Everyone that says the parents have the right to decide or that only God can decide don't see the whole picture. The truth is there would not even be a choice if it weren't for the doctors in Canada. They Kept the boy alive for weeks. To say that doctors are killing him is ridiculous. The disease is killing him and Doctors and technology are extending his life. I think it is so amusing that people will take as much as they can from medicine and what it can offer and then when it is time to end it, all of a sudden, it's up to God and medical professionals have no right. If it were really all up to God and nature, people should just keep out of the hospital
And why are health care costs so inflated? And Obamacare is the answer? IMHO....NO! I certainly would not want the government dictating my role as a parent. But if I neglect that right then it is some one else's responsibility to protect my child. Which in this case I do not see. Does it say this child is in pain and should be allowed to be put out of his misery? It states he is responsive to his parents voices and the procedure was done to make him more comfortable. I would not judge these people. I could not imagine being in their shoes. I have a child (adopted) that at birth had no brain matter, hydrocephalus/shunted, trached, tube fed, epileptic etc. obviously his prognosis was grim. Now seven he is an awesome little boy. Yes he's delayed and his doctors fees are horrendous. But he runs and plays, talks and is continually growing more brain matter. The most important thing is he is happy! So who is to judge?
The question, "who has the right..." should be the sole responsibility of the parents. They made a conscientious choice to conceive. After having a previous child with the same diagnosis is another issue in itself. Keep government out of our lives. But, what if the tables were turned and these parents weren't doing everything possible to make this child's life as comfortable as possible. Like the parents that refuse to give there child chemo, blood transfusions etc. When is it OK and when is it not? And whose right is it to judge? IMHO Let God or be God...............
After reading the article and a couple previous articles regarding this child, I can only marvel at the selfishness of his parents in having him as they knew full well that they were carriers of the terrible disease he's suffering from. To bring a child into the world to suffer as this baby has makes zero sense to me. As to the ethical question of extending his life, I'm not sure that there's any easy answer. I will say that when my mother who was suffering from Alzheimer's became so ill that the only resort was life extending medical support my sisters and I made the decision to let her go as her quality of life was nonexistant. These people in order to get their way made an international issue of this, I'm not sure as to how appropriate that was either.
Very good point. I realise there are disabiled babies and they should live. But if a baby is born and just laying there not knowing who he/she is and will never know. It would be more kind to let them pass on just be made comfortable in the dying process. I made chose years ago to never bring a sick or suffering child into the world for others to care for since I can not . I am a multi handicapped from birth.
Remember that Justin Bieber, the self-proclaimed world authority on health care, thinks Canadian doctors are superior to US doctors, so they must be right -- even though this boy is still alive, no thanks to them.
my cousin has the same disorder. they said she wouldnt live past 3..shes 16 yr old now. She has a trach and it helped save her life. I think the trach gave this little one a chance to live..
by rocketjl: What 'we' can all say is true, is that socialist medicine in Canada does in fact have 'death panels' and is supported by the courts. That is what Obama is putting in place for us.
rocketjl: Your full of IT!!! How many American hospitals have turn away people because of some bogus reason when in reality they did not have insurance?
1. A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court alleges a Delaware man suffered from permanent brain damage from a heart attack because the University of Pennsylvania Hospital turned him away for lack of insurance.
2. My father in law is a dialysis patient. He had his ''port'' cleaned out at U of M hospital in Ann Arbor. Three days later his arm and all down the side of his torso were purple. Concerned he went to a local hospital. Turns out ''port'' was punctured and he was bleeding internally. Local hospital said they didn't know what to do for him and sent him home.
3. THE mother of a man who took his own life an hour after being refused admission to Ney York's Frankston Hospital's psychiatric ward believes deficiencies in its electronic patient records system contributed to his death.
Now that's just three I googled in three minutes, should I go on?
At least if you are going to be disingenuous or out right lie about Obama's healthcare reforms or some other issue, try to be a little educated about it.
Those of you who are saying that the child's life should not have been extended because he is suffering have obviously not read the article. The child's breathing was helped, and he was made more comfortable. This procedure gave him better quality of life. We call that palliative care. Apparently the Canadian system doesn't allow for that.
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I certainly would not want the government dictating my role as a parent. But if I neglect that right then it is some one else's responsibility to protect my child. Which in this case I do not see. Does it say this child is in pain and should be allowed to be put out of his misery? It states he is responsive to his parents voices and the procedure was done to make him more comfortable. I would not judge these people. I could not imagine being in their shoes. I have a child (adopted) that at birth had no brain matter, hydrocephalus/shunted, trached, tube fed, epileptic etc. obviously his prognosis was grim. Now seven he is an awesome little boy. Yes he's delayed and his doctors fees are horrendous. But he runs and plays, talks and is continually growing more brain matter. The most important thing is he is happy! So who is to judge?
Keep government out of our lives.
But, what if the tables were turned and these parents weren't doing everything possible to make this child's life as comfortable as possible. Like the parents that refuse to give there child chemo, blood transfusions etc. When is it OK and when is it not? And whose right is it to judge? IMHO Let God or be God...............
by rocketjl: What 'we' can all say is true, is that socialist medicine in Canada does in fact have 'death panels' and is supported by the courts. That is what Obama is putting in place for us.
rocketjl: Your full of IT!!! How many American hospitals have turn away people because of some bogus reason when in reality they did not have insurance?
1. A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court alleges a Delaware man suffered from permanent brain damage from a heart attack because the University of Pennsylvania Hospital turned him away for lack of insurance.
2. My father in law is a dialysis patient. He had his ''port'' cleaned out at U of M hospital in Ann Arbor. Three days later his arm and all down the side of his torso were purple. Concerned he went to a local hospital. Turns out ''port'' was punctured and he was bleeding internally. Local hospital said they didn't know what to do for him and sent him home.
3. THE mother of a man who took his own life an hour after being refused admission to Ney York's Frankston Hospital's psychiatric ward believes deficiencies in its electronic patient records system contributed to his death.
Now that's just three I googled in three minutes, should I go on?
At least if you are going to be disingenuous or out right lie about Obama's healthcare reforms or some other issue, try to be a little educated about it.