I posted this earlier as it was airing on Fox this afternoon. Apparently religious reasons are what the parents are saying about refusing the chemo. The family spokesperson talked about what the religion does and does not allow and talked a bit about the natural alternatives they (the religion) uses/allows.
From Fox news on tv:
"Mom and son thought to be heading to Mexico. A felony arrest warrant has been issued even though no felony has been committed. Husband is pleading for wife and son to come home. Chemo not wanted by parents citing that their religion only permits herbal remedies. With chemo, 90% survival; without 5% survival. Doctors believe that without chemo treatment he will die.
Sounds as if the chemo is given now it will still save his life. Parents say their religion does not allow this treatment, only herbs.
Kid and family do not want him to have the chemo. Family is afraid and fearful of chemo treatment. Authorities trying to force the chemo treatment. Peter Johnson Jr., a Fox news legal analyst, knew an 18 yr old who suffered from this same cancer and was successfully treated with chemo. He is offering to help the family; child will be sick from chemo but will survive the cancer and be cured.
Family spokesperson is on: Daniel stopped chemo after one treatment. Spokesperson is advocating natural remedies and he knows of success stories using natural remedies.
Kid's aunt had cancer and died; family is fearful. Kid does not want chemo. He says "I would rather live a virtuous life than a long life." He knows he could die. Side effects of chemo are bad, burning out of thyroid. Daniel does not want chemo."
NO HE DIDN'T ZOOM.
The spokesperson SPECIFICALLY made it CLEAR that this was NOT a religion but a group of people.
He made this clear, for a reason...either they can't legally be labeled a religion or they don't believe they are a religion...ya know?
I went to their site and they don't believe they are a religion nor claim to be....
Now THIS MEANS to me, with his statement, that this is not a "religion" that she belongs to, that this was not for religious purposes but is trying to be used as such by this woman.
Personally, after hearing her spokesperson, it sounds like the mother is just scared of the chemo because of a family member that had to receive chemo that eventually died, of another, different cancer. And watching my father in law die a 6'4'' and 90 lbs after receiving chemo for a lengthy period of time....back in the late 80's...it was horrible to watch him die....he did have terminal cancer, that had metasticised already...the chemo was to slow it down, HA!
But how can you and I watch the same thing and come to so totally different analysis from hearing the same guy speak?
In other cases similar to this they put the kids in foster homes till their treatment is done and then return the child to their family...I hope she didn't mess things up by running and the press getting ahold of this for the circus...got interupted and never heard the father speak...
And this guy saying he knows of 5 cases where people were saved by using diet only that were saved from death doesn't have that much meaning if you don't know how many people tried this diet that received no chemo, and died...duhhhh? so it really had no true meaning to me...
She has had him on this alternative treatment and the cancer is spreading, that's a sign that he may not be as lucky as the 5 other people saved by it and may not be receptive to it and who knows the same may be the case with the rest of his chemo treatments, though unlikely since he was receptive to the first treatment.
I just feel that all of this should not have been made in to a media frenzy and maybe this should have been just handled by them and the court/judge responsible...instead of pulling the whole public, me included, in to it.
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