concerned viewer

[Guest guest]

To whom ever is concerned,

My name is Patti Weaver, I am 31 years old, and the mother of 3 absolutely

beautiful little girls. Last night I spent One of many nights in the hospital

with one of my daughters. Two of my children have health problems. I have

lived for 4 years thinking I must be imagining the health problems I was seeing

in my second daughter. Or mabey I was looking to closely. then 20 months ago I

gave birth to our 3rd daughter. From the moment she was born, I voiced my

concern that something was not right. I was told " Oh Mrs. Weaver, shes just

fine " . Thirteen hours after her birth she was blue up to her chest. It was

hard to tell because she was so black and blue from delivery from head to toe,

even a broken nose! Then I realized that she was not breathing, and I started

to scream. Although the doctors that had seen my daughter up to this point felt

she was just fine, she was now placed in NICU for the next 10 days. After many

weeks here and there in the hospital, so numerous doctors appointments I lost

track, a couple of surgeries, my daughter was diagnosed with a mitochondrial

disease. This is not a rare disease. But it is " newly diagnosed " . For

instance, many people died from cancer, before we " diagnosed " it and named it

cancer. Just because we don't have a name for what is going on in a childs

life, too many people jump to the conclusion that a parent is abusive. I am all

for protecting all of our children, they deserve our protection. But when a

parent has to second guess themselves, whether or not to contact a medical

professional, because of media jumping to a conclusion, and finding that no one

is taking them seriously, they may just give up and think it must be in their

head. Now four years later, I find out that all of the concerns I had for my

daughter were justified. Yes she does have a problem, do you think any of the

doctors who thought it was in my imagination have come back to admit that it

was not in my head.That, yes you were right Mrs. Weaver, your daughter is having

seizures, yes, your daughter does have a very low immune system, no Mrs. Weaver

we don't have all the answer, and now we are willing to admit it. Why don't you

air a show on the real life of a family struggling to find the answers. Every

day praying for the answers, and hoping the answers come before we lose one of

our precious babies. I thank God that we had the sense to look else where

instead of giving up. I have to say I am very disappointed in a show that I had

enjoyed for so long. You will be missed.

Patti Weaver

just another mother who loves her children enough to fight for them