It’s something right out of Grey’s Anatomy. Kaylee is two months old and was on life support. After much heartrending consideration, her parents decided to take her off life support and committed to donate her organs to other needy babies.
On the other side of the coin is one-month-old Lillian, waiting for a matching heart for [...]
Tags: death, ethics, Kaylee and Lillian, organ donation, transplantation
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On Wednesday, we heard tragic news of the death of actress Natasha Richardson from a skiing accident (featured on right).
And across the pond, celebrity watching has taken a ghoulish turn with the obsessive coverage of cancer-stricken reality TV star Jade Goody’s imminent death. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer and given just weeks to live [...]
Tags: big brother, death, jade goody, mortality, natasha richardson, wills
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I remember finding out on Christmas Day that we were expecting our newest arrival. I remember calculating due dates and realizing that this child was due to arrive the day after my grandmother’s birthday in August.
We just got word that my grandmother is dying. She has been ill for a while, but things have taken [...]
Tags: Baby, circle of life, death, family, funeral, life
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First of all, this post can make you feel bad, even depressed. But it’s an important issue that some parents and parents-to-be might have to face. So if you are not up to some sad posts today, please don’t read this.
It’s every mother’s, every parent’s nightmare – a baby or a child who are so [...]
Tags: death, doctors, empathy, life support, miscommunations, options, parents
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My daughter learned to speak at a very early age. She has always had a huge vocabulary for her age, and although I think it helped a lot when it came to discipline because she could convey her wants and needs and she could also understand what I was asking of her, she also [...]
Tags: death, sex, spirituality
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