Letter: Terminally ill children need love and support, not scorn

First I want to thank Mary Bass for taking the time to respond to the letter by Bonnie Black (a couple of weeks ago).

Secondly, I want to ask Ms. Black if she knew what she wrote was very disheartening.

Does she know who the Make A Wish/Children's Wish Foundations serve? Does Ms. Black realize that the 11-year-old boy has been in and out of the hospital for a good portion of his childhood and that most of his memories of his 11 years of life revolve around doctors and hospitals? If Ms. Black would look up the Make-A-Wish and Children's Wish Foundations, she would find the children they serve may not live to be 12 years old. She would find the foundations serve terminally-ill children.

Does Ms. Black know any of this?

The reason Tyler said "he deserved his wish" was because his doctors and nurses continually told him he did. Does Ms. Black know Tyler's trip was postponed two times because of his terminal ill condition? Does Ms. Black know donations from caring people like Mary Bass helped to fulfill these children's wishes? (There is a radio station DJ in New York who does crazy things like sit on a roof for days or stays on the radio for an outrageous amount of continuous hours to help raise funds to help these wishes be fulfilled. He does this every year.)

I thank God that there are people like Mary Bass and pray that only a small number of people who would publicly criticize an 11-year-old boy who is terminally ill.

Lori Carr
Mooresville