Parents Ask Doctors to Keep Daughter Small

[RoseRed (Premo)]

What say you? ...

[LordStanley]

My sick side wants to say... Why waste the money. Chop off her legs since she cant walk. She will be short and lite.

[BadGirl (Premo)]

That is a really "iffy" situation and I relaly can't speculate if keeping Ashley small is/was the right thing to do. Clearly her parents believe that her medical treatments are reasonable, and as her caregivers, their opinion overrides anything that I may think.

I do have to interject though, that in my experience with my mother (severe stroke victim/paralyzed/non-vocal, etc.) her being 110 lbs is a huge advantage. Moving mom from her wheelchair to her bed, into the shower, into a vehicle, for instance, is much easier to do at 110 pounds vice 175 pounds. I don't think that I'd be able to lift her if she were much heavier. I'm grateful for her small stature.

[Tinkerbell]

I saw a story on Discovery Health Channel about the same kind of thing. Except the parents wanted their daughters growth stunted because they are "little people" (or midgits, or whatever the heck the politically correct term is) and their daughter is not. They said that in thier life, being a little person is normal and they want to all be the same. They had actually brain washed the kid into wanting it too (I think she was around 12 at the time). They were messing with her hormones, etc. I don't think that is right.

[Elle]

I'm not sure what to make of this story.

This girl is exactly the same size that T is right now. I can't imagine the psychical demands having to carry him around and care for him day after day.

[vraiblonde]

I think as long as abortion is legal, no one should have a word to say about how parents treat or care for their child.

In this particular case, I think the parents did what was right for their family and everyone else should butt out, unless they want to care for the child.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

I saw a story on Discovery Health Channel about the same kind of thing. Except the parents wanted their daughters growth stunted because they are "little people" (or midgits, or whatever the heck the politically correct term is) and their daughter is not. They said that in thier life, being a little person is normal and they want to all be the same. They had actually brain washed the kid into wanting it too (I think she was around 12 at the time). They were messing with her hormones, etc. I don't think that is right.

House

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by Pete

House

Yeah, I know House had an episode about it as well, but I saw another story on discovery health about it. It was a show that went into whether or not people should be allowed to change a baby's gene in utero to ensure they are a certain way (height, hair color, etc). They said they are trying to narrow down the gene for midgits because many midgit parents don't want normal size children. They want children like them. That's when they brought up this couple that was affecting their daughters growth. She was still WAY taller than them.

[vraiblonde]

Wasn't there a story awhile back about a deaf couple who did something to ensure their child would be deaf as well? They didn't maim the child (I don't think) but it was something that caused a huge outcry.

[cattitude]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Wasn't there a story awhile back about a deaf couple who did something to ensure their child would be deaf as well? They didn't maim the child (I don't think) but it was something that caused a huge outcry.

My kids were deaf until very recently.