Ryan

Dog Gets $18K Bionic Leg (Switched)

Sep 21st 2008 11:21AM As the person who is adopting the child who is missing a limb, this makes me have two sets of feelings. On one hand I think this is really great technology and I am glad to see this type of technology more prominent. People can spend their money however they want that is the nature of the society that we live in. I own two dogs and I love them, but this is stupid. Which leads me to my second feeling, 18000 is a crazy amount to pend on a dog when that money could be donated to so many other good causes. Dogs can manage with a missing limb people have a much harder time. My wife and I decided to adopt a few years back and began the process early this year, we are not rich we are not broke. But adoption is an extremely expensive process and will strain almost anyone's finances. We also elected to take a child with a disability. All of this is our choice and burden to bear. And we were approved by the state and federal government to finish adopting our son who will have a disability. For Lori, there are numerous requirements to adopt and not all of them require you to be in the high income category. Your response is ignorant and insulting. It is the same attitude that keeps children from being adopted. We do the best with what we have. Adoption is not limited to the rich. Adoption is for those who want to change the life of a person.