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davsand

(13,420 posts)
33. What if...?
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 02:05 PM
Dec 2012

Maybe that family has made the decision to try an alternative treatment for that child. Maybe that treatment is available in Mexico and not here in the US. Would that be "acceptable" behavior?

I totally "get" that the parents pulled the child out of the hospital against medical advice (clearly...) What I'm wondering, however, is what rights DO they have in a case like this? They just watched that poor kid lose an ARM due to some kind of infection that turned up while she's being treated with some form of chemo. Dunno the cause of the infection, but they do know for sure it happened while she's being treated by those docs with that particular protocol. Maybe they really honestly feel that the child needs to be treated with some other type of therapy. Maybe they are just trying to save their kid...

What rights to they have at this point?

As a parent, if I honestly thought my kid was gonna be better off someplace else, you can BET that I'd move the earth itself to get her moved. If it meant breaking the law, I'm pretty sure that would be low on my list of concerns if I truly thought it was gonna save my daughter's life.

I read the article, and I still don't feel like I have any clear understanding of what exactly happened there. What I do know, however, is that I can't judge anybody without a whole lot more information than I have at hand because I'm sitting here asking "What if...?"

I feel for everybody involved in this case.




Laura

If she dies, I hope the parents are tried for first degree murder. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1
Maybe she was gonna die anyway, and now she can do it around friends and jtuck004 Dec 2012 #2
aren't doctors making decisions here, also couldn't they move her to a different hospital ? JI7 Dec 2012 #4
Maybe the doctors aren't the important one here. Maybe it's the patient. Btw, Dad jtuck004 Dec 2012 #7
couldn't they do that without removing her in this way, plus don't doctors JI7 Dec 2012 #8
They can email her records. And we don't know how she was treated b4 this, though jtuck004 Dec 2012 #10
That's a very fucked up accusation against Arizona medical care. Citations needed. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #34
No they aren't. Racists are everywhere, and I don't need a citation for that, jtuck004 Dec 2012 #37
You made a claim that Arizona hospitals are providing care levels based on race. PavePusher Dec 2012 #38
The doctors have not filed any papers to take legal custody away from the parents. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #14
i'm referring to comments about the people who run the state JI7 Dec 2012 #24
Good point!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #5
I agree. I think that's exactly what her parents are thinking about - the quality TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #16
PCH is a not for profit hospital FreedomRain Dec 2012 #26
The phrase "not-for-profit" is a technical one. It does not mean that the hospital does not AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #28
Bumper stickers notwithstanding, there are a lot of proud racists in Arizona. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #29
If you have information showing racism in Arizona medical care, please show it here. PavePusher Dec 2012 #35
Here's an idea. No. Unless you have evidence indicating it wasn't. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #36
You made a specific assertion/insinuation. PavePusher Dec 2012 #39
This country manufactured racism. It pervades the whole place with a stench. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #40
Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. LanternWaste Dec 2012 #42
Nice wiki entry. Wrong site? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2012 #43
Maybe they blame the hospital for the infection that cost her an arm. McCamy Taylor Dec 2012 #3
Because there's only one hospital in AZ. (nt) jeff47 Dec 2012 #6
do we know if these parents are religious in any way ? JI7 Dec 2012 #9
Sounds like they're concerned about the bill. Maybe TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #11
but couldn't they do that without walking out the way they did ? JI7 Dec 2012 #18
It's the wrong way to go, obviously. This child had an infection TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #20
Maybe the child is dying anyway Chemisse Dec 2012 #12
if this is the case I understand the action lunasun Dec 2012 #19
That was my first thought Hekate Dec 2012 #23
I know of several cases where parents have removed their children Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #13
The story is only that the police are looking for her and her parents. The police are not wrong AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #15
Probably seeing the arm amputated was very traumatizing for the mother. Ash_F Dec 2012 #17
The mother and daughter are in Mexico. ChazII Dec 2012 #21
did they say anything about why they left ? JI7 Dec 2012 #25
There were a couple of reasons ChazII Dec 2012 #32
Maybe..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #22
I just saw this on the news and I agree with the mother. Vinca Dec 2012 #27
Uh huh. Sure. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #30
I don't find it terribly amusing. Vinca Dec 2012 #31
What if...? davsand Dec 2012 #33
Love how most of the responses have just made up their own narratives to run with. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #41
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