Thirsty babies

[CheshireVal]

I'm not one to usually start threads like this; there have been a zillion hurricane threads posted here over the past few days.....

... but I was just watching the news and am absolutely heartbroken. These little babies in New Orleans, out in the heat, with their mouths hanging open, obviously thirsty. I actually cried about it. And I'm not one to cry easily over news stories.

This is America. How can this happen?

These poor, desperate people. My heart is aching for them.

 

[Danvers]

I know just how you feel. It's sickening.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

How can it happen? In America?

Simple, with all our high tech and all our instant gratification we are no match for mother nature

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

You know---some of the moms....I want to reach through the screen and say nurse!!!
I know it won't be much---but that would be better than nothing.

Also---I remember a story a while back--a stranded mom and her baby somewhere...she nursed until she went dry and then fed her baby some of her blood. I know it sounds gross---but don't you wish you could reach through and offer any kind of survival technique to help these babies.

 

[CheshireVal]

I wonder, though... I'm not a mom (yet), so I don't know much about these things. If a woman hasn't had food or water, would she be able to nurse?

 

[mtblujeans]

....Simple, with all our high tech and all our instant gratification we are no match for mother nature

Amen! We're no match for ALOT of things and we need to stop thinking we are invincible and make things better on our world.....in alot of areas and alot of ways!

 

[mtblujeans]

I wonder, though... I'm not a mom (yet), so I don't know much about these things. If a woman hasn't had food or water, would she be able to nurse?

She would for awhile. The nursing would take water and nutrients from her body until she does not have much to spare and then her milk would start drying up. A lack of sleep/rest and stress will make milk production start to dry up, too.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I wonder, though... I'm not a mom (yet), so I don't know much about these things. If a woman hasn't had food or water, would she be able to nurse?

Well most of these babies are probably formula fed--but suckling can stimulate milk production to get something which is better than nothing.

At this point--some of those babes need IV's I would imagine.

 

[CheshireVal]

I just hope that everyone gets water-- all they can drink-- soon.

 

[Danvers]

 

[tevagirl]

Those poor people. It is heartbreaking.

 

[kimber79]

I'm not one to usually start threads like this; there have been a zillion hurricane threads posted here over the past few days.....

... but I was just watching the news and am absolutely heartbroken. These little babies in New Orleans, out in the heat, with their mouths hanging open, obviously thirsty. I actually cried about it. And I'm not one to cry easily over news stories.

This is America. How can this happen?

These poor, desperate people. My heart is aching for them.

My heart aches too.......what I wonder is where are all the *stars* at now?? I mean when the tsunami hit ~ they were there with their million dollar donations.....but now where are they?? I saw that Celine Dion donated a million ~ thank you Celine! Not that the people devastated by the tsunami didn't deserve the donations....but help our fellow Americans out for peet sake.

I can hardly stand to watch television anymore ~ it just rips my heart out to see. I cannot even fathom what these people are going through. My heart goes out to all those affected.

 

[Independent]

Somehow, I don't think wanting to stay alive can be considered instant gratification. There is absolutely no excuse that water and food is not being airlifted/air dropped to those people at the convention center. The authorities know they are there. Heck, we air drop shipments of food and water to remote & inaccessible areas in third world countries all the time - so we have the know how.. There is absolutely no excuse that four days later these babies are dying. Not in our supposedly high tech, instant gratification, modern civilization.

But according to the news - if you are not at the Superdome, you can't get help. You have to be where "the busses are."

It is absolutely shameful in our high tech, instant gratification world.

 

[Free4Life11]

That is ridiculous....do the refugees even know where the busses are?

 

[Independent]

My heart aches too.......what I wonder is where are all the *stars* at now?? I mean when the tsunami hit ~ they were there with their million dollar donations.....but now where are they?? I saw that Celine Dion donated a million ~ thank you Celine! Not that the people devastated by the tsunami didn't deserve the donations....but help our fellow Americans out for peet sake.

There is a big concert tomorrow night on NBC for Hurricane Relief efforts. So far Wynton Marsalis, Aaron Nevel, Harry Connick Jr, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are the headliners. There are others the news said.

The Dave Matthews band has added a 4th concert at Redrocks Amphitheater in Denver - the 4th concert solely to raise funds for Katrina relief.

The stars are organizing much faster than our government.

 

[CheshireVal]

Where is this money going to go, though? If the government says that "they can't get supplies in," what good is the money? It's not like Harry Connick Jr can just fly a plane and drop in the supplies himself, you know?

I just can't stand the thought of these people suffering in the heat and in disgusting, deplorable, inhumane conditions. It's not just the people outside the Superdome... the people who went there, too. There have been rapes, dead bodies are strewn about, there are no toilets.... and they're getting very few rations of food and water.

I know that logistically it's hard to get supplies in, but come on. Why aren't the empty busses pulling up to the Superdome being filled first with water and food?

 

[suzannews]

I have cried all day watching the news. They showed Harry Connick Jr touring downtown NO but he didn't bring any water or food with him?! He is having a concert tomorrow night for hurricane relief but these people needed food and water yesterday. I would love to just load up my car with all the water it would hold and drive till I got there.

 

[roger_ramjet]

I'm kind of glad I haven't been home to watch much of the news for reasons like this....

 

[babar]

I have cried all day watching the news. They showed Harry Connick Jr touring downtown NO but he didn't bring any water or food with him?! He is having a concert tomorrow night for hurricane relief but these people needed food and water yesterday. I would love to just load up my car with all the water it would hold and drive till I got there.

Isn't it just so damn frustrating? I hate it. I hate that I want to help out soooooo bad, someway, and there is just nothing I can do but donate food, clothes, and some money.

And all of my friends feel the same. I hate this.

 

[Lil_Tink]