Discussion

We were in the car today discussing the usual stuff----------addiction, squeezing, diabetes, and hemophilia.  SERIOUSLY.

So it was Me, #2, #3, and #4.  I was talking about who they should make some cards for.  We were discussing Dan Parr.  I forgot to mention his diabetes.  #2 remembered.  Which then lead to multiple questions from #3 about organs and what Dan looks like.  #2 delved right into her knowledge of diabetes with a wee bit of inaccurate information.  Like the fact that if he cuts himself he will NEVER stop bleeding.  

This lead me to another thought process.  Why the heck was there so much taught about hemophilia in school?  I remember an abnormal amount of time spent learning about this RARE disease.  I used to have phobias about cutting myself and not healing.  (Wait -----maybe this is where my passing out from the site of blood comes from.)  Why were there so many actors enlisted to play in the educational movies depicting blood problems?  I distinctly remember biology in jr high AND high school and the movies that we watched.  I know I am old now, but I wonder if this craziness is still going on or if the focus is now on diseases that affect .....let's say 1 in 3 people.