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Question: Mat-Su Regional Medical Center Named as Birthplace of Trig Paxson Van Palin

Posted in Candidates, Commentary, Disability, McCain, Political Candidates, Political Commentary, Politics, Sarah Palin, Trig Palin, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Palins’ child diagnosed with Down syndrome (04/22/08)
FAMILY FEELS BLESSED: Back at work already, governor says she wasn’t in labor in Texas.
By LISA DEMER
ldemer@adn.com
Published: April 22nd, 2008 01:11 AM
Last Modified: April 22nd, 2008 07:49 PM
http://www.adn.com/626/story/382864.html
Lisa Demer ldemer@adn.com, writes an informative article in Anchorage Daily News regarding baby Palin being diagnosed with Down Syndrome and naming Mat-Su Regional [...]

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Death & Dying: Dangling Priscilla

Posted in Aging, Caring for the Elderly, Compassion, Death and Dying, Disability, Elderly, End of Life, Prolonged Life, Prose & Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever seen an disabled person suspended in mid-air–somewhere between heaven and hell by a HOYA ?  It’s the stuff my nightmares are made of.  I dangle Priscilla, a ninety year old invalid, by day and see nightmarish visions of her by night.  The real nightmare is hers.  She can’t take it anymore…she mumbles over and over [...]

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