Any negative comments here for this event are just idiots. This is wonderful.
And two Freepers had the cohonas to criticize them. Disgusting.
Read the damn post and read what they are doing and how long they have been doing it.
" Four Diamonds' goal is to simply eradicate childhood cancer, while providing superior care, comprehensive support, and innovative research"
I have personal involvement with this effort. The Four Diamonds has less than 4% going to admin costs.
My niece and her husband were expecting triplets, not via in vitro or fertility drugs BTW, just old fashioned egg splitting ; ) ,
It was an extremely high risk pregnancy for several reasons not just because they were multiples, so much so that her first OBY (BTW, not affiliated with Penn State but a much smaller local hospital) told her she should would probably die if she went through with “it” and therefore should have an abortion or at least a “selective reduction” (and isn’t that a “nice” term for killing babies).
That’s when she and her husband found a high risk OBY through Penn State. He (a Penn State Grade himself) told her outright that the other doc didn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground and probably was scared to deliver because he didn’, and although not without risk, told her that the chances were good that with help and support and proper care, and given advances in neonatal care and the excellent facility at PSMSHMC, she could deliver and her babies had an excellent chance to survive.
She spent the last two months of her pregnancy at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center high risk OBY ward on close monitoring. I visited her many times and was very impressed by not only the facility and care, but the genuine kindness and compassion of those taking care of her. She delivered three beautiful little girls who will turn 4 years old next month. Born at 32 weeks via what was supposed to be a planned C-Section but ended up being an emergency C-Section when she went into labor the day before, the girls spent their first month in the NICU. One of the girls had a heart valve problem and was touch and go for a time, but it was diagnosed and treated early. They all came home healthy and are thriving today. They have been back twice for the NICU “family” reunions and the nurses and doctors are so thrilled to see all the kids and their parents again.
Every year since, I’ve made a modest donation to the NICU and high risk OBY center and will continue to do so.
Contrary to what some say, the actions of a sick and cowardly few (that IMO need to be held accountable) are not representative of all Penn State students, alums, faculty and affiliated organizations, in fact most are not.