er, and I should add, a lot of the trans guys I know DO end up getting hysterectomies/oophorectomies, partly as a health risk issue, to prevent cancer and stuff, and stop the female hormones from ever coming back. Apparently it's kinda funny when a bearded man is waiting for the gynecologist for a pre-surgery checkup, and confuses everyone in the waiting room...

This is sad....

Parents didn't expect daughter to die during prayer

WESTON, Wis. - The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of untreated diabetes said Wednesday that she did not know her daughter was terminally ill as she prayed for her to get better.

Madeline Neumann died Sunday from a treatable form of diabetes.

Her mother, Leilani Neumann, told The Associated Press that she never expected her daughter, whom she called Kara, to die. The family believes in the Bible, and it says healing comes from God, but they are not crazy, religious people, she said.

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"We just noticed a tiredness within the past two weeks," she said. "And then just the day before and that day (she died), it suddenly just went to a more serious situation. We stayed fast in prayer then. We believed that she would recover. We saw signs that to us, it looked like she was recovering."

Her daughter had no fever and there was warmth in her body, she explained.

The family does not belong to an organized religion or faith, Leilani Neumann said.

"We just believe in the Bible, that's all," she said. "This is our faith."

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According to Vergin, the parents told investigators Madeline last saw a doctor when she was 3 to get some shots. The girl had attended public school during the first semester but didn't return for the second semester, he said.

Now I'm curious what these people's idea of "crazy, religious people" is....

they are not crazy, religious people

just plain ol' bad parents/idiots.

Chicago Tribune interview with the Fug women: [link]

Well, undiagnosed diabetes can be hard....but still. Glad ot see in teh article that someone had called 911, even if it was too little too late.

Kathy, he's recovering slowly. We'll know more once the final lab results from the amputation come back. Thanks for asking.

Ok, giving up on internet and tech support now. Useless. Shower and lunch it is.

I know DO end up getting hysterectomies/oophorectomies, partly as a health risk issue, to prevent cancer and stuff, and stop the female hormones from ever coming back.

The documentary Southern Comfort is a heartbreakingly cautionary testament to this being a good idea.

er, and I should add, a lot of the trans guys I know DO end up getting hysterectomies/oophorectomies, partly as a health risk issue, to prevent cancer and stuff, and stop the female hormones from ever coming back.

Yeah, I was wondering about that.

Happy birthday Allyson.

It's a very Buffy afternoon on Gawker, with bits about Michelle Trachtenberg and Julie Benz.

I actually did some work. And had a cupcake. And also some macaroons.