First, a quick review of the facts: David and Collet Stephan are on trial for failing to provide the necessaries of life — for failing to seek medical care for their son in a reasonably prudent time/manner. They are NOT on trial for murder or manslau…
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A. Picazo: Legitimizing Pseudoscience: What’s The Harm?
This column ran in The National Post on March 24, 2016. After weeks of trying “natural” extracts and homemade remedies like smoothies cut with ginger root and horseradish to cure a suspected case of meningitis, 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan’s …
Continue readingThings Are Good: Meningitis Outbreak in Africa Will Not Happen
Meningitis has killed a lot of people, most of them in Africa in what is referred to as “the meningitis belt”. Every couple of years a meningitis outbreak flares up and ravages many countries, but not this year. This year meningitis was beaten by a cadre of countries and organizations. Many lives will be saved […]
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Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Questions and Answers from a Best Friend
In keeping with my previous posts on the helpfulness of simple questions/answers for loved ones receiving care and their families, here is a wonderful testimony. This is the letter my best friend made me when I was in ICU with short term memory loss.
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