HOSPITAL: The kids need one

This is about a seed, not the kind to grow tomatoes, but a seed to grow an idea. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to take care of our children? With the growth of this area, children are being put into hospitals full of adults and exposed to sights they should not see, things that scare even adults.

The reason I feel so strongly about this issue is that I have a granddaughter that had RSV at 11 months old, she was in Kootenai Hospital for a week and she was about to die. I could see it in her eyes. They flew her to the children’s hospital in Spokane and we drove over. By that night, I know she would be OK. Somehow I knew it and she began to get better right away. In one week, she came home. She is 16 years old now — a beautiful, healthy young lady.

How can we make this a reality? Then the seed started. I could write this letter and maybe find people that are way smarter than me to get the word out. That’s what we really need in Idaho — a children’s hospital. It can be possible. I know we have people that could make it happen. OK, let’s get to work and find that person or company that can do it. Plant the seed.

LAWRENCE BURT

Coeur d’Alene