[Mrs. Don-o]

"It would have been hard for me as a parent to see that pain every day like that."

This type of argument is called "Putting her out of your misery."

The girl had a right to effective palliative care, which includes pain management: opioids will do the trick at the right dosage. Whether she was ever going to get "better" is unknowable, and in any case irrelevant.

I'm never going to get better, either.

None of us is healthier dead.

[bagster]

None of us is healthier dead.

You've boiled it down, Mrs. Don-o, to the simplest truth.

The sanctity and the respect for life is no longer a thing in this modern world. Now it's up for debate.

Bagster

[MarMema]

They lived in a rural area and I recall he was frustrated by the health system/lack of pain care given.

Along with her pain was the issue of being unable to feed her and her very low weight. She functioned at the level of a 3 month old.

Just picking her up caused her to cry with pain.

It was a very very difficult hardship for them.

I have compassion for her father and know he meant only to relieve her pain - albeit permanently.

[TexasGator]

Read the article.

[exDemMom]

pain management: opioids will do the trick at the right dosage.

I do not think that is universally true. My experience is that opioids make me feel weird and have all kinds of side effects. I would be hard pressed to say they actually have any effect on pain. I have told doctors outright that I don't want a narcotic. I do not think that I am the only person for whom opioids have no pain relieving effects.

With a non-verbal child, how can one determine if the pain is actually alleviated, in a way that distinguishes pain relief from drugging the child to the point of being unable to respond yet still in pain?