Say What?

Sometimes doctors don’t know best, as was seen on the May 10 episode of The Doctors when the panel of medical experts expressed shock and disapproval that a woman with quadriplegia chose to become a mom via in vitro fertilization.

“I understand her desire to have a baby,” says ob/gyn Dr. Nitra Landry on the show, “But I don’t agree with it. I feel as though it’s unfair to the baby.” The panel sensationalized standard accommodations such as the woman’s mom agreeing to help with some of the personal assistance and even with the woman’s use of pillows to lay her son on. They don’t even name the woman, and muse about “when IVF goes too far.”

“It’s not their decision to make!” said Julie Caldwell Harrell on NEW MOBILITY’s Facebook page. “I’m quadriplegic and have had two children and [am] innovative in learning to care for them! People who spend their daily living activities having to find accommodations in a generally unaccommodating world become quite resourceful!”

“Great Grandmother of God! The only ‘ethical’ question here would be why the @#$%! these television pundits think it’s any of their blessed business who does or does not have a baby,” commented Starr Luteri. “It’s the family’s business, and from the information presented here, the family is fine. So no one else has any say in the matter. Period.”

Watch the episode here: www.thedoctorstv.com/articles/4121-quadriplegic-mother-has-baby-via-ivf

The Gift of Mobility

“Six-year-old Tipra from north Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was born with CP. For the past year, as he’s seen all of his friends transition into kindergarten, his only wish has been to join them at school. Unfortunately, without access to a wheelchair, this was an impossibility. Until now! He came by the Ohana warehouse where we just fitted him for his first chair, he couldn’t stop giggling as we rolled him around and all he kept asking was “I get to go to school now?!” Yes little buddy, yes you do!

The crew here at Ohana and Global Mobility are doing stellar work, and as long as they are out in this world giving the gift of mobility, I’ve got their back!

— Christiaan “Otter” Bailey, via a Facebook post