Donald Trump offers help for terminally ill baby Charlie Gard.

[Mr Gray]

It would be interesting to see how posters see the Charlie Gard situation....I have every sympathy with the parents but it seems its time to let the poor boy go.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/03/donald-trump-offers-help-for-terminally-ill-baby-charlie-gard

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[Eleanor]

I'm praying for a miracle and I've just lit a candle.  Well, you never know.

[Brietta]

My thoughts and prayers are with this little boy and his family.

[slartibartfast]

It would be interesting to see how posters see the Charlie Gard situation....I have every sympathy with the parents but it seems its time to let the poor boy go.

For once I agree with you.

[misty]

It would be interesting to see how posters see the Charlie Gard situation....I have every sympathy with the parents but it seems its time to let the poor boy go.

Like Ashya King's parents, why should Charlie's parents have even been forced to take their case to court? It's too late for Charlie now, despite his parents having the means & the will to offer him a glimmer of a chance. I find it so wrong that the State can pick & choose when it wants to override parental rights & responsibilities - which, in this case, guaranteed only one outcome.

[Mr Gray]

Like Ashya King's parents, why should Charlie's parents have even been forced to take their case to court? It's too late for Charlie now, despite his parents having the means & the will to offer him a glimmer of a chance. I find it so wrong that the State can pick & choose when it wants to override parental rights & responsibilities - which, in this case, guaranteed only one outcome.

Depends if he can be offered a glimmer of hope or whether his case is totally hopeless

[misty]

Depends if he can be offered a glimmer of hope or whether his case is totally hopeless

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3318065/arthur-olga-estopinan-arturito-charlie-gard-court-case/

There is a glimmer.

[Eleanor]

I just don't get it.  The money is there and since he is going to die if they do nothing then why not at least try?

[misty]

I just don't get it.  The money is there and since he is going to die if they do nothing then why not at least try?

The Medical Profession & the State think they know best. Maybe legally they do, but morally? Charlie never got to make a choice.

[Eleanor]

And then there's the time wasted going backwards and forwards to Court where the parents have been denied any rights at all.

The Doctors said this and The Courts said that.  Thank you very much.  Pull the plug.  It's horrific.

[Mr Gray]

The Medical Profession & the State think they know best. Maybe legally they do, but morally? Charlie never got to make a choice.

but if Charlie is deaf...blind...severely brain damaged and unable to breathe.......perhaps they do know best

[Eleanor]

but if Charlie is deaf...blind...severely brain damaged and unable to breathe.......perhaps they do know best

If.

[misty]

but if Charlie is deaf...blind...severely brain damaged and unable to breathe.......perhaps they do know best

If they know best then why did they treat him in the first place, why keep him on a ventilator? There are many children who suffer all the conditions you have listed but they aren't condemned to die simply because the underlying cause is deemed incurable.

[Eleanor]

I can't help feeling that something could have been done sooner before he deteriorated so far.  There were experimental treatments when he was first diagnosed.
But that's it.  It's incurable.  Don't even bother trying.

[Mr Gray]

If they know best then why did they treat him in the first place, why keep him on a ventilator? There are many children who suffer all the conditions you have listed but they aren't condemned to die simply because the underlying cause is deemed incurable.

it seems that when he was born he seemed quite normal but his condition has deteriorated..I would think that the doctors are unable to discuss the case due to confidentality