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...and had my eyes shut. Everything had been noisy with the sound of the chamber filling and emptying and the nurse and hubby talking. It was dark as my eyes were shut. But then it all went peaceful, really quiet. And the light was SO bright. My eyes were still closed but it was BRIGHT beyond belief. I actually said "I think I'm going to die". I remember the nurse say, "Stay with us, listen to me talking to you". But then she stopped talking. I said, ...
...started chatting again. Everything went black and the noise was back again. I swear this was the point that Lucas died and left me. The first nurse couldn't stay away and retrned to the room at 7.10pm. At 7.16pm, Lucas was taken out of me, already gone with no life in his eyes or his body. He was perfect. A tiny but perfect little baby. Five fingers, five toes, but no sound. No life. Just a shell. A gorgeous shell. We held him and our families came. ...

kerrith 23.07.2005 · Read full review
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...and talk to her about everything and you know you would get sound advice back. Her smile could light up the night sky. Lets not forget her 3 darling kids who really have been most affected by this. Though they are all getting better now and doing really well. I know that she was not always the easiest of people to get along with at times but I know one thing she's left a hole in a lot of peoples heart and a massive one in mine. I will always love ...
...least know shes free from everything nothing else can hurt her no more. Hard to belive this was nearly a year ago now. Lou Darling I still love you so much and miss you more then I ever thought I would. Nothing Could fill that place in my heart that you left nealry a year ago. Lets just hope your having a great time where ever you are. Love Ya Babes xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...

Bens__mummy 25.02.2007 (04.11.2008) · Read full review
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I have decided to write another review while I get the chance, WHY I hear you say, well let me tell you, lately there is always a fight to get on the computer, seeing as my lovely wife has took back up writing on here and my dearest daughter has caught the bug called ciao as well, so after a long hard pulling and shoving, I have managed to get them both off here and I am going to try and stay as long as possible, but I don't really stand a chance ...
...fingers so I can't get back on for a while. I have thought about what I wanted to write and it will be a hard review for me to write as I will be opening up thoughts that I have kept in my head for a long time, they keep rearing up in many forms and mostly they are questions, questions, and they are questions that I can't answer, and even worse, if I was asked these questions, I wouldn't know how to answer them and that is what is so bad about them, ...

Theshadowreturns 20.08.2006 (02.09.2006) · Read full review
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You have probably heard of 'Living wills' and you have probably discounted them - I certainly had, until my mother died last year, if you have time please then read this review. You just might have a very different view by the time you get to the end. My mother was diagnosed with renal illness about five years ago - she had undergone tests as she wasn't feeling well but was surprised to discover that her kidneys weren't functioning well. However ...
...and she suffered frequent TIAs (mini strokes) so she had been on a wide range of medication for some years. The doctors told her there was little they could do for her kidneys other than monitor them and as the years progressed the only real treatment she was ever offered was iron transfusions about a year before she died. She knew she was too old for a kidney transplant and they told her she couldn't have dialysis as she was already over 80. She ...

laramax 10.12.2006 · Read full review
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Look under the skin Partake of a little walk with me through the fields of reality, and perhaps together we can see the errors in humanity. do you see the man with coloured skin or do you see the man that dwells within, could you hold his hand and be his guide be the strength that's by his side. or would you prefer to just ignore the coloured stranger from next door. the look you give me tells it all, is it now I see your mind is small ...
...has an inbred tan. for you my friend the world shall be never as large as the one I see for the colour boundary you set in stone shall one day leave you all alone. I know your doubts I have them too but we can't judge all from the wicked few, If we are to make this a better land we have to move forward hand in hand. there will be times through which we tread where doubt will roam inside your head, I'm not a saint I feel this too I have ...

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Update: 06/07/06. I don't work with adults who have learning disabilities any more, I work with children, but this review could describe them as well although things are improving and by the time the children I work with are grown then a lot of the disability adult care should be a lot better. This review gets updated every so often because it is one that I feel a lot about. I have had this review in mind ever since I joined Ciao! it has taken ...
...and make you all laugh becaue the people I support through work and play laugh a lot and there are a lot of funny things that happen. BUT... I wrote the draft by hand and have read it through and can't see anything much to laugh at here so although I can't offer laughs and humour I can maybe offer an insight into the lives of people who through no fault of their own have to live with a learning difficulty. The definition of a learning difficulty ...

solamarie 21.09.2004 (06.07.2006) · Read full review
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Welcome to my 100th review on ciao! I can't believe I have written 100 reviews! I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for reading and rating my 100 reviews. I wanted my 100th review to be a special one and I have been looking out for ideas, just recently I read Dempsey_review's challenge 'An Audience with…' were you ask members on Ciao to ask you questions. I have had some great questions and it has taken me along time to answer ...
...to everyone who took part. ****From n13roy**** Q) Well My Dear Liz.........Lets see how you will answer this question........ "If you could meet someone from CIAO in real life......WHO would it be, and WHY "...... (and don't say ME as an easy reply...... He.he.he )..........I look forward to your answer on that one indeed........Roy........ A) Well Roy, I have actually met a couple of Ciaoers already, Tricia24 and I have been friends for 10 years ...

LIZKEMPO 08.05.2006 · Read full review
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Well its so lovely to be back guys ! I have missed you all so badly and its been so frustrating not to have been able to keep up contact for the past few months. I couldnt believe it was only a few months as it really feels like its been that and a few months more since we last spoke ! Any way, I am back, lots of things have happened. Im sure you all want to know why Ive been AWOL. Well here goes......the mystery is solved ! Now I am going to ...
...you what it is, how its contracted, how it can affect you and so on. Then Ill get right down to the nitty gritty true life ' its happened to me' stuff okay ? Cushdy.......... lets roll......................... CELLULITIS What is Cellulitis ? Well guys what a bit of a nasty pasty this guy is ! Cellulitis is a very nasty fast spreading acute infection of the deep layers of the skin ( dermis ) also affecting the layers of fat and other tissues ...

hiedihi 22.08.2005 · Read full review
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L is for Legends, and since I’m from Ireland, Irish legends will be my topic. Ireland is renowned the world over for its spooky history, for it’s tales passed down from generation to generation, told around a blazing fire in the dark of night. We had the Celts, who were helped by Druids, wizard people of old. We have the tales of phucas, or ghosts, the legendary banshee, of fairies and their rings and forts, and many, many more things. St Patrick's ...
...scholars'. These rose from among the ancient tribes and kingdoms of ancient Ireland, whose religions worshipped the trees and lakes, stones and animals of the wild landscape. Such gods and beliefs would not die easily I was lucky really, that on both sides of my family, my parents had big, country living families. Most myths and legends come from the roaming countryside, because in old Ireland, it was so wide and isolated. Every tale of old, got ...

Evil_Irish_Twin 01.12.2004 · Read full review
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It is hot, very hot. Not just the heat of a summer’s day but searing, mind- numbing heat that I can almost taste. I look around; screwing up my eyes; even behind sunglasses the glare is incredible. A heat haze covers the sand dunes that stretch around me in all directions, giving the illusion that land disappears into the shimmering water on the edge of sight. I know it is not real but I am dying to believe it. To have some respite from the torture ...
...Nothing moves anywhere; there is no sound, nothing but sand, sand and more sand wherever I look, golden brown ridges flowing out before me in unbroken waves. A sea rising and falling as far as the eye can see. I look up; the sky bearing down on me is blue, uniform and complete with not a cloud to mar its purity. A cloud would not dare to venture into this wasteland; the searing heat would devour it before it had time to form. I attempt to lick ...

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This challenge was started by the completely mad Sghawken and even though he didn't nominate anyone to do it, I thought I would be one of the first to jump on the bandwagon and do my own version! The one thing Spence insists on though is that if you do attempt this review then you must answer ALL of the questions……and I insist too!!! Life ------ *Have you ever stolen anything? Yes, I was about 7 or 8 years old and I was in the local Co-op store ...
...and realised I had stolen the wrong fruit, I don't even like plums! I actually felt a whoop of guilt and went back into the shop to tell the lady I had forgotten to pay for it! A few years later when I was about 19, I went on a night out with my mates and one of them got seriously rat faced……I literally had to carry her home, we got in a taxi, I left my bag in the taxi whilst I carried her up the stairs to her house and it was taking me ages to get ...

missy0303 12.03.2006 · Read full review
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some of you may know her as Louisa and some may know her as Playgirl27. i know her as my big sis and also my best friend. as her brother and in commeration, i would like to take this time to tell you how i found out the news, my thoughts on it and how truley great my sister realy was and in my heart still is. louisa was taken from us oh so suddenly at around 9 o'clock, on the morning of the18th of December 2006, just one week from christmas day. ...
...known. i feel she was taken to early in her life, not being able to watch her 3 lovly kids grow up to be the darlings they are. it was around the 11 o clock mark on the morning of the 18th that we recieved a phone call from my mum, i was worried immediately as my mum would not ring my dad unless it was very important as they have been long divorced. i was told that my other sister emma (who i love dearly) found out that there were a number of police ...

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...gone before us... for you are my Family and I love you. I love the World and everything in it, warts and all, for you inspire me and help me to recreate myself over and over again. Walk in Beauty, my dear friends, for you dance always within my heart. ...

Entwife 31.07.2008 · Read full review
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But if they don't and you end up standing there alone , laughing for no apparent reason , then the men in white coats will come and take you away . On the plus side you get to give yourself a nice long hug courtesy of the wrap around sleeves on the cosy padded coat that they will no doubt make you wear , but then again on the minus side it makes picking your nose and scratching your bum a bit of a challenge . Assuming that your bum ever itches , ...
...does . So you'd better make sure you're really bloody funny so that the rest of the world does laugh . Isn't it odd that in our culture scratching bums and picking noses is still taboo , but if you stick your finger in your ear or scratch your leg no one will look twice at you . So there we all are , in the High Street or in the pub , silently suffering a horrendously itchy butt and not daring to touch it . You've all seen them , those people ...

Janej47 11.03.2006 · Read full review
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Well, Sarah_Louise is a happy bunny today. Why? Have I just found a pound coin down the back of the sofa? Just discovered I still have some chocolates left over from Christmas? Nope!! Neither of the above! For I, Sarah_Louise, have, as of this morning, January 7th 2004, passed my driving test!! So, as a legal driver, I now feel I should share my learner experiences to you all. As some of you may know, I’m now 20 years of age. As a learner I was ...
...learning until February 2003, aged 19. I sent off for my provisional license shortly after my 17th birthday but had no real intention of learning. I only sent off for it to get my parents and the rest of my family off my back! Despite living in North Wales and therefore not having the worlds best public transport system, I always coped. At age 17 I only really needed to get to and from college on a regular basis. As I live a 15 minute walk away this ...

Sarah_Louise 07.01.2004 · Read full review
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