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Originally Posted by Kali
Don't say something like 'she would have died anyway if the Mom was in the room'. You don't know that!
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First of all... we are not children. There is no need to yell your opinion at me. Chill out.
And as I stated before, the "what ifs" in favor of the girl, had the mother stayed, are impossible to pin down to any kind of positive end. That was my guess at the time, based on what little info was available. Now we know she was almost certainly given a lethal combination of drugs, along with the lack of monitoring equipment. Had the mom been in the room, the monitoring equipment still wouldn't have been used, and she'd still in all reasonable likelihood have died.
And again, if you want to play "what ifs", I can easily say that if the mom stayed, the girl took her last breath as her mom walked out of the room just to pay the bill, which could take way more than long enough (only takes 4 minutes without oxygen) for brain damage to occur- and after 6 minutes, brain death begins. I don't know about you, but i've never paid a bill in under 5 minutes at the dentist.
I stand by what I said. The "what ifs" that create a narrative in which the girl lives would be built on a series of multiple leaps of magnificent coincidence. Too many variables would have to have fallen in line
perfectly for her to have lived. On the contrary, only one step in any "what if" is required to cause the unfortunate narrative we're now discussing.
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and that's a perfect reason why little kids shouldn't be taking that stuff unless they're being monitored and in a hospital...
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Hospital is unnecessary, as these are professionals licensed to perform these procedures, and they happen constantly, all over the country. Also, no one is arguing that they shouldn't be monitored- the law demands it. I'm not sure what you're getting at here.
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I was always overly careful with my kids and what was medically done to them. Yes they might get a little anxious in certain situations, but I know they have a lot of common sense and would not allow anyone to put them in a dangerous situation unless absolutely necessary and in the right environment.
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...*shakes head*...what in the hell are you talking about? Being put in a dangerous situation? What dangerous situation? The kid was lethally overdosed on sedatives. This isn't "look both ways before crossing the street" or "don't talk to strangers" territory... this is a medical practitioner who fucked up in dosing anesthesia for a 35-pound, 5-year-old girl and didn't use the appropriate equipment to tell if things were going awry.
This has absolutely nothing, whatsoever, to do with a kid having common sense, or not allowing themselves to be put in a dangerous situation. Frankly, I'm flabbergasted.
I am happy, though, because we both share
some common ground on this issue... we both have no idea what you're talking about.