51degrees wrote on 06/24/12 at 20:00:22:

Great thought, we should always make sure people are healthy.

51degrees wrote on 06/24/12 at 20:00:22:

Right you are.

My 8yo was born with a brain/spinal cord defect (or it randomly happened after birth..it's one of those "who knows" conditions).

He underwent emergency neurosurgery when he was 2.5, and was under general anesthesia for about 5 hours. He has a lot of issues stemming from the whole ordeal. He has ADHD, some learning difficulties, some hearing loss, and a lot of motor skill issues.

He used to be able to see ghosts, but I don't know if he still does. He is more of an empath, imo. Even when he saw the ghosts, he would always say how the ghosts would feel. Like the ghosts he said that lived in our house, he always would say "mommy, they aren't scary, they are just really sad".

When my nana died, he insisted on going with me, to help pack up her stuff. While we there, he was the best behaved I have ever seen him. He walked up to my uncle, and said "it's ok if you cry", and then sat, and held my uncle's hand. He spent the day, just walking around, giving out hugs, telling everyone that she was in a better place.

He was the "hero" of the special needs kids, in his class. His teacher called me in for a conference to tell me all about it, and just broke down in tears. She said that she has never seen, that compassionate a child, in all of her years of teaching.

He's a special little guy.