A brave little boy explaining his ostomy

neshama49
  • By neshama49 · August 31, 2012 at 5:12 pm · 33 replies
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I came across this video and this brave little boy sets a good example for us adult ostamates:

http://youtu.be/eBry_MsqcVs

It brought tears of happiness to me, I hope it does the same for you

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tjane

So touching made me cry. He is so matter of fact. What a lovely little boy. Hopefully he can have it reversed at some point.

kimsa

OMG! What a sweet sweet beautiful little boy. His innocence and acceptance are overwhelming. May God continue to bless him and the angels watch over him. Thank you for that video.

alan41241

What a precious little boy. Thank you for sharing the video with us.
Blessings,
Alan

COLJustinBlum

Nehsama,

Thanks so much for posting Elijah's video. I want to arrange for him to have his very own Gastronout puppet. Any idea where he lives or how I can contact his family. I will also look into Child Services as stated in the description of the video.

Thanks,

Justin - A United States Guardian of the Gastronouts and loving every second of it!

dollyme (Inactive)
  • By dollyme (Inactive)
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  • September 1, 2012 at 8:42 am
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Oh My Gosh I am still crying and my heart is so overwhelmed with shame of how much I complained when I first got my stoma. That is why Jesus loves little children so very much they are so flexable and honest forgiving. When I get to feeling sorry for myself I will go back and look at this little guy and get a grip with my circumstances.
He is a baby, I am a full grown adult that has lived so much of my life healthy. This brave little boy should inspire all of us.
God Bless him
Dolly

dollyme (Inactive)
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  • September 1, 2012 at 9:39 am
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I too would like to send this little guy some toys do something for him. I wish the people in charge of ostomy awarness day would get this little boy out there for all adults and children to see. He is so special I just cannot get him out of my mind since I saw the video.
If anyone can help find out how to give to him please let us know.
God bless
Dolly

coonchaa

Kids are great, they take everything so much simpler, good example to follow , we should do the same and not worry so much, everything it's going to be alright. I love it.

neshama49

I really feel the love by all of this little brave boy(he is really a big boy in my eyes). I had a thought, if you can pass this video on to ostomy nurses and facilities who work with children who have or will have to have ostomies, that will be great!

dollyme (Inactive)
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  • September 1, 2012 at 2:46 pm
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Neshama,that is a great idea!

S-Mile

Neshama, Thanks for sharing.. he is soooo brave. I can't imagine how this happens to one so young! This is a terrible disease and my heart breaks to see this on any child. He is an inspiration with his open and honest attitude. We would do well to be like that!

dollyme (Inactive)
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  • September 1, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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Everyone of us should view this video of this baby. It is one of the most inspirational things I have ever encountered. I am shocked only a few have replyed to this. Maybe everone is busy with the labor day weekend.
God Bless
Dolly

tjane

I have watched it twice allready. Something to think about the next time you are in the dumps. All you have to do is think about what a brave and happy little boy he is and it has to brighten your day. Wish there was a site to respond back to him and his parent. I bet they don't even know how much they have affected other ostomy patients with that video.

COLJustinBlum

I have contacted a couple of people to try to find out his parent's contact information. They need to know the very positive affect their little boy is having on this community for starters.

Justin

p3pattyo

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful brave little boy with us all, and you're all right we need to pay attention to him and know that if a little boy can handle this situation with such courage, well then so should we.
God Bless him :)

wilmac14

What an amazing little boy. He should be an inspiration for all of us.
Wish I could be that positive all the time.
How sad he had to have surgery at his young age.
I read the posts here from people who have had ostomies for years.
It is only 6 months for me, and I can't imagine going that many months,
much less years.

msmikkle

What an amazing little guy and such an inspiration! His parents have done a great job with educating him. I struggle as an adult with my ostomy and this boy embraces it. Thanks so much for sharing!

Joe-R (Inactive)
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  • September 2, 2012 at 5:31 am
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WOW!! You 'Rock' Elijah!! :^D

What an adorable little child, intelligent and has such charisma
explaining his ostomy in detail and clarity!! Man, my wife,son and
I are so inspired by this brave, little soldier!

He is no doubt of how we should all approach our own ostomies!!

I am going to 'strive' to be just like my Buddy, Elijah! And bravo to his
wonderful parents who have done such an excellent job in raising
such a precious and Blessed child!! :^} WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Dolly of bringing Elijah to our
'Inspire' site!

God Bless you all,
Joe-R

dollyme (Inactive)
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  • September 2, 2012 at 8:10 am
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Neshama49 is the person who brought Elijah video to out site. I am just so touched by it as is everybody who sees it.
Thank you Neshama
God Bless
Dolly

Jhast

Wow what an amazing kid. Thanks for sharing that video.

Sheri213

That was truly amazing to see how he took his ostomy and embraced it.
I was in denial for awhile but I had to pray for endurance.. Thank you all
for the support. Thank you Elijah for the inspiration! !!!!!!

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