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I can't possibly weigh the merits of either side without understanding the injury itself. My understanding is that a spine injury is generally treated with physical and occupational therapy, and there isn't much more you can do for it from a medical standpoint. Maybe the doctors want to try some kind of surgery to reattach something, and she and the kid don't think it's worth the pain/risk?

Like glatt said, without more details about what the doctors want to do and what the mom wants to do, I have to give the judge the benefit of the doubt. It sounds more like she wanted to do something iffy, since his ruling was that she could not "treat" him herself with whatever it was she wanted to do, but she also didn't have to take the doctors' offered treatment either. For him to rule against a treatment entirely means it's probably beyond even fringe-accepted things like acupuncture and such.

Edit: I just figured out a way to view the whole article without a registration. Kid is improving on his own after a "bruised" spine which left him briefly paralyzed, but he is regaining movement. Doctors want to give the kid steroids to clear up inflammation, and do neck surgery to insert metal rods which could prevent possible further damage, in case he falls or whatever during this precarious healing time. Mom wants to use herbs to reduce the inflammation and physical therapy to regain his strength.

This makes me want to side with the mom, but again, the article mentions previous child endangerment charges that had been dropped, so there's obviously still more going on here.

hard sayin' not knowin'

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 710865)

Heh, I don't dwell in the land of sensible choices either, though I visit from time to time. I'm pretty sure I didn't think much like my parents at 16...but I don't know. I suppose if it were something they felt strongly about I might adopt their views. I know I thought a lot like my mom about some things, she always having been progressive and liberal.

I was looking at the other angle. We all want to think of the children, but these cases are rarely so cut and dried.

Honestly, I am torn, but there is very little "real" information to go on (as to be expected, privacy being important.)

privacy is important however people who decide to heal their kids thorough spiritual healing is just wrong imo, watched a kid break his ankle in football practice and his mother summoned God. really? no.he never played sports again.

Michael Smerconish did an interview with "Mom" earlier this week. The kid needed the medical intervention. Amongst the medical professionals and any sane human, of that there was no doubt.

Mom termed herself as a medical professional, but Michael revealed that she had gotten her degree online via some school I cannot remember.

She sounded like a self convinced faith/herbal/hope healer.

I believe the Judge called it properly and the state should step in.