Wednesday, March 01, 2006

 

Fight On Charlotte!

Thanks to the A-Team Blog for linking to this blog about Charlotte Wyatt, a now two-year-old, born disabled that
cannot keep off infections forever, especially in a hospital and in wintertime, and she caught a cold which quickly began to hamper her breathing. In a normal case when your baby is ill the hospital will step up efforts to help. But Charlotte is special, and instead doctors submitted an emergency application to the judge to get permission not to treat her. Yesturday Justice Hedley concurred with them, reversing his previous order. Apparently the baby was on a "downward rather than an upward trend" and therefore not worth saving.

Never mind the vast improvements she had made, the way she had always made stunning recoveries after each of her illnesses, how she had proven the doctors wrong each time. Never mind that she had shown herself a fighter, and with all the strength in her little body was battling for her chance at life.

After all, she was Charlotte, and Charlotte... Charlotte might always be disabled child. She might never be quite normal, and her joys might never be quite the same as ours. Disabled people aren't like the rest of us, and when they are sick...they have to be allowed to die.
Now this is a child that has active parents deeply involved inner care.

HOW DARE THAT HOSPITAL!? - HOW DARE THE COURT INVOLVE ITSELF!?

Of course, it's England, where the government is in charge of paying for health care and therefore gets to make decisions like this.

Now, all y'all that want socialized medicine in this country - do you really? Do you really want someone other than yourself to make decisions about the medical care your child will receive - against your will? Something to think about, isn't it.

Oh yeah, you can go here and join a prayer chain for this child. I'll be praying!

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