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Remember when Dick Cheney got a new heart and all you heard in the media was how “He’s so old, how come he was able to get one” that is how the left views people, if your old or considered not to have a long life span they just want you dead, they consider you a burden on society.
I dont give a damn about these regulations I say they should go ahead and give this child the lungs..its worth the risk, this child is already at death’s door..if I were this child’s mother I would want to know that EVERYTHING was done to save her life..if she dies without them giving it a shot and finding out if it worked, they will have to live with that regret for the rest of their lives.

Remember when Dick Cheney got a new heart and all you heard in the media was how “He’s so old, how come he was able to get one” that is how the left views people, if your old or considered not to have a long life span they just want you dead, they consider you a burden on society.

I remember that too. Heck, I'm going through a health crisis now with my mother fighting breast cancer, I fear for her but as of now, she is getting good treatment with chemo. I don't like to make judgements on who should live or die, leave it between the doctors and patients and/or families if the patient cannot speak for themselves. The government should stay out and not make these decisions.

I dont give a damn about these regulations I say they should go ahead and give this child the lungs..its worth the risk, this child is already at death’s door..if I were this child’s mother I would want to know that EVERYTHING was done to save her life..if she dies without them giving it a shot and finding out if it worked, they will have to live with that regret for the rest of their lives.

I don't know a lot about ling transplants but if there is a set of lungs that can fit her both size wise and compatible, then they should use them to save her life if she is one of the ones who is desperate (which she is). I understand you need rules and "going by the book" is a good thing to do but there are times "the book" doesn't address everything or special cases plus there are times you need to bend the rules a bit.

I remember here in Pittsburgh back in the 1980's, there was a kid who had multiple lung transplants that did not work yet they wanted to keep trying. I can see making a case where maybe it isn't going to work but again, leave it to the families and doctors.

If the government was not involved at all, then Sebelius should have no say either way but IIRC, the transplanting agency and its protocols are tied into HHS so she is culpable as well. She should just give it the green light and let the doctors and family take care if it. I know life isn't fair but she should not just shoot the poor kid's chances down like that. I know if it were my kid (or in my life, my mother), I'd do anything to try and save her life.

if she dies without them giving it a shot and finding out if it worked, they will have to live with that regret for the rest of their lives

The problem is, if she gets an adult transplant and it doesn't work (because it's riskier), that would not just affect her and her family. It would also affect the other patient who would have otherwise gotten the transplant.

Transplanted organs are a scarce resource, and these decisions are often a zero sum game (one patient getting a transplant means that another does not). There is obviously room to debate whether the particular regulations in place should be improved, but that doesn't mean that we should support government bureaucrats overriding the rules that are in place, in order to move a patient up in line because of media and/or political pressure.