So why couldn’t he have given a lower dose, relieve the suffering and give the babies a few more hours with their parents?
Kind of reminds me of Ole Yeller.
Evidently a lower dosage wasn’t sufficient to control the spasms.
Have you ever seen someone having a seizure? From the outside it looks wicked and painful, to the person undergoing the spasms, they have no recollection of it. When it is over they are physically exhausted and require sleep.
That is the part that would drive me nuts. The infant appears to be sufferring, but is it? Do you permit the spasms to continue and force feed the infant when they subside momentarily? Or do you do your best to stop the spasms?