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> Fra: Marvin Giles <[log in to unmask]>
> Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
> Emne: Have I done enough?
> Dato: 15. september 1997 07:53
>
> Have I done enough?
> Some 36 years ago a child asked this question as, holding onto the wall,
> he fought his way to breakfast. On arriving at the table he heard his
> mother
> say, "the chair is in your room, use it".
> That day the choice was made for him and no answer was offered or given.
> Today an adult faces the question again.
> Tomorrow I go to be measured for a powered chair. Without knowing it,
> some friends brought this question to mind. My wife, Kristen, sat through
> a flood of tears as a frightened adult asked a small boy's questions.
> Have I done everything I can to prevent needing this chair?
> Have I tried every trick,  used every solution? Has every room been
> explored,
> every weapon tested? Have I fought long enough, tried hard enough?
> The frightened child wants an answer but the adult knows the answer can
> only be found within himself. The truth is I may only get that answer
when
> God totals the score. Until then, this will do. I have done and I am
> currently
> doing everything I know to do to continue to do as much as I can for
> as long as I can. Sounds like a declaration of war, even to me. Well, it
> is.
> It is a battle for independence begun by a child of ten and continued by
an
> adult of forty six.  The difference between the child and the adult are
> many.
> But one I  hold  to are friends. The child was basically alone, I won't
go
> into
> that. But I have friends. At home and work they offer love, support, and
> encouragement. I have other friends as well, friends in Australia,
Denmark,
> Sweden, The United States, and, well everywhere!
> I want to thank these friends from #Parkinsons, some of you got the edge
>  of a problem that's building for a while. But one of you caught Sunday
> what was left after Kristen handled the worst of the tears. I thought I
had
> handle on it but the words just tumbled out. Thank you ever so much for
> listening.
>
> I'll let you know the model and color as soon as I know them.
>
> Marvin Giles \ WerPuppy

Dear pup,
I cry with you and laugh with you.
My thaughts to Kristen and you.
Lioness/sonia