Second class citizen?

So what makes one a Second Class Citizen and who decides you are such???

I can not even describe how mad I am right now. Let me start ...

I tend to neglect my myspace and with that I neglect the blogs of my friends there - my freed reader wont pick them up so ... Anyhow I went on today to see if Maureen had put up some pictures from the Bears Game she went to yesterday. After that I went to check out her moms page and found out that Maureen's cousin has cancer. This was a shock as this girl (Kirstin) is only in her early 20s and just had a baby earlier this year. I was thinking how horrible. One of the posts mentioned a blog that the Kirstin's mom has for her. The title I thought was kind of odd "Bring Kirstin Home". Last I had heard Kirstin was living in IL where most of the family is so I did not quiet understand the bring home part until I started reading the blog. Turns out Kirstin fell in with a bad crowed and got herself in trouble for which she is paying society back right now.

Please read the blog for the whole story - and spread the word

Back to my question. How is it that this young lady was not allowed to see a doctor for the longest time -as in 9 months - despite the problems with her leg worsening!? And then after she was diagnosed with a very serious form of bone cancer and transfered to a medical facility she was not able to see the doctor for TWO WEEKS!!!!!!! Not given pain medication ....! Yet when someone like Miz H.ilton feels the slightest discomfort she is placed in a suite with Doctors at her back and call?? Now they are/were both inmates so should have been treated the same way right???? Kirstin is fighting for her life and there is now way of knowing if this procrastinating in her treatment will have ill effects in her recovery - it may since the tumor was growing rapidly. The family and friends have sent letters to everyone that came to mind to get her the treatment she needs.

They got some good news last week when the PET scan showed that the tumor had not metastasized but they still have a lot before them. So keep them in your thoughts. If you have a minute send her a card with well wishes or books if you wish. I have a hard time thinking of her suffering [in prison] with all this as I just remember this happy kid that I met when I was Maureen's Au pair and all the cousins would meet up at family functions.