Comments on: I’m Looking for the Positive http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/ My Photographic Life Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kim http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-4748 kim Sun, 10 May 2009 16:31:57 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-4748 Your photography is spectacular! I have found art to be very healing in my efforts to "be happy". Look within to find what happiness means to you personally - and not how others (or society) would define it for you. Your photography is spectacular! I have found art to be very healing in my efforts to “be happy”. Look within to find what happiness means to you personally – and not how others (or society) would define it for you.

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Barbara Swafford Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:19:36 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1900 Hi Dr. Cason, Your last sentence said it all. "It's getting better". :) Barbara Swaffords last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingwithoutablog/DWWZ/~3/406977307/" rel="nofollow">NBOTW - Helping You - Helping Others</a> Hi Dr. Cason,

Your last sentence said it all. “It’s getting better”. :)

Barbara Swaffords last blog post..NBOTW – Helping You – Helping Others

]]> By: Patricia http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Patricia Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:30:54 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1885 Prayer and good moments....each moment is perfect and whole and beautiful. The answers will come with a lot of joy in the moments in between - focus on the moments and keep searching for the answers - they will come. Lots of prayers headed your way... Patricias last blog post..<a href="http://patriciaswisdom.com/2008/09/i-need-to-tell-you-this/" rel="nofollow">I Need to Tell You This</a> Prayer and good moments….each moment is perfect and whole and beautiful. The answers will come with a lot of joy in the moments in between – focus on the moments and keep searching for the answers – they will come.
Lots of prayers headed your way…

Patricias last blog post..I Need to Tell You This

]]> By: Chase March http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Chase March Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:35:32 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1883 There is so much beauty around us and much to behold in "small moments." I think we just need to be receptive to these moments, to recognize them, and appreciate all of them. I'm sure we all have these golden moments in our daily lives, even in the times that seem totally devoid of anything good. Chase Marchs last blog post..<a href="http://chasemarch.blogspot.com/2008/09/chase-march-on-podcast.html" rel="nofollow">Chase March - on a podcast!</a> There is so much beauty around us and much to behold in “small moments.”

I think we just need to be receptive to these moments, to recognize them, and appreciate all of them.

I’m sure we all have these golden moments in our daily lives, even in the times that seem totally devoid of anything good.

Chase Marchs last blog post..Chase March – on a podcast!

]]> By: chris http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1880 chris Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:31:07 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1880 I have nothing to say...If you guys were near, I would invite you to my house so that your family and my family could hang out and share a meal together and we can thank the blessings that we all have... I have nothing to say…If you guys were near, I would invite you to my house so that your family and my family could hang out and share a meal together and we can thank the blessings that we all have…

]]> By: tiff http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 tiff Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:17:14 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1879 Hi Sheila, You know, I know. I hope you also know my heart is with yours. Hang onto those good bits. They are what get you through. Here is one from our recent hospital admission... She had lost three days of her life. Could not remember anything, not the return from the holiday, the departure of her grandmother, the arrival to the ER. When she woke, almost 48 hours post admission, she climbed onto my lap, her body tiny next to mine. She leaned her face close to mine, kissed me on the chhek and whispered, "I love you too". All the worry and stress disolved in that moment and I will hang onto it for a very long time. tiffs last blog post..<a href="http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/09/happy-birthday-to-me/" rel="nofollow">Happy Birthday to me :)</a> Hi Sheila,

You know, I know.
I hope you also know my heart is with yours.

Hang onto those good bits. They are what get you through.

Here is one from our recent hospital admission…

She had lost three days of her life. Could not remember anything, not the return from the holiday, the departure of her grandmother, the arrival to the ER. When she woke, almost 48 hours post admission, she climbed onto my lap, her body tiny next to mine. She leaned her face close to mine, kissed me on the chhek and whispered,
“I love you too”.
All the worry and stress disolved in that moment and I will hang onto it for a very long time.

tiffs last blog post..Happy Birthday to me :)

]]> By: Kelly Ruemmele http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Kelly Ruemmele Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:03:05 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1875 Shelia, I'm one of those people, praying for your strength, for your anxiety and sadness, so difficult being a mom and a pediatrician, knowing too much. Keep posting, get all of your emotions out, I had post-partum depression and still struggling 2 years later. Let yourself feel, then move on to the positive, hard to do while trying to live, work, and be sane for your three kids. So, peace, I wish you peace. What a wonderful story about Kathleen's son, I love to hear those from a "retired" pediatric nurse, I almost never heard the whole story about my patients. What a blessing! Shelia, I’m one of those people, praying for your strength, for your anxiety and sadness, so difficult being a mom and a pediatrician, knowing too much. Keep posting, get all of your emotions out, I had post-partum depression and still struggling 2 years later. Let yourself feel, then move on to the positive, hard to do while trying to live, work, and be sane for your three kids. So, peace, I wish you peace.
What a wonderful story about Kathleen’s son, I love to hear those from a “retired” pediatric nurse, I almost never heard the whole story about my patients. What a blessing!

]]> By: Kathleen http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Kathleen Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:41:42 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1874 Lisa - That is such a beautiful thought and so true. Jakey has a multitude of angels watching and praying over him right now. Kathleens last blog post..<a href="http://memphiskat-tinkerbell.blogspot.com/2008/09/jesse-and-luke-taking-off.html" rel="nofollow">Nascar Racing and Riding Cowboy</a> Lisa – That is such a beautiful thought and so true. Jakey has a multitude of angels watching and praying over him right now.

Kathleens last blog post..Nascar Racing and Riding Cowboy

]]> By: Lisa http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 Lisa Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:35:20 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1873 And in this moment there are people you've never met hoping good things for you family, and wanting your son to be okay. That's a positive to carry in your day. Lisas last blog post..<a href="http://libelletage.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-ways.html" rel="nofollow">How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways....</a> And in this moment there are people you’ve never met hoping good things for you family, and wanting your son to be okay. That’s a positive to carry in your day.

Lisas last blog post..How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways….

]]> By: Kathleen http://drcason.org/2008/09/29/im-looking-for-the-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 Kathleen Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:46:48 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=678#comment-1870 Sheila - I know how you are feeling so much. I went through a similar situation with my precious Tommy. Around 2-3 years, he would be walking and suddenly just collapse to the ground. We rushed him to the ER at least twice, and nothing - they could find NOTHING. The third time it happened I said to my husband, "This child is going to Campbell Clinic. Dr. Sage will know what is happening." Fortunately I knew Dr. Sage, and called. He was in the clinic. We went immediately to see him. Tommy walked down the hallway and back once, Dr. Sage looked at me and said, "This child has a neurological problem." Dr. Sage referred him to a doc at LeBonheur. A lady I worked with told Dr. Larry Chien at St. Jude about Tommy's problem, by that afternoon Tommy was a patient at St. Jude instead. We came in the next morning to start the tests. It was next to impossible to give a good family history and rule out such things as muscular dystrophy because my biological father was out of the picture (deceased by that time), and he had been adopted by his aunt (also deceased). So we had to go on testing alone. That was on Friday, and by Monday we had a diagnosis - my son had mild cerebral palsy. When Dr. Chien saw his medical records (and my present GYN also as I was pregnant with Nicholas at that time), they both wanted me to sue this OB/GYN and put him out of practice. He had almost let Tommy and I both die before an emergency C-section. It was a miracle they said we were both alive, and an even greater miracle Tommy was not severely handicapped by the CP. I went through several years of taking the advice of Tommy's precious doctors (sometimes not agreeing with them). Tommy also had an auditory processing problem as well. The good news was Tommy tested at genius level, and they said the motor portion of his brain damaged was so small that the other parts would take over for this. They did. He is now married, athletic, handsome, great health, has two twins, and is a Web Development Coordinator (programmer) at ALSAC (fundraising arm of St. Jude). You would never know he has a diagnosis of CP. So what I am saying this for is to let you know you are dong the right thing - you are seeking the answers for Jakey just as I did. God will help you find them, and someday Jakey will be just like my Tommy. Hang in there and keep your faith. I am praying for you and Jakey. Kathleens last blog post..<a href="http://memphiskat-tinkerbell.blogspot.com/2008/09/jesse-and-luke-taking-off.html" rel="nofollow">Nascar Racing and Riding Cowboy</a> Sheila – I know how you are feeling so much. I went through a similar situation with my precious Tommy. Around 2-3 years, he would be walking and suddenly just collapse to the ground. We rushed him to the ER at least twice, and nothing – they could find NOTHING. The third time it happened I said to my husband, “This child is going to Campbell Clinic. Dr. Sage will know what is happening.” Fortunately I knew Dr. Sage, and called. He was in the clinic. We went immediately to see him. Tommy walked down the hallway and back once, Dr. Sage looked at me and said, “This child has a neurological problem.”

Dr. Sage referred him to a doc at LeBonheur. A lady I worked with told Dr. Larry Chien at St. Jude about Tommy’s problem, by that afternoon Tommy was a patient at St. Jude instead. We came in the next morning to start the tests. It was next to impossible to give a good family history and rule out such things as muscular dystrophy because my biological father was out of the picture (deceased by that time), and he had been adopted by his aunt (also deceased). So we had to go on testing alone.

That was on Friday, and by Monday we had a diagnosis – my son had mild cerebral palsy. When Dr. Chien saw his medical records (and my present GYN also as I was pregnant with Nicholas at that time), they both wanted me to sue this OB/GYN and put him out of practice. He had almost let Tommy and I both die before an emergency C-section. It was a miracle they said we were both alive, and an even greater miracle Tommy was not severely handicapped by the CP.

I went through several years of taking the advice of Tommy’s precious doctors (sometimes not agreeing with them). Tommy also had an auditory processing problem as well. The good news was Tommy tested at genius level, and they said the motor portion of his brain damaged was so small that the other parts would take over for this.

They did. He is now married, athletic, handsome, great health, has two twins, and is a Web Development Coordinator (programmer) at ALSAC (fundraising arm of St. Jude). You would never know he has a diagnosis of CP.

So what I am saying this for is to let you know you are dong the right thing – you are seeking the answers for Jakey just as I did. God will help you find them, and someday Jakey will be just like my Tommy. Hang in there and keep your faith. I am praying for you and Jakey.

Kathleens last blog post..Nascar Racing and Riding Cowboy

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