[wagglebee]

A few points: First, the child was only injured last month. What's the rush? Second: It is wrong for a guardian to want her ward dead "in his best interests" because he is expected to be seriously disabled if he survives. The message of that decision is stark: his death is better than living with serious disabilities--which I don't think a guardian should be allowed by law to assume.

ALL LIFE is "worth living"!

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[beebuster2000]

no, it isnt

[wagglebee]

Urgent Ping!

[DallasDeb]

They are saying here that the doctors have seen some improvement. Keep the prayers rolling.

[GeronL]

The younger the person the more rewiring a brain can do

[Dante3]

Yes, what’s the rush?

[GovernmentShrinker]

But resources are not infinite, and with helpless children being beaten/tortured/starved/killed with alarming frequency, even in the US, it’s reasonable to ask whether it makes sense to spend millions keeping one vegetative or semi-vegetative child or adult alive, when the money could be used to prevent several others from being killed or rendered vegetative. I’d rather see the money spent on things like armed escorts for social workers checking on children in the homes of convicted criminals and drug addicts — as it is now, many are simply turned away by the criminals, and don’t try to go back because they fear for their lives, or don’t go back until it’s too late because they’re waiting for a scarce armed escort.

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[MountainFlower]

ASTOUNDED!

[Scotswife]

misdiagnosis of pvs...

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7048/13