I wouldn't know what I'd do. I doubt he'd ever settle with a new family and it's not something you ever really get over. It's something you'd struggle with your whole life.

But again, you never know what would happen

Jedward Fever's sister arises from the Ashes

inspiring

Silly question really, it wouldn't be up to you to decide.

i no so let the kid live :dance::dance::dance:

The thing is you'd have to tell the kid all his family is dead and everything and I don't know that just seems too much.

It would be a struggle, but he would only be 8 therefore has his entire life to create new relationships with a new family. Not beyond possibility IMO.

Either way, as far as switching life support off goes I wouldn't be pigheaded enough to think that it was my decision to make.

It would completely ruin him if he was told, but not to an extent where you can justify killing him himself, they'll have expert people to deal with him, and he might have grandparents/relatives that can take him on

he might not rememberer any thing

If doctor's had the option to kill people they had to deliver very bad news to then not many people would come out of the hospital alive. lol

I am sure he would have Uncles,Aunts or someone willing to look after him.

:joker: I LOL'd at that. I didn't really give it much thought when I thought about this. But Idk it's just such a horrible thing for the child to cope with. Killing it wouldn't be the right answer I guess but it's truly awful.

I don't understand. You're hoping he wouldn't remember having parents in the first place so it would lessen the blow? :joker:

he new he had parents but he might not be able to remember them

Absolutely, no way could I do that at all.

What does this mean?

As in jedward fever asking awkward questions all the time and this was a bit like one of his, I guess

Still wondering how this is classed as a dilemma

Well it depends how likely he is to survive, but I probably wouldn't.

My Sister is very much alive.:joker:

No, why would you do that?

:laugh2: That genuinely made me laugh out loud

Kids are very resilient though, why would you take it upon yourself to decide that he won't have a happy life now? It's crazy

The decision to switch off life support is based purely on the fact that his family are dead? Absolutely not then. If he is clinically dead, and could only be kept alive artificially, then the decision to turn off the support would be made by a group of qualified people, not just one person playing God.

Making a decision to switch off life support because the child has no family would open up a whole can of worms around end of life decisions for disabled people without family and for the elderly.