Lisette's posts about the little bald and burnt girl remind me of when I was volunteering at a major children's hospital. They would assign us to a child whose parents couldn't or wouldn't visit their child in the hospital. I had the honor of being assigned to "the child from hell" as she was referred to. She was 2 1/2 years old and weighed about 15 pounds. She was born with liver cancer, congenital heart disease, ears that were fused shut, and cataracts. Her teeth were rotted to the gums, she had a feeding tube sticking out of her abdomen, a few tufts of hair left from the chemo treatments, and I have to admit, she was one of the most unattractive little ones I had ever seen. God, how I grew to love and respect her. The spirit in that little body after what she had been through medically, all on her own, as her mother would simply drop her off at the hospital, was absolutely incredible. Her name was Viviana and that is the name that comes to my mind when I read about Lisette's latest rescue. Beauty truly does come from the inside, and Lisette obviously already knows that. And then there's Drag, another one with everything going against him except for one thing -- he's got CJ on his side. He's one lucky ferret. My thoughts are with both of these special ones. Posted anonomously to protect the innocent in CA [DH] [Posted in FML issue 3464]