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| Bethany changed the life of her favorite nurse. The staff called her Angel for her golden curls. |
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| Erin Joy was nicknamed Joy by her nurses, who were pleasantly surprised to learn that was her given middle name. We called her Erin "Where's the Party?" Jackson. She loved to hear that. |
The surest way to become a leper in today's world is to be weak and disabled. We saw that many times over, among relatives, friends, and church members.
Fortunately, that situation righted itself. The majority do not want to be reminded that someone can be weakened by a mysterious disorder, that doctors cannot cure everything with medicine and surgery.
The minority got to enjoy two little girls who could not talk but communicated very well with their eyes, facial expressions, pouts, smiles, and laughter.
A truck carrying glass came close to running into us, because we were stuck on an odd road behind the Cleveland Clinic. The driver was not looking forward as the light turned green. His companion could not get him to look ahead. My horn did not work. We were taking Erin for treatment. Both vehicles came to a stop. Everything was fine. My wife said, "Look at it this way. There was no better place to be hit by a glass truck. They could have been picking glass out of us in five minutes." Erin burst into laughter, and so did we, front and back seats building up the laughter.
Erin came into the Emergency Room laughing, which caused the nurse to say, "Most do not visit us laughing."
