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thalakos315 · 06-10-2005, 10:57 PM

i'm going to have to side with the parents on this one, for now.. she's in remission correct? so essentially she's doing ok? if this is the case, then i can completely agree with the parents, she was sick, she sought treatment, she's doing better now, why go through possibly unnecessary procedure?

i've seen what chemo can do to a person, at some points you honestly believe that it might be worse than the disease itself. would you put YOUR child through something like that? especially without concrete proof that she would relapse without this treatment?
i can totally understand the parents on this.

i think the govn't overreacted on this one big time. the only reason i could understand child services getting involved in something like this.. is if there was a prior history of abuse in the family. or if they rejected treatment for their child in the beginning when cancer was first discovered.

i'm not a big fan of the social/child services departments. from my experience, they act on stupid things, and let the real abuse slide under the radar..

06-10-2005, 10:57 PM	#23 (permalink)
thalakos315 Tilted	i'm going to have to side with the parents on this one, for now.. she's in remission correct? so essentially she's doing ok? if this is the case, then i can completely agree with the parents, she was sick, she sought treatment, she's doing better now, why go through possibly unnecessary procedure? i've seen what chemo can do to a person, at some points you honestly believe that it might be worse than the disease itself. would you put YOUR child through something like that? especially without concrete proof that she would relapse without this treatment? i can totally understand the parents on this. i think the govn't overreacted on this one big time. the only reason i could understand child services getting involved in something like this.. is if there was a prior history of abuse in the family. or if they rejected treatment for their child in the beginning when cancer was first discovered. i'm not a big fan of the social/child services departments. from my experience, they act on stupid things, and let the real abuse slide under the radar..