Police search for missing boy with brain tumour removed from hospital by his parents
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Breaking news on Sky this morning. 5 yr old Ashya King has been removed without consent by his parents from a hospital in Southampton and they have travelled to France with him and his 6 siblings. He was being treated for a brain tumour and the hospital say he could die without constant nursing care.
It sounds like this is another case of parents disagreeing with doctors over how far to take life saving treatment when their child has cancer. I hope they are treated with kindness when they are found. It seems they have made the decision to take their son away to die surrounded by his family. Isn't it ultimately the right of the parents to make that decision for their gravely ill little boy?
It sounds like this is another case of parents disagreeing with doctors over how far to take life saving treatment when their child has cancer. I hope they are treated with kindness when they are found. It seems they have made the decision to take their son away to die surrounded by his family. Isn't it ultimately the right of the parents to make that decision for their gravely ill little boy?
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I will wait until more information comes out about this story to comment further.
Not enough is known about it yet.
I would like to hear the full story and then maybe the picture would change
https://www.facebook.com/naveed.king?fref=ts
His brother posted this on 31st July.
''Once again I went to see Ashya for the second time this week. His skin colour was a lot more lively and seems to give a better response. Whilst I was leaving the surgeons gave us back the results to his tumour to find out what kind of tumour it was. Stage 1, is mild and most likely won't affect him again. Stage 2, slightly medium risk and theres chances to return. Stage 3, a lot stronger and will most likely return aggressive. Stage 4, most aggressive and dangerous tumour that will most likely mean that his life expectancy is low, also meaning its strongly cancerous.
Ashya was diagnosed with stage 4 sadly.''
Very sad.
Not necessarily. Children denied medical treatment by their parents may be made a ward of court to make sure they get it. But I agree that this sounds like a difficult and distressing case, not a simple matter of parents refusing life-saving treatment because of religious beliefs. Unless anything more adverse comes to light, I'm sure we all wish them the best.
It certainly does look very different to that recent case with the rather barmy mother who just didn't want her son to receive standard medical treatment.
My worry would be that they won't have access to pain medication for their little boy now, whereas at least in hospital or a hospice he could be made comfortable.
Yes, very true.
The parents of a boy with a brain tumour removed the police from a hospital?
Poor family, poor boy.
They must feel so desperate to take him out of hospital without consent.
How so very sad.
It seems like they are a religious family who study the bible and preach it to others, I hope they can find some comfort in their faith at this time.
I hope they do not get in to trouble for taking their little boy away.
Not really unless all the haters of people with a religious faith will come on board attacking them.
It does make a huge difference owing to JW's attitude to medical procedures.
I did wonder that too. If he is in an operable final stages perhaps they wanted him home with his family. I hope tho that he is not suffering as a result of their removing him from medical help to relieve symptoms. Very very sad.
Only medical procedures that involve taking blood, not other ones.
It makes a difference if the child need blood or any of its compoments .Very often a child on chemo will need RBC or a platelet transfusion
Yes, I believe they refuse not only blood but anything containing blood derivatives.
Not everybody who dies is in pain. Let's just hope this little boy isn't.
I think, in general, parents know what's best for their children.
Its the transfusion of blood that JW 's do not allow .The taking of samples is not an issue
They will probably get it from a Dr same as anyone else.
When my sibling had a brain tumour we had the hardest time getting them home to die. If they cannot find you a slot, ambulance, trained medical nurse etc and so on , you wont be getting home to die.
It was very frustrating and I bet that is the reason they just made their own plans and walked out with him.
Yes I know that.
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovahs-witnesses-why-no-blood-transfusions/