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In reply to the discussion: Mother wins right to end disabled daughter's life [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)22. More detail here (even an interview with the mother that may play for you)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2808516/My-daughter-no-longer-daughter-light-eyes-gone-Mother-tells-heartbreak-hardest-decision-parent-make-let-disabled-child-die.html
Several people here are asking about the pain; "But a routine operation in May 2012 to remove kidney stones left her with an infection and specialists told her parents there was nothing more they could do. She became immune to the strong pain relief cocktail of morphine and ketamine, leaving her in agony." Remember, this is a child that has never been able to talk. The mother had said "She is now merely just a shell. The light from her eyes is now gone and is replaced with fear and a longing to be at peace". The doctors agreed about the suffering.
Several people here are asking about the pain; "But a routine operation in May 2012 to remove kidney stones left her with an infection and specialists told her parents there was nothing more they could do. She became immune to the strong pain relief cocktail of morphine and ketamine, leaving her in agony." Remember, this is a child that has never been able to talk. The mother had said "She is now merely just a shell. The light from her eyes is now gone and is replaced with fear and a longing to be at peace". The doctors agreed about the suffering.
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"loved her child so much that she didn't want to see her suffer unnecessarily"
loyalsister
Oct 2014
#8
I knew a young woman who was murdered by her sister who had terminal cancer because there would
jwirr
Oct 2014
#40
The younger sister was developmentally disable and had lived with her older sister most of her life.
jwirr
Oct 2014
#48
When the patient is a minor, it may be that the parents have the power to make such decisions.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#17
I have also seen that - a living will is a good thing to have. Something everyone regardless of age
jwirr
Oct 2014
#41
By what means was she euthanized? Withdrawal of food? Just read the post above me. I hate reading
jwirr
Oct 2014
#3
Yes, so do I. And a very dangerous precident because this parent seems to really have loved her
jwirr
Oct 2014
#39
I'm taking the mum's side on this. Twelve years of agony, it can't have been easy.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#12
Have you heard people suggest that making reproductive decisions for someone else should be policy?
loyalsister
Oct 2014
#21
Well you're certainly a good writer but I hear you regarding family. Come from the same lot.
mackerel
Oct 2014
#34
You may be correct about your own personal circumstances and no one can judge you on that but I
jwirr
Oct 2014
#43
God, I assume you are talking about the eugenics movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s
jwirr
Oct 2014
#42
More detail here (even an interview with the mother that may play for you)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#22
I have not doubted the mothers dedication. And this does make it more undertandable.
jwirr
Oct 2014
#45
I have. My daughter is very much like the child in the article and I have faced death situations
jwirr
Oct 2014
#46
Endometriosis was just the tip of the iceberg with my daughter. It was used as one of the examples
jwirr
Oct 2014
#54
I think it's very important to make a distinction between personal belief or preference
nomorenomore08
Oct 2014
#53