Monday, March 1, 2010

THIS MORNING WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH ONE OF THE

NEATEST GUYS I KNOW....DR DAN STAMPFL.

HE THOROUGHLY CHECKED SAM AND MARKY FOR ANY
SIGNS OF INCARCERATABLE ILLNESSES ! HE PATIENTLY
LISTENED TO EACH OF THEIR SETS OF LUNGS, CHECKED
MARKYS EARS, ATTEMPTED A PEEK INTO SAMS EARS !,
AND GRATEFULLY ANNOUNCED THAT..."THEY CAN GO IN
PEACE !"

ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE THIS DR, IS HE TAUGHT ME
A LIFELONG LESSON I WILL NEVER FORGET...

WHEN SAM WAS A BABY AND STRUGGLING WITH LIFE AND
HEALTH...I WAS QUITE ANXIOUS AT EVERY LITTLE WHEEZE AND
CHEST RETRACTION THAT SAM WAS FAMOUS FOR BEFORE HIS
OPEN HEART SURGERY.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT LIFE WITH A CHILD WITH "DOWNS SYNDROME"
WAS GONNA ENTAIL !

DR DAN CALMLY LOOKED AT ME AND STATED: "LYNETTE, SAMS
BASELINE WILL NOT BE LIKE YOURS OR MY BASELINE,..IT WONT
BE LIKE MARKS OR SCOTTS EITHER. WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN
BASELINE AND SHOULDNT BE COMPARED TO ANYONE ELSES !"

WHEN MY NEIGHBOR POINTS OUT THAT "MY KIDS SURE ARE SICK
ALOT" AND OTHER THINGS I ALREADY KNOW....I REFER BACK TO
DR DANS TREASURED TEACHINGS ABOUT BASELINES,..
AND THEN I'M OKAY...
AT LEAST TILL I CAN GET MY HANDS ON A DIET COKE AGAIN!

SO IF YOU THINK YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING...
CHECK YOUR BASELINE.....YOU MAY NOT NEED TO WASTE YOUR
TIME ON WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WASNT SO BAD AFTER-ALL !

THANK YOU DR DAN !

4 comments:

The Evans Family said...

Very well said! I think I like that Dr. too! I love your little inspirational memos to help keep life in perspective! As my 5th Grade students would say..."YOU ROCK!"

DianeandJordanNielson said...

Hey Nettie....thanks for your great story about baselines. We just had a family home evening lesson on gratitude, how to have more of it and what it means. I love Elder Jeffrey R Holland's quote about "No misfortune is so bad that whining won't make it worse." Thanks to Marky we know how someone can go through a great trial without whining. He is amazing. Hope Marky is having a good day today.

Love ya,
Dukee

Ali Jones said...

Dr. Dan is awesome!! It is good to hear how you guys are doing, and was nice talking to you (if only for a second) yesterday!

Anonymous said...

Hey Ali --- tell yourself and everyone else
over there at my personal "miracle network" of friends at willow creek peds that I said thank
you for caring about us pesky Jeanes people and
always getting us in quickly to ease all of my phobias and neurotic worries ! I love you guys
.....MarkandSamandScottsMom !