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really? who died as a result of that judges decision???
The little girl would have dies without the judges decision.
And people like Kathy Sebilious would have shrugged and simply said "oh well people die" and walked away.
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Originally Posted by marcopolo
Excuse me, but somewhere in this great land is the mother of a ten year old, who has two or three younger siblings, in need of a lung transplant.
The judge threw this thirty-something mother under the bus...to go against well-thought and hard-fought protocols that govern lung transplants, and give priority to a ten year old child whose parents mounted a great PR campaign.
What is seen is the little girl who needs new lungs. What is unseen is the person who would have gotten the lungs if not for the little girl and the judge. The little girl's friendly judge ACTED as a death panel for somebody else. I hope she survives and lives a life worthy of the memory of whoever died without the lungs she got.
so again, sebilus didnt care about the age restriction.
Nice to know that ***** makes the decision if someone lives or dies.
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Originally Posted by jjrose
Sebilius refused to go against the transplant protocol put in place by DOCTORS.
Government should not be changing the rules based on emotion, DOCTORS set the protocol based on best possible outcomes.
No, it didn't. Adult lungs are larger than children's lungs. You have to cut down an adult lung to fit into the chest cavity of a child. And that makes it more challenging to connect blood vessels and nerves and other pathways necessary for a successful transplant.
There's a reason Sarah is in surgery today.
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The age restrictions were in place due to organ size and physiological constraints.
