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In reply to the discussion: 10-Year-Old With COVID Dies After Mom Given Choice to Amputate Limbs or 'Let Him Go' [View all]malaise
(269,623 posts)78. But it's not only the amputations
Last edited Fri Oct 15, 2021, 06:20 PM - Edit history (1)
It's the reality that even after those amputations, the poor child has a 25% chance of survival. This is a perfect example of 'do unto others what you'd have them do unto you'.
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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
I imagine that a close friend or family member would be the one to do that.
NurseJackie
Oct 2021
#55
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
You can't do surgery without parental consent unless you get a court order. Considering the
mucifer
Oct 2021
#9
Yes, as would I. If they said survival was at least 75%, maybe would feel different.
Fla Dem
Oct 2021
#35
I would not like to think that as a Black child he did not get the appropriate treatment.
Fla Dem
Oct 2021
#39
I would never put my kid through that especially with only a 25 percent chance
jimfields33
Oct 2021
#79
But if the grown ups in Texas (and across America) had gotten vaccinated and everybody had ....
Botany
Oct 2021
#43
The only "good" that might come from this tragedy is that maybe when the vaccine is available to ...
Botany
Oct 2021
#45
This is the result of Republicans asserting their rights to be unvaccinated, and Texas is soon to
Doodley
Oct 2021
#10
In Texas, it doesn't matter. The kid was living in a COVID death zone, unprotectable.
lagomorph777
Oct 2021
#26
They wanted to amputate both the legs and the arms. I can imagine living as a paraplegic,
Vinca
Oct 2021
#20
But quadriplegic? And probably dead, regardless? I'd make the same choice for myself.
lagomorph777
Oct 2021
#28
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
Horrible decision, but the choice was not between living without limbs or death.
Hortensis
Oct 2021
#97
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
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
I think she did the right thing. So horrible for them all to go thru something so terrible.
flying_wahini
Oct 2021
#50
Pass gently, little guy, & may Mom find peace. COVID complications are horrific ...
Hekate
Oct 2021
#82
Yeah, it was the right decision. Nothing good about it, though. That poor mother must be devastated.
PatrickforB
Oct 2021
#126