[Romantic Old Bird]

Mmm, well Sticks, I was less moved.

I work with children who have Down's syndrome. They are each as different and complex as we all are and should be seen as individuals first.

However around 40-50% are born with heart defects.

In all my experience over the last 20 plus years Cardiac surgery has ALWAYS been performed when appropriate, exactly as with the general population.

The only time it hasn't has been when the risks of the surgery are greater than the risks of living with the condition.
Or, when the benefits of the operation are so minimal as to make the risk unacceptable.

Exactly as with any patient.

I had my severe doubts at the time, and I may be wrong, but the last I heard she had still not had any surgery.

I am sure Craig was well intentioned, but I was uncomfortable with the exploitative elements of it.

It also caused a HUGE amount of distress needlessly to parents of children with Down's and to young people with Down's who thought they would be denied treatment. We had to counsel and comfort them afterwards.


Back on track, I cried when H&P cuddled up together on the bed on their last day together, and when Helen said
'Have a nice life Mr Clarke'

I cried when they looked at each other in their 'look of love'

When Paul left
When Liz and Brian made her cry
When they were reunited and when the final credits rolled and the flies got zapped!