First encounter with ignorance...VENT..Long

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Hi All-

We took Isaac on his first road trip to visit my father-in -laws

family in corpus christi(about 6 hours from where I live). All of his

brothers and sisters and his mother live there. Isaac did great in

the car and we were having a great time visiting with everyone since

none of that side of the family had seen Isaac (only in pictures).

Isaac is also " carrying on the Garza name " which is a big deal to

Art's side of the family. Anyway, we are all over at Art's

grandmother's house chatting with realatives and as I am sitting

there holding Isaac and Art's aunt starts asking questions and

talking about how " small he is " . I explained RSS and told her it was

a type of dwarfisim. Do you know what she said... " Oh so he is going

to be a midget, that's cool he can go work in the circus " . Since it

was a family gathering and I didn't want to make a scene I bit my

tounge but I could feel the anger swell in my throat. It is one thing

for strangers to make comments like that but family members? I

couldn't believe it! To make matters worse she has a son with Prader

Willi Syndrome so you would think she would be a little more

sensitive!!

Besides that..the rest of the trip was great and Isaac was an awesome

traveller considering the 6 hour drive!

Thanks for listening!

Mimi

(mom to Isaac RSS, Hypothyroidism, 9 mos 12lbs 5 oz, 24 1/2 " )