This is such an incredably difficult decision. Eventhough we think we know how we'll react, it's different when we actually have to do something. I truly feel sorry for the mother.
This is much like the case in Florida a year or two ago where the husband wanted to end his wife's suffering and her parents ( plus both Bush brothers, the Fla legislature and the US congress ) opposed him.
If that were my kid, I know I'd convince myself everything was fine and he was going to be OK and the hospital was trying to murder him and he really was smiling at me and all that. It's just human nature to do everything we can to protect our children even, like here, if we're harming them...
Tough situation with no good resolution available.
This is much like the case in Florida a year or two ago where the husband wanted to end his wife's suffering and her parents ( plus both Bush brothers, the Fla legislature and the US congress ) opposed him.
If that were my kid, I know I'd convince myself everything was fine and he was going to be OK and the hospital was trying to murder him and he really was smiling at me and all that. It's just human nature to do everything we can to protect our children even, like here, if we're harming them...
Tough situation with no good resolution available.