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HAH! Trying to pull a fast one and draw fire from Irony Curtain for that last one….Well….It worked.

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Lincoln? He’ll be fine. He just had the wind knocked out of him.

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Somebody we know should be so lucky.

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You’ll be happy to hear you’re being discharged, Mr. Lincoln. Government guidelines, you know… so, you’re good to go!

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For his blunder, we shot Irony in the head.

Talk about irony!

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HC…did you get Hiney to pull the trigger?

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OH CRAP! Sorry to hear that, Shooter.
I will be praying for your grandbaby.
(hang in there, baby. Keep fighting!)

And yes, I thought the same thing before I even
saw your last sentence.

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***My first thought when the kids told us this news was, “Thank God it’s not 2014! My grandbaby has a chance to survive!”***

It’s heartwrenching, SGM. I honor and respect your childrens’ attitude and perspective. God gives grace to us according to our need…No one can understand the love parents have for special needs children until that child comes into the world and needs that love. It’s tragic that the policy of our national government should add to their anxiety at the moment.

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Er…correction…YOUR attitude and perspective. I assume it’s shared by your children as well.

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MP, there is a special place in hell for people who think as you do. Enjoy.

Becca and Elektra, thank you for your prayers. I am not one who prays; I figure God knows my mind and doesn’t appreciate having everything repeated. The Man Upstairs will see to it that happiness surrounds this baby, the grateful parents and grandparents, and brings smiles to our family. God is love. Six weeks of love is better than none at all…isn’t it, MonkeyPig?

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@God Bless you and yours… It will be up to GOD from here on in….My prayers are with you.

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last post was for Shooters grandma.

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shootersgrandma,

Best to you and your family. It’s amazing how the superficial physical and mental attributes of those we love are unnoticeable to us. All we see is the object of that unconditional love. I hope your grandchild gives you and your whole family many years in which to love him/her.

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“HC…did you get Hiney to pull the trigger? ”

-No way DevilDoc! He hasn’t earned any special perks.

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Dont get me wrong grandma, god bless, love you!!

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God bless you Grandma, if you want to to put that much FAITH in the kid, then I applaud you.

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MP,
You would do well to realize that there are invaluable insights to be gained when life is not always neat and tidy.

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Shooter – Judging by your avatar, you look a little young to be a grandma.

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Way too obvious, BigFurHat. Anyhow, keep in there Shooter; neo-natal and pediatric care has come a long way. I’ve spent a lot of hours in neo-natal and pediatric oncology wards and have seen what these people can do.

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What’s obvious? My brain damage?

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Thank you for your words, BFH. I too was given a prognosis for my only son of blindness, loss of limbs, Down Syndrome, etc, back in the day when ultrasounds and amnioscentsis were not in use. Due to massive x-rays on my abdomen (at 8 weeks of pregnancy) when I was experiencing chronic stomach aches and the doctors were CONVINCED I could never get pregnant, they later presented me with their dire predictions for their misdiagnosis. My son was born – perfect, intelligent, and beautiful. He was a leader in both high school and college sports and academia, graduated college with an engineering degree, and now leads his profession in electrical and mechanical automotive design. All of this from a fetus the doctors were trying to convince me to abort.

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…I’m still worried about Irony’s head wound…

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So I have a kindred spirit out there.
I’m a little unsure of Wyatt’s comment now. I detect a bit of disbelief, probably because I was intentionally vague about my condition and Wyatt seems to be in the biz somewhat, so my story probably sounds implausible.
I guess it wouldn’t harm any to talk specifically.
I was born with craniosynostosis. Something that is routinely checked for now, but not when I was born. Around 2 months old my condition led to seizures that were explained away by various general practitioners as more benign than it turned out to be. By the time I was accurately diagnosed the inside of my skull was pressing on my brain to such an extent I wasn’t even responding to the foot reflex that occurs when you drag a solid object over the sole of the foot. (The toe curling.) I was said to be severely brain damaged. I had a radical procedure that was, at that time, not done at all. I was operated on in an amphitheater in front of surgeons from all around the country. They removed my skull and made artificial fissures that would act as man-made fontanels to allow my skull to expand naturally. During the operation they lost some of the skull to fragmentation and improvised by putting a teflon strip across the top of my skull. Their thinking was that my skull would eventually overgrow and close the fissure. To this day I still have the teflon strip beneath my skull, and the skull nearly fused. I still have a quarter-sized fontanel, just like a baby. But I’m still somewhat protected by the teflon.
So, yes. it’s a true story, and many doctors, except for a few mavericks, told my parents to give up on me.
Somehow I knew you’d understand, shooter.

I’ve talked too much.

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You can never talk too much about situations that involve devotion, love, and the power of God’s influence on our medical society. I commend your parents for never giving up. I applaud your physicians for their knowledge and courage. And most of all, I give glory to God for giving you a stubborn soul and mind that brings us the best of political commentary, humor and thought every day! My God will see to it that my new grandchild fulfills a need in all of us in this family, whether it is for 5 days, 5 weeks, 5 years, or 5 decades. Thank you, everyone – even you – MonkeyPig, for your prayers, thoughts, opinions, memories, and advice. I only hope that, for no matter how long this baby lives, he (she?) knows every day how much in love I am with him.

In the meantime, and getting back to subject, just how many of us will feel this fortunate when obamacare sets in???? God has His power, but so does the government!

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<<<<<< This is YOU on Obamacare.

Still no sign of my partner, Ebenezer Scrooge?

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Like Ralph & Stymie, why do I get this nagging feeling that this Scrooge character is going to appear one of these days?

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I can vouch for Fur’s story. His head is all messed up. It’s so angular and distorted, you’d swear Picasso did the operation.

Shooter, don’t worry about Irony’s head. We already troweled in some Ready Patch. In 24 hours, it should be dry enough to paint over.

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According to legend, Ebenezer submitted his soul to charity, hope, and faith.

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That fellow you call “Mr. Lincoln” in the picture looks a little like Ebenezer, but he never wore a hat quite that tall.

Folks seem to be mistaking me lately for some Congressman named “Waxman”…that’s a funny name. Do I look like this Waxman guy?

Look at me. Just how bad can Obamacare get?

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Yep, Hippie. I remember when you used to come with me downtown to my special hatmaker. I’ll never be able to repay you.
I mean for the hat.

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Oh Christ, I just realized after telling this story people are going to think this is why I’m called BigFurHat. Like I wear a fur laden helmet.
I do not own, nor have I ever worn, a bigfurhat.
I don’t really ever wear hats. Unless I’m golfing.

The name bigfurhat was a completely spontaneous 2 second decision that I now HAVE to live with.
I so should have called myself Rex Awesome.

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I am assuming a decent hat is order to survive obamacare?!?!

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@shootersgrandma
“According to legend, Ebenezer submitted his soul to charity, hope, and faith.”

If that’s the case, then I won’t find Ebenezer here in Obama’s Hell-On-Earth Regime. I’ll have to go back and knock at those Pearly Gates I passed on the way down here.

Thanks for lead, sg.

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I was kidding. Fur’s got a normal head…there, I said it.

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Why can’t I score like Tiger Woods? I hear his wife clubbed him when she found his putter in a 4th Hole.

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Hey, HC, what the heck are YOU wearing on your head?

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HC’s headgear looks like a doo=rag/T-shirt combination.

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Let’s chip in and buy Mr. Marley a new Gravatar.

He looks like the poster boy for Single Payer health care, or Henry Waxman without his makeup. UGH!

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yeah, I’m just about ready to vote Marley out of office. I’ve had it with his nonsense. Someone give him the time of day.

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BigFurHat:
I find your story amazing and ironic. It’s like you’ve always been famous in some way.

ShootersGrandma:
I hope your grandbaby proves them all wrong! My best friend in childhood had Muscular Dystrophy. We had been friends from the time we met (we were nine) up until her death at age 17. She was an amazing person and I was VERY LUCKY to have had her in my life. She left a hole that can never be filled. Any special needs child can teach us so much.

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@Shooter
I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers. God bless you

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Awesome posts in here, and it’s all good – I’ve learned so much at IOTW and I am thankful to know each and every one of you. At least two vanguard decisions were described here: BFH’s parents going ahead with such a risky surgery and Grandma’s baby given a chance at life. Neither child abandoned! Without pain we cannot know joy, without strife we can’t experience peace (you know the drift)….

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I delayed putting this up because it didn’t exactly jibe with the tenor of this thread

So how are you feeling today, Mr Lincoln?
Well, aside from that, how did you enjoy your stay

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call me lennie,
So how are you feeling today, Mr Lincoln?
Well, aside from that, how did you enjoy your stay”

and the final part of your statement is:

“Oh, and here’s your bill”.

as for Shooters, BFH, all children are special, no matter what. I hope all is well for all of our friends here at IOTW..

MERRY CHRISTMAS …let it snow, let it snow !!

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Big Fur Hat:

I’m so glad you are here with us to lead the charge against attacking hordes! I think your brain, from the very beginning was seething with brilliant ideas just waiting to be put to use!

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@ Big Fur Hat and Shootersgrandma… Mancakes was not expected to ‘be a productive member of society’ according to ‘experts’ at his elementary school. Thank goodness his mother and father refused to believe it. It was even suggested that they put him in an institution. Today, he may not be able to do math, but he is one of the smartest people I know. He is a successful artist and a fantastic husband and father.

Keep the FAITH. With it, the child may or may not exceed all expectations, without it, the child certainly will be doomed.

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That’s a green Cuban-style commie hat I’m wearing in the gravatar pic. It seemed to fit the character.

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And it seems to fit your misshapen head.

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Hippie’s parents were advised to abort him, too.
And despite all odds, Hippie rose up from that dumpster behind the clinic to become what he is today.

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@shooters: “I am assuming a decent hat is order to survive obamacare?!?!”

Yes – I’ve picked up a used football helmet off eBay – should be adequate.

Some of these comments brought tears to my eyes. My faith in God is refreshed daily – whether by miracles I see, or the simple comforting words of one person to another whether they know each other or not.

iOTW, I’m so glad you’re here!

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BigFurHat: No insult to you intended by any comment on my part. My experience with children’s diseases is personal and not professional – I have a son who was diagnosed with leukemia many years ago, told his prognosis was poor, and that the treatment would likely cause certain learning dysfunctions.

17 years later, he will graduate from University.

I didn’t take it as insulting. I took it as maybe I made the story sound a little too
Frank Capraesque because I glossed over it too much. It sounded maybe a tad
embellished for Shooter’s sake.
So I got specific. I’m glad you said what you said no matter what the meaning or how I took it.
Gave me a chance to talk about something I hardly ever talk about. -bfh

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Fur, my mom had to let out the seam to get my hat to fit like a glove.

Hey wait! That IS a glove!

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I was born with a condition called “Wangular hugification” Whereas even as an infant my junk was super huge and awesome. I live with this condition to this day and Sure..I feel the stares at public swimming pools…I can sense the awkwardness that other men feel after their woman see it and then slowly turn and look at them.
I shrug it off and go about my business.
the business of being AWESOME.

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I’d give you two thumbs up matt but my hands are somewhere in Cuba.

They way we respond to life’s challenges can either make us or break us but I think you and your family are going to be fine shootersgrandma. All the best to you.

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(awakening in an ObamaCare Clinic sometime in the future)

….my legs feel funny. Is that chicken soup I smell? Where am I? All I remember is the bullet going in one ear, passing through a whole section of brain reserved for caring about celebrities that I never use anyway, and exiting through the other ear. While I was comatose I had the strangest dream! I dreamed the entire iOTW community was kind and considerate after all.
Oh, Auntie Em!

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Kind? Irony…I am sure I am kind of SOMETHING

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