Another Child With God

Please say some prayers for a Mother, Father, and Brother who are grieving the loss of their two year old boy.

There's been a sadness in my heart because with death, it can bring out the worst in people. So many people trying to shoot down someone grieving because they don't know if it's real or not. Sometimes I'm amazed at the lack of compassion and general mistrust human beings have anymore. And believe me I've seen some of the major "whoppers" of lies going around about children and death and disabilities. That DOES NOT mean everyone is lying. And, just in case they aren't, perhaps it would be wise to wait a bit before attacking.

I'm reminded of Romans 1:31 and II Timothy 3:3 that discusses such people and their lack of "natural affection" toward others. Regardless of who this family is, or what they represent, an innocent died in a horrific accident and he will be forever missed.

Please also pray for those that have chosen this day to be cruel to this family.

Rest sweet angel, Bryson Drago Ross (photo courtesy of twitpic @Military_Mom)

Freaky Friday-Twitter User Updates Via Brainwaves

An article posted on Discover magazine online talks about a researcher that used EEG to send a tweet message on Twitter. This technology has the potential to help those with "locked in" syndrome to communicate with others on twitter and keep them updated. Locked in is when someone is almost completely paralyzed but their brain is still intact.

The gist is that a person uses their brain to focus on particular letters and ultimately they form a sentence which is sent as a tweet. EEG is useful in a number of ways. It can diagnose epilepsy and see what type of seizures are occurring. Dr.'s can check for problems with loss of consciousness or dementia. It helps find out a person's chance of recovery after a change in consciousness. Dr.'s can use it to find out if a person who is in a coma is brain-dead. It's used to study sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy. EEG watches brain activity while a person is receiving general anesthesia during brain surgery and can help find out if a person has a physical problem (problems in the brain, spinal cord, or nervous system) or a mental health problem.

How completely amazing is it that a person who otherwise would be unable to communicate and is locked in their own body could now be able to communicate snippets of information to those that are added to their twitter account? I am just in awe of the things we can do in this time period! At the same time technology can be FREAKY!

Happy Friday everyone!