Getting "over" it

I had the grand idea to write a book on living after experiencing the death of a child. I would call it, "Get Over It." I would write each chapter as a story of a time and place of when the best thing to do would be to just "get over it." Moving on is something that just happens. Each second passes, and the hairs on your head continue to grow, the cells in your body age, the calendar continues and each day passes, life happens, death happens, and then life again. Life is completely a yin/yang relationship. You cannot spend your time in either state for too long without having to add a part of the opposite. You are happy, you upset, you are sad and you are cheerful. That's life.

Sometimes "getting over it," involves making changes, and seeing change come about because of something terrible. My dream would be to see a change in the national healtcare system. The change would come in the form of children being treated like the precious gifts that they are, not a $ sign. Right now our healthcare system is set up to "milk" the insurance companies, and then throw patients out, even if they still need care. That's what happened to my son. Our insurance company will pay a $1million dollar cap for his care, and so Methodist "Children's" held onto him, knowing they will see the money...despite the fact that 12 days into his care, the medical director signed off of his care because of the inability to deal with her emotions in a professional way. They milked us. They damaged our son beyond repair, and inevitably he died as a result.

I am calling all parents out there that have had a similar experience at Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio. Please join me and others take back what Methodist has taken from us, our children, and the future of all children.