It's not fair! If you have more than one child, you are guaranteed to hear that phrase several times a week, if not every day. I have eight kids and, if that fact alone does not guarantee the unfair accusation coming my way, the fact that three of my children have serious, chronic illnesses (cystic fi-brosis, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and scoliosis) most certainly will. There is no way to know the exact number of parents around the world who, like me, are raising healthy kids alongside those with health challenges but, no doubt, it is in the hundreds of thousands. From cancer to birth injuries, meningitis to mental illness, diabetes to Down Syndrome, celiac to sickle cell, auto accidents to autism, and everything in between, parents on every continent are trying to balance the needs of well children and sick offspring while preserving their own sanity. One thing is certain for all of these parents: they frequently will hear the words "It's not fair!" from each of their kids, sick or healthy.
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