What happened?

[CookieGVB]

Originally posted by Bob Slydell
Can I post?

Please???

No? Oh, never mind then.

Well, ok...but just this once!

 

[rebbeca]

I did a search using the user name and there were tons of posts on the cruise board today for a trip next year (not two years from now). These posts were made today and her DS's illness is never mentioned. I'm getting more sad at the thought of all of this.

 

[Feralpeg]

I think the whole thing is sad (true or not). However, before we make quick judgements. My doctor called me on the phone to tell me that I had breast cancer. Yes, it was a shock and hard to take since I was home alone. It does happen.

 

[krissy3483]

I read the original thread a few hours ago, and my initial reaction was "Please don't let anyone here get suckered into giving her money." For some reason, it just felt off to me. And after reading the "apology" thread on the resort board, I have to say that it sounds even more off. I obviously have never been in the situation so I could not say, but I could not imagine myself worrying about trying to get trip insurance for my cruise in December or about a $300 cancellation fee IN CASE I had to cancel.
My gut instinct just says lie. Feel free to flame me and say everyone reacts differently to disasters if you wish, but there is defintely something amiss here.

And this little thread from 1:30 or so this afternoon totally confirms things, for me anyway:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=6419241#post6419241

"What makes a Disney cruise Magical for you?

Tell me why you just LOVE the DCL? And what makes it so Magical."

 

[Pongo69]

Well I don't know if she was lying or not, but if she was that is as LOWDOWN as a person can get

 

[SandraM]

Just over half an hour ago she posted:

"do you think there is a chance to still get trip insurance?"


All I can say is I wish her everything she deserves.

 

[rebbeca]

Krissy. I think that did it for me also. I don't believe she posted on the cruise board before today or yesterday.

I have received devastating news about a child. At the time I was planning a trip in three months and I was posting on DIS. It never dawned on me to immediately jump on the internet. In fact, I didn't touch the PC for well over a month. I did end on going on the trip at my family's insistance, but that was one I didn't enjoy very much. A discussion did not take place about the trip for a couple of weeks after.

I know everyone handles situations differently and I think you guys are great, but I never thought of posting my situation at the time. It was the furthest thing from my mind.

 

[MosMom]

Okay. Let me get this straight. You find out your daughter has brain cancer and you hop on the DISboards to collect a donation for your disney trip 2 YEARS down the road. You aren't asking for donations to cover medical expenses (of which there will be many), you are asking donations for Disney.

Scams happen everyday over the Internet. I'm not JUDGING her, I simply don't trust her. I don't think it is unreasonable at all for people to question her story.

 

[AmazingGrace]

When I found out about Benji's brain tumor, the first thing after throwing up, and threatening to dismantle his dr, was send a blanket email out to everybody i knew asking for prayers. I also posted the same email to the different forums i was on.

Going through this personally, I can say from experience that in a sense, you run on autopilot. You've been given terrible news, yet, you need to drive home, you need to pick up your other child, the sun is shining. Everything is normal. You're kinda numb at first.

So, I don't think there's a right way to act. I don't know if this lady is lying or not, but either way, I think she really needs our prayers.

 

[AmyBeth68]

Wow, so sad.

 

[ElizabethB]

SandraM's post about what SSatterly was asking for seems to suggest that she was asking for money to pay medical expenses. However, I didn't see the original post so can't say for sure. Those who did would know better than I.

The one thing I try not to do anymore is stand in judgment of anyone's reaction in the face of tragedy or potential tragedy. Many on this board seem to be saying that if they got bad news they wouldn't get on the internet. I don't think I would either. However, I just don't know.

When 9/11 happened, I worked in a building two blocks from the WTC site. Before I left for work, I saw on the news that not just one, but two planes had flown into the Towers. Nonetheless, I got on the subway and went (or at least tried to go) to work. I simply couldn't process the enormity of it. So I simply did what I do every morning. Got on the subway. Of course, there was no way to get downtown that day. I was stuck in the subway tunnel for 2 1/2 hours while the Towers collapsed.

To this day people ask me why I tried to go to work when both towers were burning and it was obviously a terrorist act. I honestly don't know. I just know I try not to stand in judgment of anyone's reactions in the face of tragedy anymore (no matter how irrational the reaction may seem to those not in the situation).

 

[MosMom]

I might get on the internet but I wouldn't ask for money from strangers on an internet board for a Disney trip.

 

[Divamomto3]

I leave for 2 stinkin' hours and look what I miss!

 

[jeffemy]

It's sad to think someone would try to use a child in a money scam, but it happens. A few months ago on my local news, there was a report of a mother attempting to scam the Make a Wish foundation for a free trip, saying her child had cancer, she didn't.

About a year ago, another mother actually gave her daughter sedatives, and told her she took her to the doctors, where she was diagnosed with leukemia. The mom continued to sedate her daughter, telling her she took her to drs. appointments where she underwent chemotherapy. While the daughter was unconscious her mother shaved her head and gave her medication so she would vomit to show signs of radiation sickness. She told everyone in her neighborhood about her poor daughter, and had several organizations taking up donations for her. Eventually she got caught, I can't remeber the specifics, but, how sick is that??

I mean trying to con your friends, fellow church members and family by pretending your daughter has cancer and going to such elaborate measures is unbelievable, but to actually tell your own daughter that she is dying, when she isn't, IMO is just evil

 

[Divamomto3]

Originally posted by jeffemy
It's sad to think someone would try to use a child in a money scam, but it happens. A few months ago on my local news, there was a report of a mother attempting to scam the Make a Wish foundation for a free trip, saying her child had cancer, she didn't.

About a year ago, another mother actually gave her daughter sedatives, and told her she took her to the doctors, where she was diagnosed with leukemia. The mom continued to sedate her daughter, telling her she took her to drs. appointments where she underwent chemotherapy. While the daughter was unconscious her mother shaved her head and gave her medication so she would vomit to show signs of radiation sickness. She told everyone in her neighborhood about her poor daughter, and had several organizations taking up donations for her. Eventually she got caught, I can't remeber the specifics, but, how sick is that??

I mean trying to con your friends, fellow church members and family by pretending your daughter has cancer and going to such elaborate measures is unbelievable, but to actually tell your own daughter that she is dying, when she isn't, IMO is just evil

This is called Munchaussen's Syndrome by Proxy. Someone makes up symptoms and elaborate illnesses in their children to get attention.

 

[jeffemy]

Originally posted by Divamomto3
This is called Munchaussen's Syndrome by Proxy. Someone makes up symptoms and elaborate illnesses in their children to get attention.

Yes, I've heard of that. I also hope that mother is getting all the attention she craves, in jail.

 

[gr8tpanther]

I passed over that thread while at work intending to read it when I got home (KICK) now I wish I would have read it...

Maybe I passed over it for a reason?

 

[marymrg]

However, when others were offering concrete ways to help with medical bills, Make a Wish etc. , the OP came back with a response that MAW might not grant it because the dd isn't that sick right now. (or words to that affect). Then she again asked about how to go about setting up a fund drive for Dismembers' donations. That's all I was able to read.

 

[jeffemy]

Originally posted by marymrg
However, when others were offering concrete ways to help with medical bills, Make a Wish etc. , the OP came back with a response that MAW might not grant it because the dd isn't that sick right now. (or words to that affect). Then she again asked about how to go about setting up a fund drive for Dismembers' donations. That's all I was able to read.

SSatterly has also been posting on several different threads that she started on the cruiseboard. One in particular seemed a bit odd to me. She was asking about meeting the princesses and said something to the effect that her dd would die to have her photo taken with Cinderella. Seemed to be a poor choice of words for someone to use after just finding out her DD has cancer

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Originally posted by AmazingGrace
When I found out about Benji's brain tumor, the first thing after throwing up, and threatening to dismantle his dr, was send a blanket email out to everybody i knew asking for prayers. I also posted the same email to the different forums i was on.

Going through this personally, I can say from experience that in a sense, you run on autopilot. You've been given terrible news, yet, you need to drive home, you need to pick up your other child, the sun is shining. Everything is normal. You're kinda numb at first.

So, I don't think there's a right way to act. I don't know if this lady is lying or not, but either way, I think she really needs our prayers.

This is the second time today that I've noticed one of your posts. You must be a special person. You explain things so well.

I hope that your son is doing well also .

Either way, I feel sorry for the poster that we are analyzing too.