Charlotte Wyatt/White not sure her name exactly |
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 Jan 24 2005, 12:09 PM
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 Another ditch in the road... you keep moving  Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152  |
Charlotte's a baby born at twenty three weeks.
She's blind deaf and dumb, and has almost no chance of recovering those senses, even should she survive the hospital [placed her in an incubator, and kept her on medication, in order to keep her alive. She has clinically died several times, but because medicine is sufficiently advancem, doctors keep re-booting her respiratory system, or whatever it is they do exactly, in order to keep her alive. This is at the wishes of her parents, sctrict christians who want charlotte kept alive in case of a miracle, and that that 99.99% chance of her not surviving turns out not to be the case. However, doctors have said that her quality of lfe is such that she is in almost constant pain, will never gain any basic senses or be able to walk, and they hve requested permission from the courts to stop treating her, and allow her to die peacefully. Not to actively kill her, note, but rather to withhold treatment should her tiny body fail again. The judge, against Charlotte's parents' wishes, awarded this right to the hospital, and now Charlotte will be allowed to dieif her heart or lungs fail again. this has angered the parents, who say they love their daughter, and want her kept alive. they have appealed against the court's decision What do you think? should it be the paents choice, or should doctors be allowed to do what they think is best. I belivev that the parents love for their daughter has clouded their judgemnet, and that Charlotte's 'life' is of such poor quality that she should be allowed to drift out of her misery of her own accord. |
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Jan 31 2005, 08:14 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
Her parents are human and human are prone to mistakes, but is love and hope that their daughter will have a chance a mistake? It could be depending on our own preferences, but then again, it is a mistake that every loving parent can sympathize with. In that, I don't think any of us can say that they are wrong because none of us are parents. On a moral standpoint, it is horrible that they are allowing her to suffer. But then again, a parent's love can sometime blind them from what is moral.
I think that they should let her go, but the court should not have interfered in my opinion. I'm not a religious person but I do wish them a miracle. |
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racoons > you Charlotte Wyatt/White not sure her name exactly Jan 24 2005, 12:09 PM
tweeak i dont think that they should keep trying to keep ... Jan 24 2005, 06:54 PM sporadic I think it's selfish of the parents to want th... Jan 28 2005, 02:31 AM xx silhouetted if they truely are parents then they would not wan... Jan 29 2005, 05:07 PM krnxswat I think it should be the parent's choice. Afte... Jan 29 2005, 05:36 PM ermfermoo I think they should stop the baby from suffering. ... Jan 29 2005, 05:50 PM sammi rules you it should be the parent's choice, however, the... Jan 29 2005, 09:19 PM Weird addiction it should be the parents choice but omfg, she SHOU... Jan 30 2005, 09:53 AM Mireh 23 weeks....about 7 3/4 months right?
so...approx... Jan 31 2005, 07:44 PM actionrobot_go It should really be the parents descision, but und... Jan 31 2005, 08:20 PM xGlovex i dont think that they should keep trying to keep ... Feb 3 2005, 12:43 PM
thesensibleman MarchHare2UrAlice, you are rather mistaken. . .
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