Hilary... You're rounding third and heading for home! Just know that the whole team is behind you, m'dear... With love.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 5:44 PM Subject: JESSI'S HOME >Jessi is home . > For good. >(unless they take her away again) >To all you people who deleted this >because youo thaought it had nothing to do with PD, >you are wrong. >It has eveything to do with Pd, >and with this list. >JESSI IS HOME! >Home from foster care, >where she was placed because the courts decided, >o n advice from Social Services, >that I was an unfit mother. >And what made me an unfit mother? >Why, Parkinson's of course. >And now, two years later, she is home. >I am two years further down the Parkinson's passage, >but she is home. >How did that happen? >a little judicious judicial arguing in court. >Some phone calls from list members to my congressman - >which ultimately resulted in >12 hours of home help per week, >intensive educating in parkinson's and what it really is , >of every social worker and therapist in sight - >and lots of support from this list >every step of the way. >And now i thank you. >because >JESSI IS HOME.!! > >(now we just have to get Jane Amy home - due date in August) > >hilary blue >