Mercy Killing

As you said God fobid, I also say God forbid no one will ever want to be in that kind of situation. It is always a tough call to take or to keep the life support system. For a parent it is very difficult to see the child in such a state and it is also very painful to take off the life support system knowing well that the child will not survive after that. I can only find one answer to this situation and that is pray to the God and ask for a solution. I believe if we honestly ask for guidance then God shows us the path.

No in this case I would have to turn off the life machine, I lost my first baby when he was only 8 months old so I understand where you are coming from in regards to this discussion, so as far as I am concerned you let your friend know that she did the right thing as it is no good to let the baby suffer like the baby would of.

mercy killing is better for the one who is suffering such from such pain and suffering which is not cure able

Oh man, that's awful. I'm sorry for your friend. I honestly don't know what I'd do in that situation. Probably the same thing your friend did. If there was no hope, it would be better that way. There's no reason to allow painful suffering when there's no chance of any sort of recovery. And where a newborn can't possibly make decisions for itself, the mother has the right to.

Our family had to face the same situation when my grandfather had unknown disease and he lost all her memories and finally was bed ridden for almost 2 years before he demised. He had no consiousness and was lying like a vegetable. We thought of giving him some injections for mercy killing as we did not want to see him suffering like that. He used to tell us that he hated suffering more than anything in life. But we didnt do that, we waited for a miracle to happen and we assumed that somewhere deep inside him he knows what is happening. We wished that he got his memories back at least for a second to tell him not to worry and we were with him,.

I do not know what to say, because this issue is not something that can be decided for me, personallly, unless I was there in the same situation. Only God knows what I would do, because I do not know. I do not like children to suffer, but neither do I like them to die, when they have not even begun their lives. This is a very sensitive topic to me, and all I can say about the subject, is "to each his own."

My sister was in a simaler situtation with her son. It was the hardest thing she ever did put they also decieded to take hime off life support. He lasted 3 days the poor baby but he never would have had a life he was just to sick. To this day she doesn't know if it was the right choice

I think that god gave us life to appreciate it. I'm not saying miracles don't happen because I know they can do happen. The had lived good lives and had let us know their wishes. Neither wanted to be kept alive on machine.

oh its really horrible.i will go for mercy killing as i dont want that to make that child suffer a lot in life

I will still hope for a miracle because there can be miracles if you would just believe. We've seen stories about persons who almost suffered a lot and still managed to live, so I'll take the chances.

Those kind of situations are always tough calls. If I had a child who showed no brain activity and was being kept alive by machines I believe I would make the same decision, as all you would be doing otherwise is prolonging the inevitable. Those are the kind of situations I believe you never know exactly how you'll react to until you're in them.

I cant agree with this topic at all to exist.. Its the worst.. Have a world free of all these things njoy

sometimes its better to give in to nature. today with the advances in medical support that we recieve the average human life span has increased considerably but then there are instances like this where probably some one could not afford life support but desperately needed it what would be done then ? i live in india and this is a major issue. doctors here without the concent of family even perform mercy killing when they know that cases are very bad and families actually cannot affoard treatment, this is where i personally feel that it is better for what she did as it was a hard thing to do but rather see her child go through so much suffering. peace and godbless

That is so sad. I think I would keep the baby on life support. I don't think I could ever give up. I would keep praying to god to help the baby live. It would take a long time and convincing to get me to give up. At the same time it would be hard watching the baby be in pain while being on life support. But still, it's worth waiting because a miracle could happen, and I would always wonder what if.

if i were here i would do the same i can't see someone in such a pain especially when it comes to my family. and i do not believe in miracles atleast to be happening with me. though before making a decision i would be consulting as many people i can. and then making the final decision.

wew.. so sorry to hear that.. no! I won't do that! I won't take her off life support if I am still have money to pay it... but sometimes it will be very hard to decide if I already have no money anymore to pay the lofesupport.. if that happen.. I will take care of her at home.. but at least.. I won;t let her die.. i'll try my best to keep him survive ^^

Well, first if your brain has no activity then you feel no pain. So the baby was not suffering. I would have probably did the same thing though. It's just prolonging the family's suffering. Babies are so innocent, it would kill me to have to make such a decision with one of my own. I can't imagine going through such an ordeal. I really feel for this family.

This is so heartbreaking. Life goes on it does not matter what happened. Life still goes on. I am sorry about for baby. I think your friend maded a right decision. Those machines are tortuning the baby not helping. The baby's soul will not rest if her mom can not get her go. That's all i can tell you. Best of luck to her and to you my friend! From Kim

In the specific situation you refer to, I would rather be not as sure as the infant's mother as to what is to be done about 'suffering'. First of all, it is difficult to say whether the baby experiences suffering in the first stages of her life the way we have understood it. of course, it pains anyone to watch a baby struggling for breath, or lying there almost lifeless, attached to a life support system. But an act of cutting the life support system from your own child would put you in a more difficult situation where that would haunt you in the future. It calls for an immense amount of courage and strong will to do something like that, and a self-assurance that you won't regret it, or change your opinion on the subject in the future. HYpothetically, I guess, I would rather remain passive, doing whatever I could for the baby, and believe in the ultimate justice Nature provides for all living creatures.

To be honest that is a very hard decision to make. At the end of it all, if you have to wait for a miracle. Then, I would pull the plug. You have to think of the child and how his life is going to be. Yes, of course you do not mind taking care of him or her but it is not an easy life task. You would have to really think about it.