Who knew the death panels would start with children? (status, community, market)
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Weird how the RWNJs are concerned with "death panels" After all, death should be their gateway to paradise, I guess they really do not believe in an afterlife after all...
The Conservatives want to BE the "death panel". "Give that lung to the little girl and screw whichever child is next on the list!"
A lot has changed in 20 years though; CF patients seem to be living a lot longer. When I was a kid I knew a girl with CF; she lived to the ripe old age of 23 and that was oooooooooooooooooooold back then. People were amazed she lasted as long as she did.
But, again, this is a very serious subject and my heart hurts for the parents of that little girl.
It's just too bad that there are some who want to jump on something that doesn't exist (death panels and the government's non-existent role in determining who lives or dies) and to exploit this little girl to further their own agenda - starting with the OP.
But, again, this is a very serious subject and my heart hurts for the parents of that little girl.
It's just too bad that there are some who want to jump on something that doesn't exist (death panels and the government's non-existent role in determining who lives or dies) and to exploit this little girl to further their own agenda - starting with the OP.
Lies and deception.
I feel for the little girl and her parents, and I am blessed not to have to go through that. Thank God mine were all healthy and grew up that way. I have one kidney, and it's not sure it wants to work for me. I've already told my kids not to put me on any transplant list. I've lived my life, and wouldn't want an organ to go to me that could have saved someone else.
I feel for the little girl and her parents, and I am blessed not to have to go through that. Thank God mine were all healthy and grew up that way. I have one kidney, and it's not sure it wants to work for me. I've already told my kids not to put me on any transplant list. I've lived my life, and wouldn't want an organ to go to me that could have saved someone else.
I had no idea; I'm sorry to hear that.
Best wishes for continued good health so you can enjoy your (future? present?) grandchildren.
I feel for the little girl and her parents, and I am blessed not to have to go through that. Thank God mine were all healthy and grew up that way. I have one kidney, and it's not sure it wants to work for me. I've already told my kids not to put me on any transplant list. I've lived my life, and wouldn't want an organ to go to me that could have saved someone else.
Same here.
I have five healthy kids and five healthy grandchildren and I am grateful every day for that.
Especially when I read stories like this:
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When Jason and Stacy Bingham’s 6-year-old daughter, Sierra, got a transplant to replace her failing heart, the couple thought with relief that their lives could finally go back to normal. But six years later, they watched in anguish as 8-year-old Lindsey started showing some of the same symptoms that had plagued her older sister before doctors diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy.
Stomach pain and shortness of breath soon gave way to more frightening symptoms. When Lindsey’s breathing became labored and her face and belly swelled, the Binghams rushed her to the emergency room where doctors X-rayed the little girl’s chest, the Haines, Ore., parents told NBC’s Dateline.
As they waited for the results, Jason recalled thinking: “Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please have a normal chest x-ray. Please have a normal chest x-ray. Please. We’ll take anything, you know? We’ll try our hand at something else. I don’t want to go down that road again.”
Five kids, four of them all diagnosed with the same genetic condition and the fifth also considered to be "at risk."
One sick child would be more than I think I could bear, but all five?
Jesus...that is something I cannot imagine.
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