Three goodbyes in three days: Why these parents watched their children die at home

[riversedge]

With all the lies and deceit from politicians, it is good to read about humanity--even this heart wrenching sad story.







Three goodbyes in three days: Why these parents watched their children die at home
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4334063-three-goodbyes-three-days-why-these-parents-watched-their-children-die-home


By Washington Post Today at 1:37 p.m.

Samuel, back left, with Christopher, James and Elizabeth Chappell in October 2016. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of the Chappell family

Years of suffering - and months of struggling with the decision to end it - had brought them here: To a bright white living room where three of their children lay side by side by side, waiting to die.

Les and Celeste Chappell loved the children, of course, and the thought of letting them go was excruciating, but holding on was just as painful.

The children - Christopher, 20; Elizabeth, 19; and James, 15 - had been ravaged by a ruthless neurological disorder that, over the years, had stolen their ability to see and to swallow, to move and to remember. Life support was only prolonging the inevitable.

So one Thursday in July, at their home in Springville, Utah, their parents braced themselves for what would become a long weekend of death..............................................

[dhol82]

1. Sad. Nt

[Skittles]

2. a very difficult read

[packman]

3. Sad and heart - breaking BUT 10 children?

An obvious genetic disease, but - again - 10 children?

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. They have a 4th child that has it also

Symptoms don't start becoming apparent until the child is 5 or older. Mormons have big families.

[Sunlei]

5. a very sad story. I read Mormons are studied for DNA research, high incidents of problems.

I hope the parents aren't having more children, and the children old enough to have kids don't if they are a "carrier" for this horrible "neurological disorder".