I ran across an article on cnn.com that was a follow-up to a story that was ran last year. There is a disabled girl in Washington and last year her parents had doctors give her a hysterectomy, breast surgery and drugs to keep the girl forever small. Her type of disablility makes it so she can not walk or talk. She is going to have to be taken care of for the rest of her life so her parents thought it would be best if she remained small and never entered puberty. Today they still believe that this was a good idea and they say that their daughter is healthy and has adjusted fine. This family continues to remain anonymous. As you would expect there was a lot of tension over this decision. What the hospital did was technically illegal because this is suppose to be presented to a board before the procedure can go ahead. The hospital accepts that the law was broken and the doctor that treated this girl has since commited suicide.
My issue is that the parents seem to be playing God and that is not right. Their persistence led the hospital to do some things that it should not have done and unfortunately the doctor paid the ultimate price with his life. I know it is not just the parent's fault but they were the ones who ultimately pushed for it to happen. They did this to make their live's easier. They took the human aspect away from their child. Now she is like a doll since she will never grow any taller or gain weight. This is a hard case because you do not know how much the child really understands with their disability but it just does not seem right.
Here is more infomation about this story: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/12/pillow.angel/index.html
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