Posted on 11/10/2009 10:52:34 PM PST by pillut48
In the end the young father could fight no longer.
For more than a year he had made daily visits to the hospital bedside of his chronically-disabled son.
For six emotional days in the High Court he had battled against the hospital - and the baby's mother - who were reluctantly seeking the right to withdraw life support.
Finally, faced with overwhelming evidence, he made the 'agonising' decision to let his beloved son go.
Both parents wept as the court was told he no longer opposed the hospital's application.
They said later they wanted to spend 'what little time remains with their beloved son'.
The father's heart-breaking move came after an independent expert said his son's quality of life was not good enough to justify prolonging it.
The 13-month-old boy, identified only as RB, has an extremely rare disorder that has robbed him of almost all muscle control.
His brain is undamaged, but trapped in an almost immovable body, unable to speak or even smile.
Incapable of breathing, he has been dependent on a ventilator since he was born.
Now it will be turned off within days. Doctors will administer a large dose of sedative to ensure the little boy does not suffer as he dies.
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If, perchance, you include me in your criticism, you are flat out wrong.
Due to so much progress made in the medical field, which I applaud, families must now deal with making complicated and difficult decisions such as they never faced in the past. Having limited information here on Free Republic, everything said is no more than an opinion. As much as we might want everything to be a black or white issue, like it or not, some fall into a gray area.
If, perchance, you include me in your criticism, you are flat out wrong.
Due to so much progress made in the medical field, which I applaud, families must now deal with making complicated and difficult decisions such as they never faced in the past. Having limited information here on Free Republic, everything said is no more than an opinion. As much as we might want everything to be a black or white issue, like it or not, some fall into a gray area.
Do you need to be reminded that you brought her into this debate? Why? I suggest you admired her "wisdom" and I also suggest that you leave a child's expectedly immature opinions out of the discussion.
As I previously asked, why would you discuss such a serious situation with a 3rd grade child?
One of my kids was so far ahead of her class that the school recommended I allow her to skip a grade, which she did. Very intelligent, indeed, but still a child. Due to inheriting recessive genes from both her parents, she became legally blind at age eight. Despite that hardship, she was always an honor student in the Catholic schools and now earns a very large salary.
Regardless of her outstanding accomplishments, she was very much a child during her school years and I consider that normal.
Your smart-assed dude/dudette comment was totally uncalled for and is typical of other comments you've made on this thread, such as "So you condemn ALL life saving medical procedures?" and that I apparently don't like children, and other statements.
Purely defensive criticism put to me... someone who enjoys a close relationship with all my adult children and all my grandchildren. As a matter of fact, my husband and I rent a 5-bedroom, 3-bath condo at the beach each year and all the family get together there.
Please stop making stupid comments; you're not as smart as you think you are.
That includes your black and white opinion about this little boy.
I've nothing more to say.
If you support the culture of death then you are included.
Due to so much progress made in the medical field, which I applaud, families must now deal with making complicated and difficult decisions such as they never faced in the past.
Nonsense.
Having limited information here on Free Republic, everything said is no more than an opinion.
False, mankind has known basic right and wrong when it comes to innocent life for thousands of years.
As much as we might want everything to be a black or white issue, like it or not, some fall into a gray area.
In my experience, people who talk about "gray areas" are ALWAYS on the side of death.
Despite what the moral relativism crowd would have us believe many things actually are "black or white issues" and live is one of them.
Pro-death trolls are blah, blah, blah. When it’s their turn to stand before a death panel, they’ll be the ones handing over a bribe. Yes, who doesn’t think death panels/committees won’t be subject to bribes?
Paula Dockery is a killer legislator. Never forget.
But healthcare is free in England and much better than what we get here in the US. /sarcasm
Paula Dockery was one of the Schiavo Nine and the Ultrasound Seven. She despises innocent people, and wants them killed.
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