To any normal person,Thank You is a common courtesy. It is something we are taught in elementary school, even as babies and toddlers it is a proper mannerism. Since I was pregnant with Isaiah and received his diagnosis and prognosis, I've had so many people who are positive and encouraging about it. But a lot of those people are the kind of people who make it sound like they're ignoring reality to make the situation seem better than what it is. I can appreciate being an optimist, but that's just not me. I see things for what they are and of course I always try to learn a lesson from every situation but that doesn't mean it always has to be a good one. Let me paint a picture for you: My entire pregnancy I was told that Isaiah had a lumbosacral lesion in his back, meaning it's lower on the spine, which in turn should 'technically' mean that he would be affected less. I was told by a lot of people, including his doctors, that he would probably walk, most ...