tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post5907927030262623006..comments2023-06-13T03:53:21.997-07:00Comments on Jippy Jabber: Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518134162747566846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-40579597504598321522007-01-07T02:56:00.000-08:002007-01-07T02:56:00.000-08:00I don't know if the child is at a higher risk of g...I don't know if the child is at a higher risk of getting cancer from the hormones. There always seems to be a risk of something with any medicine and if she doesn't need it, they shouldn't be giving it to her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-21571194200481589122007-01-05T17:54:00.000-08:002007-01-05T17:54:00.000-08:00Holy crap.
Just...man, holy CRAP.Holy crap.<br /><br />Just...man, holy CRAP.That Chick Over Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066031548129806050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-88219260825411654402007-01-05T10:13:00.000-08:002007-01-05T10:13:00.000-08:00Michele_3
It is sad and I know you have a specia...Michele_3 <br /> It is sad and I know you have a special needs child and we need these docs to be real advocates out there!<br /><br />Bethany <br /> No apologies needed! I swear I was in shock too!<br /><br />The awful thing is that AOL has a poll out today and last I checked it was getting many votes of approval! <br /><a href="http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/surgery-to-stunt-girls-growth-sparks/20070104173509990018?">AOL Poll</a>Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518134162747566846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-66409720062054693432007-01-05T09:44:00.000-08:002007-01-05T09:44:00.000-08:00I am sickened by this. Whoever said parenting wou...I am sickened by this. Whoever said parenting would be easy? To mutilate a child to make your life easier?! Come on. The ethics committee doctor needs a dictionary. What's next? My kid talks to much, I want to cut her vocal cords? It will make my life easier.<br /><br />Sorry for the histrionics, but I'm disgusted and can't think clearly.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695662344180959776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-21042529919681319822007-01-05T07:45:00.000-08:002007-01-05T07:45:00.000-08:00I just read about this story- It made me very sick...I just read about this story- It made me very sick to my stomach..<br />Very heartbreaking for the child- It seems it was more done for the convience of the parents in my opinion-So Sad!Michele_3https://www.blogger.com/profile/09474102416305020368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-74507145244884160052007-01-04T23:40:00.000-08:002007-01-04T23:40:00.000-08:00Cinemagypsy,
I knew there were more medical reaso...Cinemagypsy, <br />I knew there were more medical reason why this isn't good! Thanks for posting them. <br /><br /> Isn't she at a higher risk for cancer taking hormones? <br /><br /> You know this article is reported from the BBC and I really want this is the American Media.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518134162747566846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-83316152528048477992007-01-04T23:33:00.001-08:002007-01-04T23:33:00.001-08:00Miriam, I am so greatful for your posts. I am sti...Miriam, I am so greatful for your posts. I am still in shock over this. Somebody needs to think this through rationally! I really would like this doctor thrown off the ethics board. Given a psych eval! I am glad your friends faught for their son's heart surgery. Those are my people, fellow moms and dads who go fight for their special needs children. <br /><br />When Zach was first in his wheel chair, I had to carry him up and down a flight of stairs to get home or go any where. I thought about moving not stunting his growth with hormones! RRRRRRRRRR!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518134162747566846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-34468394883921230962007-01-04T23:33:00.000-08:002007-01-04T23:33:00.000-08:00Oh God, this is horrible. Surgeries are painful. H...Oh God, this is horrible. Surgeries are painful. Hormones can be so dangerous, especially for the bedridden. This is sickening.<br />Removing her reproductive organs to prevent molestation? Aren't her parents watching her around the clock?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-33891337930289083162007-01-04T23:13:00.000-08:002007-01-04T23:13:00.000-08:00I agree that the doctors should not have allowed t...I agree that the doctors should not have allowed this. I don't know what the parents were thinking, but unless she was likely to ge insanely breasty, why are breasts an inhibitor to laying down? I can imagine the fear of an institutionalized child experiencing molestation is incredible, but does removing those bits prevent it? No. (Shudder.) Shame on those docs- and especially because the article also said "the amount of criticism their choice of treatment attracted had surprised [the parents]..." That means some doc published this case without preparing these people for the reaction, which means one thing to me: They didn't fully understand the implications of what they were doing. <br /><br />I have a friend whose family had to FIGHT with docs to allow a heart surgery on his Downs boy. This surgery improved the boy's life appreciably, immediately. What is the MATTER with these ethics boards?!? Keep in mind he was not waithing for some rare donated organ- it was just a mechanical reparative surgery. Sad.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333660644532355543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-17820718754277380382007-01-04T23:04:00.000-08:002007-01-04T23:04:00.000-08:00My husband told me about this and I had to come by...My husband told me about this and I had to come by and see for myself. I have so much to say about this- if my comment is too long, feel free to delete it.<br /><br />Quote from the article: **If the concern has something to do with the girl's dignity being violated, then I have to protest by arguing that the girl lacks the cognitive capacity to experience any sense of indignity.**<br /><br />Um, this man is the spokesman for an ethics board? And is positing an argument tantamount to saying that children (or anyone else under the age of fully realized self-awareness) are not worth defending against indignity? <br /><br />She appears incapable of most physical pleasures so why feed, clothe, entertain, care for her at all? So because she is incapable of mortal fear, then what? If the requirement for human dignity has been changed to include only those with a specific capacity, then we have all lost ours.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333660644532355543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-41940049363074589492007-01-04T17:53:00.000-08:002007-01-04T17:53:00.000-08:00I can't believe this happened. I know I worry abo...I can't believe this happened. I know I worry about puberty with my son but I would never think of taking steps to prevent it. The reasons they give scare me. <br />I think the doctors should be prevented from doing this again. There was no medical reason for this at all. I mean cut off her breasts so she can lay down? <br />As far as abuse she is at the same risk being kept as a child. I can't really comprehend this!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518134162747566846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36040986.post-38957516901058139082007-01-04T12:17:00.000-08:002007-01-04T12:17:00.000-08:00Good God. Removing her uterus? What? You have g...Good God. Removing her uterus? What? You have got to be kidding me? And that was allowed??Amy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889460762363255735noreply@blogger.com