Feeding tube NOT a death sentence
A case of an eleven year old girl named Haleigh and her fight to survive has taken a turn after making it to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The high court of the state ruled that she should be allowed to die. “Haleigh wants to live,” is how Michelle Malkin put it and I think God agrees with Haleigh.
I believe that people view the life of those on a feeding tube with sort of an “oh you poor thing” type of mentality. It is amazing to watch people’s reactions when you pull out a bag half the size of your one year old child and hook him up to eat while in a public place. They are even more amazed to see how normal he is no matter how he gets his nutrition. Caden will eat without a feeding pump soon as will Haleigh. Caden spends about forty minutes four times a day hooked to his feeding pump. This is his only source of nutrition at this time. It is a method of eating, not a death sentence. Actually, Caden can eat while he does just about anything else including playing.
I would love to see the faces of the judges on the Massachusetts Supreme Court after watching Caden play for over three straight hours and then watch as we lift his shirt to attach the feeding pump to his tube. You can not tell that Caden even uses a feeding tube until it is time to eat. People’s view of this method of eating is way distorted until they have to deal with it first hand. Every judge who thinks that a feeding tube is a death sentence should spend a day with Caden to learn that they are VERY wrong.