"As I looked at her, the thought that this girl would soon be a part of my family made me ill.  I did not like her; I thought she was beyond ugly; and I could not for the life of me see how my handsome, smart son could become involved with such a creature.  What kind of person was I?  All of these thoughts are most contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ.  How could I feel this way about another human being-another child of my Heavenly Father?  I would go to bed at night and pray that I would be able to like this girl. And yet, as I would sit across from her at the dinner table, my stomach would churn, my head would spin, and I just knew if I looked at her for one more second, I would lose my dinner."

"There is no way on earth to prepare mentally and emotionally to deal with someone like Patty.  The Barker family has had years of practice and still, she continues to surprise us."

"Patty loved the bigger hospitals in neighboring cities.  These hospitals had big name doctors, expensive equipment, established reputations, and advanced technology.  Here she was right at home; she loved the technology and could talk the medical jargon.  The hospitals also had one other thing that worked well for her--anonymity.  Patty was less likely to be under suspicion when lost in the myriad of patients, doctors and nurses in these mini-metropolises."

"I couldn't help but look around the room of this depressing hospital. It was painted cheerily enough, but the room was half-full of extremely sick little children.  Some of them did not have hair, most were quite pale, and surprisingly they were all very quiet.  "Beat down" quiet!  All except for Steven.  The healthiest kid in the room was making the most noise.  I was fuming.  Steven did not belong here with these children.  He was healthy-of that, I was sure.  How dare she tie up these doctors and this facility with a child who, as near as we could tell, merely had a slight case of asthma?  Who would subject their own child to a lifetme of doctors, hospitals, medical testing and illness when it was not necessary?  Only a Crazy!"

"I did not know how Jo could help me but her willingness to try was overwhelming.  I did know one thing however-when no one on a hospital staff was even aware of such a disorder--there was about 0% possibility that Patty would ever be caught!"