Hi Frank and Mary,
I am sorry I have not written but that does not mean that I am not thinking
about you!
You know, I am working with 2 patients at the moment, which I had the
opportunity to open up a bit. It is surprising how the suffering of man goes
hand in hand with the suffering of the animals.
First patient is end stages cancer. I was feeding him and somehow the
conversation came up about me not drinking milk. He was surprised and asked
my reasons. I told him that the by product are the calves and he flat out
denied it. He said, me and my dad have been farmers and the cows give milk
because they eat grass....as he is drinking his milk and is chewing on a
sausage link.
Second patient. He has severe Parkinson. As it turns out, he used to work at
Oscar Mayers before he decided to have a "hobby" farm. I was just talking
with his wife about where they live and it turned out that they live right
next door where I boarded my horse. Not knowingly I told them that I always
felt bad when taking my horse for a ride because there was a pig farm and
when the pigs were loaded onto the truck going to slaughter, they would
scream horribly. She said "that was our farm, we had about 400 pigs at a
time, my husband decided that he wanted a hobby farm". Well, they are
older and during his time at Oscar Mayer, they slaughtered pigs on premises.
Yet, knowing what happens he decided to raise pigs for slaughter. Today he
cannot walk and is in pain.
Many times when I talk with patients it turns out that they are or were
involved in that industry and I wonder if it is something like karma.
What do you think?
Karolin
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