Colin Farrell parla candidamente sulla decisione “complicata” di mettere al figlio James in una struttura di assistenza a lungo termine
https://m.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/colin-farrell-speaks-candidly-on-tricky-decision-to-eventually-put-son-james-into-long-term-care-facility/a1482404711.html
di Runitbuyme
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caring for a child with a profound disability is an incredible cross to bear. The decisions you have to make along the way and the way you need to think about the long term and “after you”, my heart goes out to all parents who are in this spot.
Hes a good man is Colin.
If he is doing this its because its the best choice as his whole life is built around that lad.
In a series of weeks where the absolute worst of Ireland’s notable people dominated headlines, let’s park this Post as a chance to celebrate one of Ireland’s decent skins. I can’t imagine how tough and draining it has been for Farrell, and the heartbreak caused realising this was the best decision. He’s a good man, doing his best – and one who fought and conquered his own demons.
Can he be our president?
He has enough money to build a special room in his house and enough money to pay for a full-time carer, but he knows that it still doesn’t do anything for when the time comes that he’s no longer around to care for his son. An incredibly tough decision, but he knows what’s best for his son and that it’s better to start that transition now rather than in the future.
My dad had to do this recently and it tore his heart out. He’s cared for my brother for 22 years 24/7 apart from 1 week off per year for a holiday. It took 3 years for him to come around to the idea of putting my brother in full time care and the final straw was my dad getting very sick and almost dying. He realized that he simply couldn’t do it anymore and we convinced him to give himself the rest of his life because he’d always been looking after us but now is his time. He still visits as much as he can but this is probably the most difficult decision one can make. Fair play to Colin.
He’s a good man! Speaking out about it just shows how much he’s struggled with the idea.
I’d an Uncle who was one of the 1 in a million that had a reaction to the 3in1 injections.
The respect I have for my aunts and uncles because of how they operated to keep John as part of the family, in the family home for as long as possible is unwavering.
Grandad died young, left nan with a huge family and John had only been diagnosed around the same time, my dad’s a lump of a man, always looked like a bodybuilder- he was the biggest so he always carried John upstairs and down as his disability progressed.
My dad has said that, he knew when he was 15, that the day he couldn’t get John up the stairs anymore would be the day he leaves home, there wasn’t another option back then! – He made sure he was strong enough for John and intentionally done real labour, that’s why he’s such a big man! – A gentlegiant of man!
John lived at home until he was almost 26, he was completely wheelchair bound, speech was gone and he was loosing motion in his arms…
There was no conspiracy over it, the HSE placed John on a redress scheme and he was housed in The Stewarts Hospital in Palmerstown – he absolutely loved it! He came back in leaps and bounds, he’d play cars, and attempt to communicate, he absolutely adored the nurses.
He made it to 48 until his ticker stopped in his sleep one night, I think he’s the most poignant of all the lost people in my life.
But my God, the care and treatment he received was wonderful, the staff were all like the salt of the earth! They could provide him with happiness that just isn’t possible at home, he had friends just like him and you could see the friendships they had formed.
It’s the right decision, but it would pull you apart. Colin is the kinda man the younger folks need to be looking up to!