im am real sorry u got treated so bad from ya dad an especialy when ya was so sick..i dont think it was better u gettin beat when u was so sick or better then the gettin kicked with cowboy boots or the cord or belt an no matter how u got hit it still would have been just so bad no matter what it was with...i remember when i was growin up about the days i was 2 sore an couldnt not just get outta me bed from hurtin so much after what eva an then havin him drag me outta me bed an do the whole whatever all over again an lotsa times i reckon it hurt more cause i got usual feelins of the pain an the hopein it would end an he would finish an when already sick or hurt the feelins of how can he only keep doin it when he can tell i already feel so bad was there 2.kinda like ya heart just hurts right with the rest of ya as well an ya only wished u could get treated good..... u did deserved heaps better then what u got treated like