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Charlotte Wyatt to go into foster care

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ginmummy · 16/10/2006 06:48

...because, according to the news, her seperated parents can't give her the care that she needs. It so sad, I want to cry. Poor, poor Charlotte, poor, poor parents.

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Socci · 17/10/2006 22:58

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niceglasses · 17/10/2006 22:59

Yep, Humph is right. In all of this, its only Charlotte that matters. I never came on here for a row, its pointless and I hate rows.

kittythescarygoblin · 17/10/2006 23:00

Stick around rust. It can be like this sometimes. It's a bit like a carnival. The way to survive is to hold your ground and keep as calm as you can, whatever is thrown at you. Remember, most of Mn is a nice place to be and most posters are level headed and reasonable people.

sorrell · 17/10/2006 23:00

No, he specialises in badly written, misspelled, patronising claptrap. Bless him.

HumphreyComfreyCushion · 17/10/2006 23:02

And sometimes rust, posters are able to see things from the perspective of others, and they learn tolerance and understanding of differing points of view.

Sometimes.

re123 · 17/10/2006 23:03

just joined this site,whats happening is it about everyone bitching or about charlotte

kittythescarygoblin · 17/10/2006 23:04

Humphry, if you're very lucky he might be
Now I really am off to bed, sorry to cut short your target practice.
Just incase there are any lurking suspicions that my dp and I are infact the same person and that I stay awake 'till the small hours and then get up 3 hours later to get up 5 kids. Great idea that one, not very well thought through, but hey,there you go.

Piffle · 17/10/2006 23:04

this thread is more about a clash of iron wills then the Wyatts now methink

bigbird2003 · 17/10/2006 23:04

Rust - you know what, i honestly don't know. I have met some children as severely disabled as Charlotte Wyatt and although their lives are filled with difficulties, they still smile beautiful, happy from the heart smiles!

When we were asked to consider DNR, we refused. We felt she had the right of the chance to have a life.

If one of my children had an accident now, I'd listen to the experts and if there brainstem had died, then I'd probably agree to life support being removed. There is no other situation that it would be legal to end their lives (euthanasia is illegal in the UK)

I think this is where people are getting confused about the Wyatt story. The doctors didn't ask to stop little Charlottes life. The wanted a DNR. In the end, Charlotte didn't arrest and so the DNR wasn't needed. She survived against the odds. The doctors got it wrong, they said her life should be counted in weeks and months, now they say in months and years. Plain and simple they got it wrong!!!

rust · 17/10/2006 23:05

I have to say it seems only a few people seem to be really rude and kitty's view are not and she does not seem to attack like a few of the girls who can not cope with adult conversation,

rust · 17/10/2006 23:09

re123 this started as a healthy debate but now its about whether you use the right english and have the right views like gss and s and s

Socci · 17/10/2006 23:10

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kittythescarygoblin · 17/10/2006 23:12

You catch on quick rust, ok, I'm really going to bed now.

HumphreyComfreyCushion · 17/10/2006 23:15

rust, this is off-topic, but as the mother of two dyslexic children, and the wife of a dyslexic DH, it annoys me when posters comment negatively on the spelling and grammar of others.

I think it's rude and unnecessary.

I'm more interested in the point of view that is being expressed in a post than whether it is an example of perfectly presented English.

There is a certain snobbery that exists on MN that implies that a person is not as intellectually capable if their spelling or grammar is not perfect.

Life is not an English Language examination.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 17/10/2006 23:15

niceglasses - the comment that was offensive to kitty has now been deleted so you wont find it

Sorrell - have to say - Im a little aghast at your comments re literacy - surely inappropriate?

So, so sad if tonights newspaper article has any truth in it. Poor Charlotte

Socci · 17/10/2006 23:17

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BATtymumma · 17/10/2006 23:18

i only posted a few minutes ago and it had nothing to do with grammer or insults.
i think RE123 if you cut through the petty snipes and name calling there is a debate in this thread somewhere.

i would advise you read only if you have many hours and a thick skin

rust · 17/10/2006 23:18

bb i also see quite a few children with needs and can see something in all of them but its a really tuff road and there is not a mummy out there that takes it lightly,

and i am not sure if they can say doctors got it wrong??

I can;t judge her quality of life, but i know so many adults that say if i had a bad accident and was left with little movement and lots of pain i would rather die..... and just think that to keep her alive might be a bit selfish,

i just hope she is comfortable.....

and i don't feel any thing but sadness for the family, nobody knows how they would react if in the same situation, and we are not all born the brains of briton, they might not always do the right thing or make the right disision but it can't be easy..

and i still agree with kitty there is not a bottomless pit of money today i got told my son needs splints and pedros but the fund manager says he can only have one or the other against his physio advice and we are talking £50....

VeniVidiVickiQV · 17/10/2006 23:19

Dammit - yes I forgot that too...

The pnd comment SUCKED.

kittythescarygoblin · 17/10/2006 23:21

Mr. Kitty writing:
I agree VVV, if anyone does want to check what Sorrell calls, "badly written, misspelled, patronising claptrap" I posted at 2.17am this morning.
There may be a couple of typos, I don't know, see what YOU think.

Socci · 17/10/2006 23:23

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rust · 17/10/2006 23:23

ok ok i think i have said quite a few times that my comment was sssssssooooooo terrible and out of order, so lets call it to an end and talk about the debate,

Could everyone on site please understand my comment was so terrible i am ashamed and did not mean to cause offence to any one with pnd, a good friend of mine has it and i will ask her tomorrow if it offeneds her ( will be interesting) but i can not do any more than appologise........

Donkeyswife · 17/10/2006 23:25

Kitty, yes, but maybe Charlotte's parents were all consumed in their grief of her terrible illness and were doing the best they could in fighting for her life. I know if I were in their shoes, I'd do the same in a heartbeat. And, man, if only we coudl all have such control in making decisions life would be a whole darn lot easier but it ain't like that is it? They were doing their best for her and cost should not come into it.

bigbird2003 · 17/10/2006 23:25

Rust - the docs did get it wrong...they said she wouldn't live and have no quality of life. They didn't say bad/poor quality. That little girl has some quality of life!!

And also, if you get really sick or hurt....there is n;t anything any one can do! we can't opt for death. If someone does it on our behalf it is MURDER

I watched my mil die a long painful death form cancer. She should have died about a week before she died but our laws do not let that happen.

Charlotte disabilities are not the same as being terminal

rust · 17/10/2006 23:26

and may i add that the first comment about english was not aimed at me but another lady who had just come on so please do not tarnish her with the same brush she did not deserve your comment