LETTERS: Jan. 6, 2007

January 06, 2008 01:26 am

— Grandmother thanks community for helping family

On Sept. 27 my 3-year-old grandson, William Seraiah, was admitted to Kosairs Children’s Hospital with kidney failure from E-Coli 157. My daughter Amelia, his mother, was then admitted to Norton’s on Sept. 30 with the same disease. After 17 days, my grandson was in recovery and sent home with us. My daughter continued to be hospitalized for 60 days, most of those in ICU with multiple organ failure and a blood disease. She is now in recovery. I appreciate the many doctors and nurses who helped her and my grandson. I give all praise to Jesus Christ who has healed them.
I wanted to thank everyone who has helped us along the way but do not possibly know how to find them since most helped anonymously. I certainly thank The Tribune for the nice article at Thanksgiving about my daughter. Her close friend set up a foundation at a local bank and that has been a tremendous help to her. A local church gave clothes to my four youngest grandchildren. There are those from day one who were there for us and praying with us, many called us, brought food to our home, and helped at the hospital. And there were the donations and the prayers from all the unseen and unknown faces in our community who gave from their hearts and gave their hard-earned money to help her financially.
All of you will be remembered and I have asked the Lord to bless each of you, as only He can do. And again, thank you all for your kindnesses.
— Sharon L. Peltier, New Albany

Reader speaks out about San Francisco Zoo tiger attack

In the wake of the San Francisco Zoo tiger attack, I want people to consider these questions:
• What's the difference between a zoo animal and a person in prison?
• What's the difference between a circus animal and a prisoner working on a chain gang?
• What's the difference between an animal in a testing laboratory and a criminal on death row?
The answear to all of these questions is, — The animal committed no crime.
Any creature, man or animal, will become frustrated, angry and sometime violent after years of confinement. We understand this about human behavior, but are always shocked when animals act this way. I am not surprised when a zoo animal attacks, or when a circus animal will “go berserk” and try to escape. And what goes on in those animal testing laboratories, remains in those labs unless someone exposes their cruelty, as explained on www.covancecruelty.com.
There are laws to protect those animals but they can’t speak for themselves. Circuses and zoos, that can’t provide adequate space for them to roam, should give them up to sanctuaries. And using animals for research must stop simply because no one would consider donating their body to science while they are still living, therefore, forcing animals to submit to these procedures is just plain cruel.
— Harold Wilson, Corydon