Dad Fights Hospital to Keep Baby on Life Support

Re: Dad Fights Hospital to Keep Baby on Life Support
I was not aware of this. How disgusting! I think the government should just stay out of health care. It is murder to kill a baby when the parents dont want them taken off life support and Heaven

It becomes the governments business if and when tax money is paying for the care!! Unless you are private pay or insurance pay only you can expect the government to start interfearing a lot more in the future.

It is not murder to turn off machines and let a death that nature intended to take place. It is not killing someone to refuse treatment and allow nature to take it course.

And we know that everything medical on Wikipedia, is well researched and accurate.

On the other hand, data from the Mayo Clinic indicates that there can be great variation in the treatability of the disorder and that some forms are fatal. It also indicates more serious issues in those that manifest the symptoms of the disorder earlier in life - I would say since birth indicates very early onset.

It also indicates that there are forms that have no drug treatment.

The other problem is the phrase "treatable". Virtually EVERYTHING is treatable. That does not mean curable, nor tolerable, nor maintaining good quality of life. Pancreatic cancer is treatable (but frequently not curable) with surgery/chemo, however frequently those "treatments" make actually risk shortening life, and frequently involving worsening quality of life. Is it worth lengthening one's life by a few days, if those days are marked by nonstop vomiting, being attached to IVs, NG tubes, or feeling acutely ill?

We do not receive the severity of the child's disease, whether it is presynaptic, or synaptic....all we know is when it has onset. That onset in early childhood (at birth) indicates that it is probably more severe, but again we do not know. We also know that child is unable to leave the hospital. As such, we cannot judge. But I would expect that the MDs in this DO have data on the longterm prognosis, and feel that they are better to judge than those of us, especially when relying on Wikipedia as a source of knowledge.

It is also interesting that the parents cannot come to agreement.

was it his misery or yours? since you said it was hell to care for him when there was no hope and he was eating up taxpayers money.

To me, there's plenty of doubt. I'm not sure why you think it would be easier to have the child at home. That will mean workers forever in and out of the house, no true privacy, parents will have to care for him if workers don't show up - nothing joyful or better about that, in my mind, but I guess each case is unique.

This is the great health care system? Why would a court be deciding (or doctors) to take baby off life support? A doctor would NEVER be able to decide in the U.S. even if they had no health insurance and couldn't pay the bill.

Re: Dad Fights Hospital to Keep Baby on Life Support
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It becomes the governments business if and when tax money is paying for the care!! Unless you are private pay or insurance pay only you can expect the government to start interfearing a lot more in the future.