Kate has been dealing with diarrhea for almost two weeks. It’s been a pain. She has an incident at school and is home for a day and nothing happens, then she goes back and the whole thing happens again… with an occasional blow out at home that results in floor, clothes, and bed washings. I’ve been able to take her to the doctor for tests, give her fluids, and not for a moment worry about any of it. The inconvenience of it all was in the back of my mind when I read Robin’s post for assistance. My friend, Robin (whom you may remember from her amazing Mama-multitasking) lives and works in Bangladesh. She works for ICDDR, B and recently posted a plea for support for her agency, which is struggling to get re-hydration salts to an impoverished population that will die without them. One of this month’s Just Posts is about poverty in Bangladesh and offers an interesting backdrop to the reality that Robin sees in her work — and what went on in my own head when I thought about how “inconvenient” diarrhea was for our family while others are facing it as a life and death situation.
Also? A package of oral rehydration salts costs about ten cents.
Just a thought. And on to Just Posts.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you to this month’s readers and writers and especially to the new folks who contributed to the April Roundtable… thank you. Be sure to stop by and say hi to my Just Posts Partner, Alejna, too!
April Just Posts:
- Amanda at Love Letters in Hell with I chose my choice!
- angielynne76 at Angielynne76’s Blog with Equality for All
- antiracist parent with Oprah and the secret lives of moms
- Ashley at The Dhaka Diaries with Faces of Poverty
- Emily at Wheels on the Bus with Bea and Eve
- erika at Be gay about it. with Marriage equality again — VERMONT!
and Marriage equality — IN IOWA!! - flutter with RAINN dance
- flyingtomato at flying tomato farms with the un-holiest marriage
and Quit calling me a “Hobby Farmer…â€
GirlGriot at If you want kin… with Will This Make My Mom an Immigrant and Ceremonies in Dark Old Men - Hispanic Fanatic with Prepare for Impact
- Holly at Cold Spaghetti with Where I Ponder Charity
- Julie at Using My Words with Breastfeeding is like five whole minutes of your life, total…so to speak
- Julie Pippert at Momocrats with Senator Roland Burris supports National Equal Pay Day, co-sponsors Paycheck Fairness Act
- Knitnut with A few highlights from Rethinking Poverty
- Mad at Under the Mad Hat with Dear John
- Phoebe at Rectory Entrance with How’s that Gentrification Going?
- Planet Nomad with Do They Know It’s Christmastime
- Quadelle with A mini home makeover
- Rae at Journey Mama with Thirteen Follows a Long Time After Twelve
- Thailand Chani with Susan Boyle and Necessary Rant
- The Painted Maypole with Ten
THANK YOU to April Just Post Readers:
de | 12-May-09 at 4:46 am | Permalink
I look forward to coming back here later and settling in for a good read. There are more posts on this list this month that I haven’t read than that I have. 🙂
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Mad | 12-May-09 at 11:10 am | Permalink
It’s a whole other March of Dimes. Thanks for opening my eyes to this, Holly.
alejna | 13-May-09 at 7:59 am | Permalink
It is really eye-opening how something so comparatively minor to us can be life-threatening when poverty is that extreme. Ten cents? I’ve probably got more than that under the couch cushions I’m sitting on.
I’m sorry to hear about Kate, though. It’s still hard on a little body even in the best of circumstances. Not to mention rough for you.