According to NCES 2, only 53 percent of children ages three to five were read to daily by a family member (1999). Children in families with incomes below the poverty line are less likely to be read to aloud everyday than are children in families with incomes at or above poverty.
There is more than hope for people with post-traumatic stress. Recovery can and does occur. Please do not rely on medication alone as it has no power to change the brain permanently. Effective cognitive-behavioral approaches -- which with repetition change the brain -- work in the vast majority of cases.
Jan 1, '07. Agree with pp, living without kidneys is indeed possible. Some dialysis patients actually have their kidneys removed after developing ESRD because they cause certain problems (as in a recent pt of mine who had polycystic kidney disease). Also, as in your pt's case, CA is another reason.