I already knew. Children want to be with their parents under almost any circumstances. Young children cannot determine what is in their best interests.