It's possible they really didn't know she was this sick or that she had treatable diabetes. Lots of people, religious or non-religious, don't go and don't have their kids go to the doctor unless they're clearly sick. That in itself is not irresponsibility --- in fact, it's the way most people live.
With 20/20 hindsight in these kinds of cases people can say "the kid had diabetes" or "the kid had meningitis" or "the kid had a brain aneurysm" --- but sometimes, the kid just seems tired and you really don't know. Not everybody has typical flashing-red-lights symptoms.
It could be they were negligent, but maybe not. More facts needed. Don't condemn these parents before the jury is in.
Agreed.. A guy (40-something) I work wasn’t feeling well at work one day and he kept brushing it off, just thought he was sick and would get through the day..
Well he started getting pale and clammy skin and someone finally called for help (and an ambulance against his will), it turns out he had diabetes and never knew it. He almost died.
Yeah, it is possible - I had some form of appendicitis for about three months, but it wasn’t until I almost too sick to stand up and walk around like normal that I had a doctor’s appointment made, and it wasn’t until 2-3 days after that that I actually was able to have my appendix removed. Before that, I was just generally tired, faint, nauseous, and occasionally in ‘mild’ (by my definition) pain for a couple months. Looking back, the fact that I started sleeping almost 20 hours a day on weekends and 13-16 hours weekdays should have been a sign something was up.
So I’m split - on one hand, syptoms like thirst and dry skin, and even a bit of the kid lying around saying she ‘doesn’t feel good’ aren’t exactly big red flags that there’s something wrong. On the other hand, if she WAS seriously sick and the parents refused to take her to the doctor regardless, then that’s an entirely different story and they’re clearly guilty of neglect.