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malaise

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37. Precisely - not for 25% chance of survival

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #35)

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 01:38 PM

Oct 2021

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Still that must have been a very painful decision

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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