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Subscribe to commentsbillseef4Nov 3rd 2010 10:36AM
My three year old granddaughter, who is being treated for neuralblastmo, a type of cancer, has become quite proficient with her IPad and it has provided her with many hours of entertainment playing games. Many heartfelt thanks to Steve Jobs and his great group of electronic wizards for this amazing gift.
g5user1usaNov 3rd 2010 8:12AM
Ha! iPad rules. Lucky they didn't try to use a Windows tablet. The kid would be crying by now after it crashed a few times. Nothing like the blue screen of death to turn off a user.
dbiernessNov 3rd 2010 9:36AM
God bless the family, and major props to the nurse who thought to bring her boyfriend's iPAD. *That's* the art of nursing at its finest.
cathyreedNov 3rd 2010 12:16PM
What a great story. It could be a much better story if all of the researchers and drug companies, could actually find the treatment that could help this child and others like him. Please, please, please, make it happen.
Honest DermatologistNov 3rd 2010 11:03AM
Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings and prayers to Owen and his family.
MikeNov 3rd 2010 11:47AM
My husband has ALS and is unable to speak so we also thank iPad for giving him a voice .....
RachaelNov 3rd 2010 11:55AM
Yay Owen!
KathyNov 3rd 2010 3:57PM
I suffered a severe Head Injury in a Hit and Run and was told to write notes to myself. I wound up with 25 notepads and could never remember where I had put half of them or which pads held which notes. A friend asked if I knew how to use a computer and luckily I had learned how to do that before the accident. Old memories are still there, if hard to access, but new things just don’t stay without excessive repetition. (and Most programs have Help buttons with step by step instructions) I have been using my Aunt’s old “Macs” as cranial Prosthesis ever since - She was a teacher and would give me her old one whenever she upgraded hers. It was harder to mislay the comp. since they usually have to be plugged in to work.
I love reading myself and could read about 1,600 pages a day by the time I was in 7th grade, so I think it’s wonderful that this young mans Grandma was able to give him this wonderful gift.