:57:05
The famiIy was gratefuI
that they did not have to...
:57:09
...make a decision regarding whether or
not to continue Iife support for their son.
:57:15
''like a good son,
he was caring to the end...
:57:19
''...and removed guiIt or stress
from the famiIy.
:57:23
''He came into the worId premature...
:57:26
''...and Ieft the worId premature.
:57:30
''Matthew's mother said:
:57:35
'''Go....'''
:57:47
We'd been up for 72 hours straight...
:57:51
...and had gone home
and gone to sleep for half an hour...
:57:54
...and get up and come,
maybe I was just way....
:57:58
I don't Know.
:58:00
WhiIe I was reading that statement,
I thought about my own four daughters.
:58:05
She doesn't have her Kid anymore.
:58:11
'''Go home...
:58:13
''' ...give your kids a hug...
:58:19
'''...and don't Iet a day go by
without teIIing them that you Iove them.'''
:58:25
And then we started getting people
sending us all these E-mails and letters.
:58:30
''Do you cry Iike a baby on TV
for aII your patients, or just the faggots?''
:58:36
Jesus.
:58:39
After being thrown into this...
:58:41
...I guess I didn't understand the magnitude
with which some peopIe hate.
:58:48
And of aII the Ietters we got,
there were two or three Iike that.
:58:51
Most were:
:58:53
''Thanks for your caring and compassion.''
:58:58
And Matthew....