November 5, 2010

"I'm so hungry..."

            Yesterday in class, we watched this video about this boy who has prader willy syndrome.  If you don't know what that is, it's a disease where a person is "addicted" to food.  All they want to do is eat food, like all the time.  And it's not where like say your hungry from after school and you just want to eat. This syndrome is more servere. It's when all that person can think about is just food and they have a strong desire just to keep eating.
           It's cruel how people can act towards these people.  From what i've heard, before, a couple years ago, a guy at my school had this. And just for the students amusements, they would throw food onto the ground and he would just dive for it. He couldn't help himself and he just went for the food. It's sad how people can act towards people like that! It's not his fault, he can't help himself. It's just wrong.
            In the video, this boy was just always hungry. So hungry, that his dad had to lock up the kitchen and any areas that contained food. And sadly, Max, the boy, he would have tantrums because all he wanted was just food. As if he was a little kid. And his dad seemed to have a hard time with him when it came to that. He had to make sure he made a timed schedule for when Max could eat. And even if it was about 15 mins before dinner time, Max's stomach would hurt, as if he was getting stabbed multiples as he claimied. I hope he can get help with that. And it makes me happy knowing that his father cares so much about him to try to help him out. It was cute when both of them were talking about how much they loved each other too. That's good that Max knows that he always has that one person to always be there for him when he needs help.

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