I agree that 6 days is a long time. It could be that the story has it wrong. We don't know all the facts. People are too quick to want to slam a parent for poor parenting.
It could be that since they are new parents, they did not pick up on symptoms. It would not be the first time a too-busy set of parents overlooked the health problem of a kid until it became serious.
Yep, dont know all the facts.
If a "set of too-busy parents" cant make time to care for their kids than they should remove other distractions from their lives.
I wonder if their house is nanny free?