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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
The american treatment cannot cure him, it can only reduce some of the SYMPTOMS, nothing more
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Yes, I think that's where some of the confusion lies... people think or are being lead to believe that he's being denied the shot at a cure.
There is no cure. He has an incurable genetic illness. It's tragic, but those are the facts - he cannot recover, his disease
will kill him, the only question is how long that can be delayed.
I'm in two minds over this to be honest. As far as I can tell, from my own point of view, it would be far kinder to let him go. He's not being killed. He is being allowed to die naturally. However, on the other hand, I am slightly uncomfortable with the fact that the decision making process is being taken away from the parents and given to the doctors and courts... surely that should only happen if the parents have been found to be negligent or incapable of making these decisions?