mommy	Re: Study reveals alarming death rate among JW ...
	Thanks Lee for posting that article. My active jw mom was with me when I was delivering Miranda. There were complications and we needed to do an emergency c-section. Mass chaos filled the room when my daughters heart rate dropped down to 10 beats a minute then disappearred. As everyone was sticking me full of all kinds of tubes and handing me papers to sign. I hear my mom in the background trying to get close to the bed. "Wendy, will not be accepting any blood or blood products." There was a little tit for tat with a nurse about the procedure and risks, but my mom was adamant that I didn't want blood. I was in shock to begin with because of what was happening to my child, and was unable to speak. Maybe I was just in shock that my mom was a nurse and knew that I could die if I needed blood and refused it. Seeing my mother hand me over as a sacrafice was pretty unsettling. Mind you I was 20 years old when this happened. I will say I was thankful when my hubby said, "As her husband I can give permission for her to have blood right?" I think it was the nicest thing he did for me My mom was silenced, and I was able to go into surgery without having to worry about bleeding to death. Simon, a few years earlier I would have possibly refused the treatement that she and Dylan needed! Urgh. That remark makes it all sink in about the many who have allowed their loved ones to die because of this insane rule. How sad. wendy Blind faith can justify anything.~Richard Dawkins
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