Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Can I change my vote? I want to vote for this guy!

Brian voted earlier in the day than I did yesterday, and he had to wait in line for 45 minutes. Significant when you consider our polling location is a teeny little church.

Anywho, he was in line behind this man sporting a "stroller limo" (his words, not mine). He had triplets - two girls and a boy or vice versa...just thinking about triplets makes me lose my mind a little bit.

Anyway, Brian got to talking to this guy, and it turns out these three 9-month old babies were born at 27 weeks (I think, again, triplets make my mind go numb) and weighed between 1 and 2 pounds each. They started talking about time in the NICU, bringing babies home on apnea monitors, etc., and Brian said he felt so guilty for even talking about our experience with our 32-weeker after hearing this guy's story.

Plus, while he was talking, he was holding one baby with a bottle wedged underneath his chin to feed the baby in his arms, was holding another bottle while feeding a second baby who was resting in the stroller, and trying to soothe the third baby who was screaming because he was hungry too. All this while tap dancing and pulling a rabbit out of his hat.

OK, I made the last part up, but seriously...TRIPLETS?!? And taking them out ALONE to VOTE? This guy sounds amazing - I wish I could have been there to witness this spectacle for myself...I may very well have started a write-in campaign for him.

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