Baby Paige

apparently ive been living in too much isolation down here in the south. i just read the story of baby paige from humboldt today when it appears to be somewhat old news. for those that are like me and a little behind, baby paige is an 18 month child from humboldt. apparently she has spent every waking minute screaming her lungs out for the last three weeks. her family doctor sent her and her family to the royal university hospital in saskatoon for diagnosis. the royal university hospital in turn sent her home to humboldt with the amazing treatment of, wait for it, 'childrens tylenol'. after three weeks of inadequate treatment, baby paige's parents decided to take her to Edmonton for diagnosis and treatment, and they got their diagnosis within 24 hours, leukemia. talk radio host john gormley has been talking about this on the radio and ruffled some feathers in the NDP government. deputy premier clay serby has said he will contact the owners of rawlco radio which owns the stations gormley broadcasts on "to tell us whether or not they in fact support this kind of ethical conduct". UNETHICAL ??? mr. gormley isn't unethical, you mr deputy premier, and your colleagues in the government are unethical for allowing this kind of inappropriate behavior to exist in the sask health care system. again i am going to post the link to the blog of a friend of my family whose wife was diagnosed with cancer. to make a long story short they went to the mayo clinic in houston, texas where after being examined there it turns out she didn't have cancer after all. wow, imagine having to wait in line for months here for a treatment that wasn't recquired, ahh the wonders of modern medecine. i could be digging my own grave for writing this, but im pretty sure no one from where i work reads this anyways. also hopefully some of my friends who vote NDP for no other reason than their parents told them to will read this and think twice before supporting the the NDP in the next election.

also thank you to Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy, Cat Print in the Mash, and Small Dead Animals for making me aware of this story.