From the link above, the scans showed that his tumor has already grown. I was diagnoised last yr with breast cancer. I underwent the toughest chemo treatment out there for any type of cancer. Yes, the side effects are rough but they are so do able. Chemo isn't like it was 10 yrs ago or even 5 yrs ago. Most ppl don't even experience vomiting. If they believe in alternative medicine, I think that's a great supplement to conventional treatment. This child has a chance to live, why would they take that from him?!
Well, the judge said that the boy did NOT have to submit to chemo if the chances of survival were not in his favor. Has the growth changed the 95% of successful treatment? I know many people see alternative approaches as supplements, but many people do not. Chemo kills the good along with the bad, and some alternative approaches "claim" to enhance the good and target only the bad.
In reference to your statement which I bolded above: my bil is fighting for his life right now. He has multiple myloma and I'm sure I misspelled that! but he is in the most important fight of his life
right now. He is currently in hospital, where stem cells are being harvested. If they can get enough stem cells, and oh, Jesus, PLEASE let there be more than enough! then he will have one more massive chemo treatment, after which his stem cells will be replaced. He is going through all of this hoping to gain five years of life.
He is a wonderful young man. He and my sister are practically newly-weds, and they deserve decade upon decade together. We all support his decision to fight this terrible cancer, and we all are praying that the treatment will be successful.
It hasn't been easy on him, though. He does suffer from the chemo. He has no chance without treatment, sans miracle, and his choice is to avail himself with everything doctors have to offer. I would NEVER tell him not to fight. Even if the chance of success were half a percent, I wouldn't say a word if he decided to try it anyway. HE chose.
My only gripe with the current case is that the boy is of an age which our courts have deemed as old enough to be tried of crimes AS THOUGH an adult had committed the crime. I just can't comprehend that our courts can have such opposing views. ONE or the OTHER needs to change!
Thanks, Trino.
From the article:
".......they might be with a man named Billy Joe Best, who appeared at a news conference held by the family in early May to say he supported the Hausers. Best, who said he was from Boston, told The Journal of New Ulm then that he had also been diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma as a teenager and was cured by natural remedies.
Doctors have said that with treatment Daniel has an 80 to 90 percent chance of survival; without it he likely will die within five years."
80-90% chance...when does the percentage allow the family to make their own choices?
OK, his chances have gone down. At what percentage should the family be allowed to make their own choices? That's a HARD ONE, girl! I'd have to say that the age of the child factors into that decision. If this boy WANTED chemo and mommy said no, ABSOLUTELY the courts should step in and ensure his right to treatment. I wish I knew the answer to your question, I really do.
Since when did this become a "religious" thread.
People you are missing the point. Very much so. God does not trump the law, neither does faith. The law often trumps parents as the law is in place to protect members of the public and punish those who break the law.
Hiya, cyber! :bow: I hate to argue, I'm sorry in advance, ok? :blowkiss: To people of faith God and Faith DO TRUMP the law. Jesus taught to obey and submit to the authorities as long as it broke no spiritual law......if a country decided that everyone would eat shrimp three times a week, for instance, "some" Christians would refuse to obey because the Old Testament forbid shrimp as a food for God's chosen ones.
So while government and the law may believe they trump a person's religious beliefs, the person of faith would not believe so.
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Would it be okay for the Judge to call this Mom negligent and force this boy to undergo chemotherapy he doesn't want if there was a 40% chance that the chemo would cure him?
Hell, no.
This link says they were confirmed in Cally and are possibly heading to Mexico for treatment:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520690,00.html.
This really reinforces my conundrum here! If they are TRULY seeking alternative treatment, then NO COURT should have the right to step in. Right?
What 13 yr old cannot read anything?
Pray the boy will be found in time.
There are some very interesting studies out there about reading and boys. Many boys have brains that aren't "ready" to learn to read until they are much older than what we accept as normal. (My own boys learned to read at ages three and four: we homeschooled and they WANTED to read so I taught them how!)
I think the man's last name was Moore, I'll search him out if you want to pursue this, but his studies showed that it is not uncommon for boys to resist reading. If forced to read, they will develop learning disabilities. If left on their own, they will refuse to read, even be unable to learn, for YEARS but if left on their own (with parents reading to them, of course) the boy will one day become interested and ASK someone to teach them to read.
I don't know if these parents follow this homeschooling approach or not. I hate the fact that they've joined a "religion" that was founded by a criminal. I question their judgement! But somehow, the fact that this child can't read doesn't bother me. He'll learn one day.
