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ecstatic

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32. It sounds like he wasn't given the correct care from the start.

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 01:29 PM

Oct 2021

How did the doctors allow the heart failure to go untreated to the point where his limbs developed gangrene?! The medical community was made aware of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children at least 18 months ago.

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10-Year-Old With COVID Dies After Mom Given Choice to Amputate Limbs or 'Let Him Go' [View all] ecstatic Oct 2021 OP

25% chance of survival WITH amputations. AllyCat Oct 2021 #1

Does the family have a GoFundMe page? How do I or we start one? nt joetheman Oct 2021 #47

I imagine that a close friend or family member would be the one to do that. NurseJackie Oct 2021 #55

Family already has a go fund me. LisaL Oct 2021 #66

Yes: ecstatic Oct 2021 #84

Why was the mom given a choice? frogmarch Oct 2021 #2

I agree. ecstatic Oct 2021 #6

No, I don't think they could have. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #7

That is a good question. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #8

If the patient is able to make decision then they have to give them the choice whopis01 Oct 2021 #81

If the treatment is that extreme and the likelihood of survival that low. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #105

It certainly is no way to live. N/t LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #107

You can't do surgery without parental consent unless you get a court order. Considering the mucifer Oct 2021 #9

THIS soldierant Oct 2021 #57

Exactly Rebl2 Oct 2021 #118

Because he was a minor, the parent was given the choice marybourg Oct 2021 #11

As hard a decision as that was malaise Oct 2021 #14

I agree. sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #19

Yes, as would I. If they said survival was at least 75%, maybe would feel different. Fla Dem Oct 2021 #35

Precisely - not for 25% chance of survival malaise Oct 2021 #37

I absolutely agree. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #63

And what kind of survival? Mariana Oct 2021 #98

that's where my mind went too stopdiggin Oct 2021 #121

I would have too, Malaise obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #49

Me too. marybourg Oct 2021 #53

Same here wryter2000 Oct 2021 #70

Yep. Just imagining myself in her place for a moment. calimary Oct 2021 #75

But it's not only the amputations malaise Oct 2021 #78

YES!!!!! calimary Oct 2021 #94

I hate to be a cynic but maybe the insurance wasn't that good exboyfil Oct 2021 #13

It sounds like he wasn't given the correct care from the start. ecstatic Oct 2021 #32

I would not like to think that as a Black child he did not get the appropriate treatment. Fla Dem Oct 2021 #39

And? Being aware and being able to cure are two different things. LisaL Oct 2021 #59

Amen to this. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #64

100% stopdiggin Oct 2021 #122

Remember the actor KT2000 Oct 2021 #62

Yes, he still died even after an amputation. LisaL Oct 2021 #65

That's the nature of multi system inflammatory syndrome. wnylib Oct 2021 #76

I read just a few days ago that it's showing up more often in kids with Covid catrose Oct 2021 #115

I guess that's not too surprising, unfortunately, since wnylib Oct 2021 #123

I would never put my kid through that especially with only a 25 percent chance jimfields33 Oct 2021 #79

Not without permission. He was a minor. flying_wahini Oct 2021 #51

Because parents normally make health care decisions for minor children. LisaL Oct 2021 #58

Really? LisaL Oct 2021 #68

Well, they asked me for my wife. plimsoll Oct 2021 #74

Go get the fucking shot Botany Oct 2021 #3

10 years old. No shots available yet. Fla Dem Oct 2021 #38

But if the grown ups in Texas (and across America) had gotten vaccinated and everybody had .... Botany Oct 2021 #43

NOT ELEGIBLE! USALiberal Oct 2021 #41

The only "good" that might come from this tragedy is that maybe when the vaccine is available to ... Botany Oct 2021 #45

And, put on a goddamn mask. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #48

IT makes me more angry Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #4

My sentiments exactly - soldierant Oct 2021 #61

We have no idea of the families politics. And we don't even know if jimfields33 Oct 2021 #80

Correct but Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #93

I totally agree. We've always has selfish people jimfields33 Oct 2021 #100

Yikes. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #5

This is the result of Republicans asserting their rights to be unvaccinated, and Texas is soon to Doodley Oct 2021 #10

Are the family Republican? sarisataka Oct 2021 #18

In Texas, it doesn't matter. The kid was living in a COVID death zone, unprotectable. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #26

I had forgotten sarisataka Oct 2021 #34

I support the mothers decision BlueLucy Oct 2021 #12

Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #15

Paraplegics live full and rewarding lives LakeArenal Oct 2021 #16

They wanted to amputate both the legs and the arms. I can imagine living as a paraplegic, Vinca Oct 2021 #20

Oops. I thought legs. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #23

Exactly. No choices there according to the Republican Taliban. Vinca Oct 2021 #31

If this was in the womb, she would have the choice. Mariana Oct 2021 #110

Arms AND legs. Not paraplegic but with no limbs at all. hedda_foil Oct 2021 #21

Yes as I've been told. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #25

He had a 25% chance of living after amputation of both arms and legs. yardwork Oct 2021 #27

There is no wrong choice in this. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #85

But quadriplegic? And probably dead, regardless? I'd make the same choice for myself. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #28

I never said it's a worse choice. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #86

Legs AND arms ... Whatthe_Firetruck Oct 2021 #72

Never said I don't understand her choice. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author Whatthe_Firetruck Oct 2021 #73

Quadriplegic, not paraplegic. wnylib Oct 2021 #83

Yes as I have been told seven times already. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #88

Sorry. Did not see the other replies wnylib Oct 2021 #89

No worries. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #90

In utero?I'm sorry, but that is such a false equivalency.Plus it is a LONG way from long-haul COVID Hekate Oct 2021 #91

Please read previous. I erred in plegic. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #92

Horrible decision, but the choice was not between living without limbs or death. Hortensis Oct 2021 #97

Yes no argument. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #99

Sure. Some assumed she got to say if he'd live or die, is all, Hortensis Oct 2021 #103

It makes it hard to believe a benevolent deity somewhere. LakeArenal Oct 2021 #104

Yes. I'm just enormously grateful that this virus has mostly Hortensis Oct 2021 #111

Parental consent would be required for surgery. LisaL Oct 2021 #112

Sure, usually. If a parent refused life-saving surgery, Hortensis Oct 2021 #113

Sure if the hospital felt that amputating all four limbs was LisaL Oct 2021 #116

That poor mother, and her beautiful child. Hortensis Oct 2021 #17

Terrible choice to have to make sarisataka Oct 2021 #22

My heart goes out to that mom and the rest of his family. yardwork Oct 2021 #24

A most difficult decision Deuxcents Oct 2021 #29

Talk about Sophie's choice. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2021 #30

How awful Mz Pip Oct 2021 #33

Pro-Life? wcollar Oct 2021 #56

If they can interfere in someone else's life and exercise power over them, Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #106

Proves the "life at conception" argument is an excuse to control women's lives. lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #36

Ya think? 😉 ShazzieB Oct 2021 #67

Yep. calimary Oct 2021 #101

The mother has my deepest sympathies. Ilsa Oct 2021 #40

If there is a god, it is an evil and hateful god Mysterian Oct 2021 #42

No, certain segments of humanity created this pain ck4829 Oct 2021 #46

Or an indifferent one. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #108

My heart aches so much for her. The very thought of having to make this choice is making me ill. n joetheman Oct 2021 #44

It's every mother's nightmare. Every father's, too. calimary Oct 2021 #95

I think she did the right thing. So horrible for them all to go thru something so terrible. flying_wahini Oct 2021 #50

OMG. This is awful. progressoid Oct 2021 #52

I would have made the same decision. madaboutharry Oct 2021 #54

anti-vax, "pro-life" folk DO.NOT.CARE. Skittles Oct 2021 #60

the strength that mom had...amazes me! samnsara Oct 2021 #69

My sincere condolences to the boy's family. LittleGirl Oct 2021 #71

Unthinkable and horrific (n/t) Patton French Oct 2021 #77

Pass gently, little guy, & may Mom find peace. COVID complications are horrific ... Hekate Oct 2021 #82

How horrific. The mom made the right choice. Greybnk48 Oct 2021 #96

Jesus fucking christ. Dorian Gray Oct 2021 #102

My heart goes out to the family... BadGimp Oct 2021 #109

I will never understand those who underestimate this virus. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #114

For a child, waking up knowing he will have to PatrickforB Oct 2021 #117

People can live a successful life after amputation of all four limbs. LisaL Oct 2021 #119

Yeah, it was the right decision. Nothing good about it, though. That poor mother must be devastated. PatrickforB Oct 2021 #126

Pro-birth Texas makes it obvious Sucha NastyWoman Oct 2021 #120

what an absolute nightmare -- even beyond nightmare. nt orleans Oct 2021 #124

Had a patient with all limbs amputated due to sepsis ismnotwasm Oct 2021 #125

Kick dalton99a Oct 2021 #127