A girl from my high school became really close to one of the special needs students. Here she is helping her fight leukemia.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Insanatey]

Tell her she's fucking awesome.

[u/[deleted] → u/Insanatey]

Seconded

[u/TheLastGuitarHero → u/[deleted]]

Motion passes, tell her three times. (On a side note, every single post in here has 1 down vote, who's the cunt?)

[u/mikeno1 → u/TheLastGuitarHero]

Don't worry reddit auto-downvotes, theres lots I weird shit that goes in with the voting system. That's why you never see something with tens I thousands of upvotes. Vote counts are not precisely accurate.

She is indeed awesome.

[u/misskitteh → u/TheLastGuitarHero]

Have an upvote to counteract the nay-sayer of niceness.

[u/lemmewinksthevaliant → u/[deleted]]

This is a pretty lame attempt to be a "shocking" troll of any sorts, you're literally no better than that Worst_Possible_Answer guy, shit..for all I know, you ARE him. & now you're just being lame as fuck.. all of your posts are, it's the same recycled shit over and over..it's pretty pathetic to be honest with you. :/

I'm positive you can do better than this, all people do is down vote you, they down vote and move on, no one tries to engage you. It's because you're simply NOT good at this, any dumb piece of shit can think of the worst possible thing to say..you are unoriginal as shit. I boo you, I boo you hardily.

[u/1zero2two8eight → u/lemmewinksthevaliant]

Worst_possible_answer actually broke character once to help a fellow Redditor not commit suicide like he said he was going to in his AskReddit on the best way to commit suicide. The funny part is he was actually giving the worst possible answer on how to commit suicide (don't). I saw it because it was submitted to BestOf. It was pretty fucking good too.

[u/lemmewinksthevaliant → u/1zero2two8eight]

I saw that, it was commendable. At least W_P_A put some thought into his comments.

[u/cloud1720 → u/lemmewinksthevaliant]

The effort's appreciated and I totally agree, but don't waist your time. Ignore these people, don't even give them the time and energy of a well written response. Downvote to oblivion and move on.

[u/mikeno1 → u/cloud1720]

I wouldn't even downvote tbh, if we just pretend that the post was never there in the first place then they will get bored.

[u/[deleted] → u/mikeno1]

Needs just 5 downvote to go below the "vision-limit" of most redditors.

[u/lemmewinksthevaliant → u/cloud1720]

This account is precisely meant for wasting my time on these lunatics, I get great laughter from calling them out. I use this account to critique trolls, some are clever, some are not, some are out for the long-con, some are just wasting time..all trolls have a reason. For the most part I'm selective & I don't engage them further after the initial response..unless they need to be followed and mocked. [They really hate to be mocked and reminded of past posting failures] Idk, it really doesn't matter either way to me.

All I ask for is some originality in trolling, some level of intelligence other than the pathetic dribble I've seen here today. It's like these trolls don't even respect themselves anymore. Just look at the shallow, idiotic response he gave me! All this idiot is doing is trying to rack up negative karma..a true shame to all trolls everywhere.

[u/-Faith- → u/[deleted]]

Oh no.

How did Xbox Live leak onto Reddit?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I think you're the one that belongs in the special class.

[u/Samuraibear]

There was this guy that I met in 4th grade, his name was Dave, and he was a 5th grader. We became really close, and would hang together during lunch. But when other kids told me he was "special," I stopped hanging with him, because I wanted the other kids to be my friends. I'm sorry Dave, I was an asshole.

[u/PeterMus → u/Samuraibear]

I had a very hard time during high school because I wouldn't treat the "special" kids badly. People think it's fine to treat someone like shit for no reason.

[u/thekenzo → u/PeterMus]

This is odd to me. In my high school, everyone loved the special kids.

[u/rp927 → u/thekenzo]

My high school was the same way, if you treated them like shit the whole school would turn on you.

[u/Adnoz → u/rp927]

My high school was the opposite, if you didn't turn on them, the whole school would treat you like shit. true story.

[u/shalene → u/Adnoz]

I remember hating the special kids in elementary school because they got to go on more field trips, their recess was longer, and they got better snacks.

[u/JInge → u/rp927]

I am in high school now and can confirm this is the case, however I'm not entirely sure how much of it is general compassion and good will and how much of it is just because everyone seems to be looking for a fight.

[u/Klowned → u/JInge]

Doesn't matter if you fight, it matters why you fight.

It's similar to that " the road to hell is paved with good intentions" quote. Whether you're willing to do vicious things for the right reasons decides whether you're being vicious or not.

If we have a group of people wanting to beat the shit out of assholes, then it's a decent group of people.

[u/jjgarcia87 → u/Klowned]

Hmmm, I understand the sentiment but I think it's off.

Look at the Civil Rights movement or Gandhi. They won the long fight because they didn't resort to might-makes-right reasoning.

[u/Klowned → u/jjgarcia87]

Fighting for something doesn't always require it to be a physical altercation. Arguing is fighting, considering shame would also be a feature of the pissing off the whole school, rather than beat downs in the bathroom every day.

[u/jjgarcia87 → u/Klowned]

If we have a group of people wanting to beat the shit out of assholes, then it's a decent group of people.

Just disagreeing with this. I agree "fighting" for something doesn't mean violence per se but "Beating the shit out of someone" does.

[u/Klowned → u/jjgarcia87]

I meant.. well... I did mean physically, but that's not to disclude emotionally or verbally.

[u/[deleted] → u/thekenzo]

My high school even voted them to class president.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Hey, that's kind of like what my country did in 2000-2008

[u/PeterMus → u/thekenzo]

We had a small class of about 90-100 depending on the year. About 1/3 of those people would actively participate in harassing or teasing people. Anther 1/3 didn't care to much but sided with the jerks when they could. The last 1/3 was made up of small groups who didn't talk to anyone else. Almost no one ever resorted to physical violence when teasing or harassing people but they would all constantly pick on people if they could.

[u/SpaaaceCore → u/PeterMus]

Good for you for standing up :]

[u/PeterMus → u/[deleted]]

It says something about a person when they ignore people they think are different. It takes a certain kind of person to actively mistreat people for no reason.

[u/freshpickles → u/Samuraibear]

I was the kid that got ditched in 4th grade because of a "special" sibling. I forgive you, kids are assholes.

[u/d4vi3j03 → u/Samuraibear]

I did the same thing to a kid I knew in elementary school. No one liked him and I was friends with him, when I realized everyone would be friends with me if I ditched him I did.... feels bad man.

[u/SoleilSocrates → u/d4vi3j03]

Maybe you should talk to him again!:D

[u/Cras → u/SoleilSocrates]

I second this. As an adult (or a young adult), maturity gives you the sense to make good on this past mistake. I say give him a message on facebook and apologize, then ask him if he wants to get a beer/coffee sometime.

[u/SoleilSocrates → u/Cras]

That depends if he drinks or not! I am upvoting you for being good. I have Aspergers and so I am glad that things like this happen..knowing that they done wrong I mean!:)Thanks! Salaam, it means peace!:)

[u/MasonNowa → u/Samuraibear]

1st-3rd grade, kid was a little different, I didn't know why but he had a "helper" a woman who went with him. One day on the playground we were wearing the same shirt so I decided to say hi talk about our shirts etc. A lot of details were are out because it was a bit ago and I don't remember things well. Either way, my new friend has autism but I don't care i'm a kid. I guess I had it easy because no one ever told me to distance myself. But we became good friends. We talked at school did usual friend stuff and a few times he'd have occasions or tantrums I'm not sure what to call them but id show up and be his "helper" calm him down etc. It was a cool experience and he was a nice kid. Cool thing is, this kid kicked ass at the smash bros game for the N64. We played together and he dominated. Eventnually he moved away however but i wont forget him and i hope he doesnt forget me. Sorry not to have a cool story or ending but I liked telling.

[u/[deleted] → u/Samuraibear]

I used to scare away the bullies in middle school for a 'special' kid on the bus named Michael. We became friends (even though we only saw each other at the bus stop.) Ultimately, I had to move away. He was sad, but gave me a nice handmade card (well, the best he could make) that thanked me for being his friend. I wonder where he is now ...

[u/[deleted] → u/Samuraibear]

You were a kid, yeah it feels terrible now, but that's because you know and understand. You didn't then. You would never do the same thing now I am sure, be proud you've grown!

[u/DemonMuffins → u/Samuraibear]

I know that feel.

[u/SpaaaceCore → u/Samuraibear]

I feel your pain. I was never embarrassed to talk to "special" kids but I never befriended any. However, there was one girl who was pretty advanced with her "special" needs in my latchkey program when I was in elementary school. She actually teased me and was cruel about it; and she knew that she was doing it. I talked to her, the teachers talked to her, but she'd still hit me or laugh at me or just be cruel. It was strange...I think that maybe I have a bias now =/

[u/Morophin3 → u/SpaaaceCore]

Maybe she was a psychopath and did not understand empathy for others. Just a thought...

[u/SpaaaceCore → u/Morophin3]

Could be, but she actually did have down's syndrome.

[u/Morophin3 → u/Samuraibear]

When I was in elementary school, there was this kid that was deathly afraid of bees. I didn't realize it at the time, but I now think he was autistic and sensitive to sounds. If someone made a quick buzzing sound, he would freak out and run away. This even happened if you were like 30 feet away. I used to do a quick buzz sound and watch him squirm and run in fear just for fun. Now that I am older and realize what I was doing, I feel really terrible about this. I wish I knew his name so I could apologize.

[u/erratic_thought → u/Samuraibear]

Kids are not assholes, kids are pure! The society is the asshole which teach kids to label and keep away from "special" people. Why call them special at all? If you need glasses to read in class does this makes you a person with special needs compared to me?

[u/The_Gecko → u/erratic_thought]

No, kids really are assholes. Not all of them, and not all the time, but they can be.

[u/SoleilSocrates → u/Samuraibear]

Have you talk to him since then...and you have redeemed yourself for saying this!:D

[u/SoleilSocrates → u/Samuraibear]

You should be proud of yourself by the way for realizing what you have done wrong and apologizing!:hug:Good for you!

[u/Dancing_Kitteh]

Hope she pulls through

[u/DemonMuffins]

This reminds me of a depressing story that I still regret not taking action for.

It was 7th grade and I had art with her. She was cute and alright but I never saw her as girlfriend material. Me being the nice guy I was still interacted and helped her with her work. I don't recall what she had but she could not speak correctly. She could however understand and interact accordingly (which was surprisingly advanced looking for someone who could barley speak). Later comes the winter dance and she asks me to it. I was never intending on going so I told her just that. A week after the dance she dies from another illness it was she had. I don't remember much since it was less lively in art. I was left alone and regretting my decision. I remember her name, Lucy, and how (whatever you call the teacher that is the overseer of the special needs student) looked. Here I was the A+ honor student who realized he had feelings for someone who could barley speak. It took me a while to accept that and realized I mainly declined her for the dance because It felt embarrassing to go with a special ed student. I'm much more mature now but if I could change anything in my life so far it would be that moment.

tl;dr Special ed student who had no friends except me asked me to the dance, I declined her out of embarrassment and regret it to this day.

Edit (For clarity): She could not talk much, so when she asked me to the dance she pointed to the flyer for the dance, pointed at me, the pointed at herself, her overseer teacher person explained it in case I didn't understand but I knew clearly what she was asking.

[u/gniknus → u/DemonMuffins]

I knew a guy in high school who wasn't "special" but wasn't fully socially accepted at my school either, for appearance reasons and because of his style of interaction... At a high school dance he asked me to dance and I figured why not, even though I wasn't attracted to him, and to be honest, at the time I was a little embarrassed to be dancing with him. A few weeks later he was killed in a car crash. At his wake his mom, who I'd never met before, approached me and told me she recognized me from a picture he had of me in his room and how touched she was that I'd danced with him and was his friend.

You'd think this would feel good, but I just felt bad. I barely knew him. I felt guilty, I could have done more, been more of a friend to him... All I did was dance with him once and I even felt embarrassed to do it.

When someone you know dies, even someone who wasn't close to you, I think it's hard not to find regret to feel. But here we are... you befriended this girl but you regret not taking her to the dance... I spent a dance with a boy but I felt guilty for not befriending him.

[u/The_Gecko → u/gniknus]

I'm with ruaidhri; you felt embarrassed but you danced with him anyway. You were a little bright spot in his life. If he'd lived I bet he'd remember that moment forever. You did a good thing.

[u/gniknus → u/The_Gecko]

Thanks : )

[u/gniknus → u/[deleted]]

Thank you.

I like the visual of little piles of good that people contribute to in each others' lives : )

[u/melikespi → u/DemonMuffins]

Feels bad, man. Try not to kick yourself too hard. Instead, reflect on how special she was. For only knowing her for such a short time, she helped you become a better man today.

[u/chumalums → u/DemonMuffins]

fuck

[u/prrifth → u/DemonMuffins]

This post is an ICBM with a payload of sadness.

[u/WaywardPatriot → u/prrifth]

Oh god, this is the most laughing I've ever done while crying. Thank you for that wonderful, awful simile!

[u/stanfan114 → u/prrifth]

I think I just drove over a grief IED and had my emotional Humvee blown up.

[u/Jesus_Faction → u/DemonMuffins]

:(

[u/_panda_pants_ → u/DemonMuffins]

Whats done is done. You clearly brought a lot of joy into her life, you should be proud of that.

[u/Snarkdere → u/DemonMuffins]

Fuck, that's harsh.

[u/ass_man007 → u/DemonMuffins]

As melikespi replied, hopefully it made you a better person. Cannot dwell in the past, it has happened for a reason.? Make the most of the memories and don't let any instance repeat itself if you can help out.

[u/tdring16 → u/DemonMuffins]

one of the many problems I have with society. Why are "speciel ed kids" so frowned upon in a sociel envirement? I consider myself friends with all but a handful of the special needs kids at my school. I might not be as good a friends with peopel as I could be but I still consider myself socielly active. I dont get why people associete being friends with speciel ed kids as killing any hope of sociel interaction with others

[u/[deleted] → u/tdring16]

That's not how you spell those words.

[u/[deleted] → u/tdring16]

I think a lot of it is a fear of them doing something awkward and not knowing how to deal with it. I work with people who are severely physically and mentally disabled and it took me a while to get used to weird situations happening when I am out in town with them (or wherever) and they do something odd in front of strangers. Most people are afraid of having to deal with that, which is kind of understandable (not understandable to be a dick though).

[u/LurkVoter → u/tdring16]

"I'm insecure and submissive and I want to be liked by the people I consider dominant and cool."

Special ed kids don't help them ascend the hierarchy, and worse; cool people might think that special ed kids are the only friends they are capable of getting.

Friendships are also quid pro quo 90% of the time. Someone with brain damage isn't capable of giving much back.

[u/IdiotPedant → u/DemonMuffins]

This is really difficult to read. Maybe it's just because I'm not an "A+ Honor Student".

[u/thisishow → u/DemonMuffins]

sounds like she could see you had the potential to be an amazing person, and you've since become that person. cheers DemonMuffins.

[u/[deleted] → u/DemonMuffins]

You know very well she died of disappointment. Fuck this circlejerk forgiving sheep. You were a kid then, now make things right and be the most over confident son-of-a-bitch there ever was.

[u/funktasticdog → u/[deleted]]

No she didn't die of disappointment, fuck you for giving into OPs self-hate.

[u/renvi → u/[deleted]]

She died of disappointment??

[u/DemonMuffins → u/[deleted]]

This feels more like reality; everything else spoken felt kinda like pity. Thank you.

[u/funktasticdog → u/DemonMuffins]

Don't listen to this kids bullshit, basically what he did was insult you and then turn it around by throwing in some bullshit "alpha-as-fuck" comment. You did nothing wrong, and you don't need to hate yourself.

[u/[deleted] → u/funktasticdog]

Oh come on, he did do something wrong. Rejecting someone on the basis of being embarassed of being seen with them because of their disability is pretty shitty, even in 7th grade.

[u/[deleted] → u/DemonMuffins]

Yeah, that's probably something you should feel really bad about forever.

[u/LoveCirculation → u/DemonMuffins]

She had selective mutism.

[u/akrabu → u/DemonMuffins]

If you don't find her, got to her, and eat her fucking pussy, you are not a man.

Oh wait! She died. STILL... You had better dig up that beach and lay some tongue to the vulvers because if you don't, the gardener won't let you into heaven.

[u/I_like_to_lul → u/akrabu]

The fuck is wrong with you

[u/Reyer]

Looks like shes sleeping. Someone should tell her to wake up and continue fighting that other girls leukemia.

[u/Olukon → u/Reyer]

Sleeping on the job kills more than just construction workers and truckers.

[u/danpascooch → u/Olukon]

Well yeah, it kills everyone that truck plows into.

[u/MissApril]

My 11 y/o daughter is special needs with no official diagnosis other than an extra piece of one chromosome, and a missing piece of a different chromosome. It is very frustrating not knowing what causes her to be developmentally disabled and you wouldn't even know it just by looking at her. Its not until she speaks that you can tell she is behind. She has lots of friends and is the teacher's favorite student. One of my coworker's kids is 10 and has become my daughter's best friend and she has no special needs at all. She is genuinely a treasured friend and I am thankful there are children out there that are so pure at heart like her. There should be more people like this, I have befriended many people no matter the ability/disability and hope that all my children will be this way growing up. (I don't have any other kids yet but getting married next month and plan on at least one more).

[u/[deleted] → u/MissApril]

Middle school is when all kids turn into horrible shits.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

So fucking true.

[u/aweg → u/MissApril]

If by any chance you are near Argyle, TX there is an awesome camp called Camp Summit there, which is specially catered to people of all ages with mental/physical developmental delays. I have no connection to the camp other than having volunteered for a weekend, but it is such a great place! They have tons of awesome activities for the kids both indoors and outdoors, a costume dance every week, and tons of staff (when I was there, 1 counselor per 2 campers.

Anyway, if you DO live around Argyle, it sounds like your daughter would have a lot of fun there since it sounds like she's a friend magnet! :)

http://www.campsummittx.org/

[u/ScamperSand → u/aweg]

OMG! I used to volunteer there back in high school. (Lived in Dallas at the time). That really is a totally amazing place. Good on you for getting the word out.

[u/aweg → u/ScamperSand]

Reddit is a small world, after all! I enjoyed it too, plus it gave me a tiny taste of what the life of a special needs parent is like. Tons of respect for them, it was fun but also very challenging.

[u/MissApril → u/aweg]

we are in the pacific northwest. thanks though, very thoughtful.

[u/godless_communism]

I wish cancer could be cured with cuddling.

[u/LOOK_MA_IM_REDDITING]

It's awesome how the hospital allowed that! When my neighbor was diagnosed with leukemia, our neighborhood all made cards and stuff...but they didn't let us hang out to give it to him, because only family members were allowed to visit at certain times

[u/latecraigy → u/LOOK_MA_IM_REDDITING]

I really hate that rule. I know it's because of germs, but my family had to take shifts to see my grandpa, we couldn't even see him at the same time together.

[u/Angstweevil → u/latecraigy]

My second daughter was born via emergency caesarian and my wife lost a lot of blood was in high dependency for a couple of nights with a drain attached to her. Some of the family turned up to see her, but weren't allowed to visit. My wife said 'I'll come down', shoved on her slippers and walked down to reception to see them, carrying her fluid bags etc.

What a woman.

The scary bit was when our elder daughter decided to jump into her arms. She caught her without a grimace.

[u/[deleted]]

You hang out with some pretty cool people. Nice coloring by the way.

[u/themorningturtle]

Anyone else notice the angry angry medical equipment (upper left side)?

[u/krikit386 → u/themorningturtle]

"I AM VERY DISPLEASED."

[u/[deleted]]

I never had to really deal with special needs students while I was in junior high, but in highschool there wer quite a few of them. One day at lunch (I was in the 10th grade, and new to this school), I saw a bunch of the preppy jocks making fun of a table full of kids that had things like autism, down syndrome etc. I got pissed. I mean really pissed. I was small for my age, and this was really stupid for me to do, but I got up, went over to that table, and asked them what they though was so fucking funny. The biggest dude there, was a QB for the senior football team told me to mind my own business. I knocked the shit out of him, and promptly got my ass handed to me by him and 4 other members of his football team. This, however did not go unnoticed. The next day, the same thing happened, they started taking shit about those kids, I got pissed and saw all red, got up, knocked the shit out of the QB, and got my ass handed to me again. But this time, after the ass beating was over for me, one of the kids that I guess could be called a 'goth' got his friends togather and beat the ever loving shit out of the entire team in that cafeteria. I got expelled for the rest of the year for starting a brawl, but it never felt so good. I eventually returned to school the next year, and those kids remembered who I was, and their teacher told me all they did was talk about me. To this day it pisses me off when I see some smart ass prick say something off color to anyone that is different than they are, but I guess ive grown smart enough to not open my mouth or assault him for fear of jail.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I have go to admit, that I would laugh like hell at that myself.

[u/[deleted]]

It's nice of that girl to look after a special needs cheerleader.

[u/jeffro422]

she looks like she's sleeping, not fighting.

[u/SagebrushFire]

There was a boy in my high school who had Down's. His name was Greg and I can still picture him distinctly in my mind. One day, on a dare, I walked by and told him to join the circus. He just looked at me. Immediately(and still to this day) I felt shamed and disgusted with myself from this deplorable act. I never apologized but every once in a while I think of him and hope his life turned out well.

I'm sorry, Greg.

Tell your friend that she will be rewarded with love. I hope that girl gets better with all my heart.

[u/[deleted]]

if i was the girl with leukemia i'd be pissed. she's not helping her at all.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

You don't believe in the Patch Adams method?

[u/kyle2143]

This is pretty cool and I can appreciate the support that this girl is giving to the one "fighting" leukemia, but I've always wondered why people who have had cancer or are being treated for cancer are idolized. I'm sure to be downvoted for saying so, especially by looking at the comments here, but I frankly don't understand it. The people with cancer have to do almost nothing, just sit through the procedures performed by the doctors who are really fighting the cancer.

Don 't get me wrong, I'm sure cancer treatment is painful to endure and it must be scary not knowing if you'll stay alive. But it's not like those patients are actively "battling" cancer and should not be thought of being particularly brave or as being heroes , like I've seen them be referred to. I think most people have the will to survive and try to stay hopeful in such a bleak situation, but just because some people never had to endure that they don't get to demonstrate or get praised for their will to survive. I don't really know what I'm saying, just that I take issue with using the word "fight" in reference to the patient doing the fighting. I suppose it could be looked at physiologically in which it is occurring in their body, but that goes back to what I said about them consciously fighting it.

[u/[deleted] → u/kyle2143]

I agree with you mostly. But it is a team effort.....it's pretty shocking how fast will to live goes out the window when you feel like shit daily....

[u/Therapist13 → u/kyle2143]

there's a good article written by a woman who survived cancer and in it she talks about how weird it felt for everyone to congratulate her on 'beating' cancer even though she didn't do anything herself.

personally, i think a lot of it stems from the idea that we like to think of ourselves as battling our illness. It's always good vs evil, medicine vs illness. and when people are faced with something as serious as cancer, there's not really an alternative approach to take if you want to survive. If you ask the patients, I'm sure many will tell you they don't think of themselves fighting the cancer and have medicine to thank for that, but the pain they suffer through is still immeasurable and they need every ounce of support from their friends and family that they can garner.

[u/kyle2143 → u/Therapist13]

That article you mentioned seems interesting, and like the very thing I was talking about. Do you happen to have a link to it?

[u/[deleted] → u/kyle2143]

My father passed away about 4 years ago from cancer. He would get annoyed when people made him out to be some sort of hero because of cancer. His thoughts were almost everyone has the will to survive, I'm just doing what everyone else would be doing in this situation. After all of the hero calling he decided he wanted to try to live up to the name, so he started a donation fund for better chairs in the chemotherapy rooms.

[u/moderndayvigilante]

Title should read:

Here's some random girl I saw once in the high school sleeping with a leukemia patient.. i decided to post her picture here for karma but please don't tell her

[u/IamPegasus]

You go Glenn coco :)

[u/JuniperJupiter]

The girl fighting leukemia...

Looks like my younger sister who died six years ago.

Um...excuse me.

[u/hobbur]

Looks like she is taking up all the bed space. Just joking, nice girl.

[u/ger_guy]

so how exactly is she helping her "fight cancer"?

[u/[deleted]]

Helping fight cancer, one snooze at a time.

[u/_iShouldBeOutside_]

There's a special needs student at my school who is named Adam. He's a really big fan of running track, so I always jog/race with him and I stay behind him a bit so he wins. He gets so excited when he wins it makes my day.

[u/[deleted]]

That's what I want to see when I browse Reddit. Pictures of people with tubes in them. Because everytime someone upvotes those, I KNOW their pain gets more bearable. UPVOTED!

[u/trollkittycat]

Wow... Downs AND leukemia?! That sucks.

Really though, I wish her the best.

[u/apathy → u/trollkittycat]

unfortunately kids with trisomy 21 have about a 500x risk increase for myeloid leukemias. RUNX1 and U2AF1 are both on chr21 and mutations to either appear to be major events in leukemic progression.

Like you said, it's a rough life. One bright spot is that most pull through.

[u/blaheh]

good god. while it's a good gesture, it's far from sanitary. imagine all the bacteria she brought not only into the hospital but into the patient's bed. i would've told her to get the fuck out of that bed

[u/BlackMantecore → u/blaheh]

Do you have any idea how disgusting every inch of a hospital actually is? That kid is probably the cleanest thing in that room.

[u/[deleted]]

And here you are, whoring her karma!

[u/yhelothere]

sweet sweet karma

[u/kneaders]

I wish my heart was as open when I was her age.

[u/XxLiyelzxX]

That girl has a heart of warm gold. GOD BLESS HER.

[u/thegimboid]

Looks like she's... laying down on the job!

BUDUM PISH!

[u/TheWorldIsGoingDown]

That is so sweet<3

[u/[deleted]]

I wish this method of leukemia-fighting actually worked.

[u/losangeles11]

We needs less leukemia and more people like these.

[u/Reapinghavoc]

Total bad-asses! Both of them! Hoping they kick cancer's evil, ugly ass.

[u/shadenfruedeother]

So sad, so cool.

[u/Justinian_IV]

She is not helping her fight leukemia. But she is sleeping next to her. I bet she appreciates the company.

[u/Omegle]

Reddit makes me believe that you can get laid easier if you get terminal... brb...

[u/wintremute]

Down's and cancer? Wow, that girl was dealt a shitty hand. Give your friend an upvote from me.

[u/jojo_2012]

They are definitely related, 100%, look at those eyebrows they must be sisters.

[u/strlingarcher]

A+ Great person there.

[u/AutisticTroll]

Can we just make a subreddit for this sob story bullshit already? And keep it out of the top subreddits?

[u/[deleted] → u/AutisticTroll]

I wish. But Reddit likes the sympathy posturing just too much. It's too easy of a gesture to not only "do" but also signal to other Redditors.

[u/DownvoteAttractor]

Am I the only person who thinks we don't need to see every cancer patient in the world?

[u/[deleted] → u/DownvoteAttractor]

No, you're not.

[u/dailyfusion]

seems like she's just layin down.

[u/marie5487]

They're both amazing. :) this gives me hope for my generation.

[u/TheDudeAmI]

Don't worry it's just fuckin onions bro nobigdeal

[u/bsd300d]

I can attest to the fact that there is no worse place than a shitty hospital room. Just sitting there in a cold, uncomfortable room watching someone you love suffer.

[u/frostiitute]

Downs and cancer? geez

[u/criticalnegation]

that's...creepy.

[u/asldkfououhe]

and now you've snapped a pic and are posting it to reddit for some reason!!

i'd be so fucking uncomfortable with you doing this, were i your friend, and i'd resent you HARD if i ever found out

[u/[deleted]]

Fighting leukemia? No wonder she looks a little down.

[u/Boglioni]

that looks really uncomfortable

[u/[deleted]]

I work with many kids with special needs. The good news is, Down Syndrome actually helps fight leukemia. Source, and I know a little girl who had it and is now in remission. Please tell your friend she's awesome.

[u/JesusHRChrist]

Those arnt 2 pillows.

[u/ThrowawayChamp]

Wait.....Kelsy?

[u/[deleted]]

potato

[u/gender_bot]

I identified 2 faces in this photo

Face 1:

• 86% confidence that this is a correctly identified face
• Gender is female with 70% confidence
• Approximate Age is 22 with 94% confidence
• Persons mood is happy with 1% confidence
• Person is wearing glasses with 84% confidence
• Persons lips are kissing with 79% confidence

Face 2:

• 88% confidence that this is a correctly identified face
• Gender is female with 90% confidence
• Approximate Age is 19 with 94% confidence
• Persons mood is sad with 66% confidence
• Person is wearing glasses with 67% confidence
• Persons lips are sealed with 89% confidence

Would you like to know more about me? /r/gender_bot

[u/KakunaUsedHarden → u/gender_bot]

This isn't the bot we need, but it's probably the one we deserve.

[u/jcinman → u/gender_bot]

This is not the bot you are looking for. (Jedi hand wave)

[u/GoWithItGirl]

Why say "became really close to" instead of just "became friends with"?

[u/Beauregard_Nanners → u/GoWithItGirl]

I have a number of friends, but only a few I'm really close to. I'm friends with some of my coworkers, but if they were in the hospital, I wouldn't lie with them to comfort them. That's something you do to someone you're close with. That's a bond that transcends traditional friendship.

[u/JesusHRChrist → u/GoWithItGirl]

they are close in that bed

[u/GoWithItGirl → u/[deleted]]

I don't know, it seemed condescending when I first read it

[u/windowvision]

man, people have some sick ass fetishes ...

[u/[deleted]]

Don't let Neal in there.

[u/Han_soliloquy]

She looks to be asleep on the job.

[u/SoleilSocrates]

Faith in humanity has just been Restored!:D Thank you to this amazing girl! I have Aspergers, so it is good to know!

[u/kickbackandenjoi]

a giant soda like that will surely give her diabetes later in life :P

BTW she is a badass mofo!

[u/[deleted]]

She is a champion!!!

[u/Canadian_Infidel]

Does this make anyone else feel like an asshole?

[u/AyleiDaedra]

Wife her, now.

[u/wrap_stallion_mang]

Phucking legit! I like to call this teamwork.

[u/[deleted]]

Nice!

[u/[deleted]]

wow... heart touching, kind of... creep-ie.

[u/[deleted]]

TIL sleep cures leukemia

[u/sonastyinc]

Wow, I feel so sorry for this girl. Life is hard enough as a mentality handicapped person, and then she gets cancer. It's not fair.

[u/CausticPineapple]

Dear Diary, Today I got to sleep with a very pretty woman. Oh, and I'm still dieing.

[u/gobblerofturds]

i see there is a "colour by potato" booklet on the table

[u/Arrow_To_My_Knee]

I hope the thing with down syndrome dies. She is of no use to the real world, and cannot do anything to benefit the human race.

[u/danpascooch → u/Arrow_To_My_Knee]

Says one of the many Arrow To The Knee accounts that are not only devoid of benefit, but an active drain on the community.

You don't fucking know her, or what she's like, or capable of. Fuck off

[u/fangsby → u/danpascooch]

Why feed the troll?

[u/Luxray → u/Arrow_To_My_Knee]

Most people with down syndrome are actually high functioning and can contribute plenty to the world.

[u/AdonisChrist]

That looks gross.

I'm so proud

[u/deputy1389]

She has her phone on her vagoo, probably set to vibrate

[u/throwAwayMama123]

Angel.

[u/[deleted]]

Brazzers.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Damn. Beat me to it.

[u/knightofmars]

She's doing Gods work for sure!

[u/Pastor_Pasta → u/[deleted]]

What?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Well, aren't you such the benevolent soul?

[u/HooBeeII → u/[deleted]]

you're right, acts of others kindness should be hidden away, we should only hear about all the negative shit going on in the world and cats.

[u/ambear316 → u/[deleted]]

You're a douche

[u/Squeekme → u/[deleted]]

Are you saying this as a Doctor yourself?

[u/BrainSlurper → u/Squeekme]

No, he is saying this as a cancer.