I was reading through stories on the Strib site yeterday, and came across this one, about the little girl who was disembowled in the pool last summer, and died a couple days ago. I think I actually shed a tear. I’m not sure this story got to me so much. First sad, which quickly turned to anger. The kid didn’t die from the accident at the pool–she died from complications from her subsequent transplant surgeries to try to give her working organs again.
I’m not a Christian Scientist or anything, or one of the denominations that believes that prayer and God are the only true instruments of healing. Modern medicine work. Well, most of the time.
No, the part that gets me is that the kid would have lived after the accident. It wouldn’t be a normal life, by any means, but she could have lived. But in an effort to make their child “normal”, the parents and doctors decided to put a six year old through a three-organ transplant procedure, which the medical community admits is a rare thing.
So why did they do the surgery? Did the parents really feel that their child’s life was worth living only if she had her intestines? Could they not accept their daughter the way she was after her injuries?
I understand why the parents are suing the pool manufacturer and the country club for the initial accident. Yes, they are liable for that. But if I hear one thing about the pool or the club causing their child’s death, I’m going to be very, very angry. Blame where blame is due, people.
