The tragedy here is two fold.
1) Our government has chosen to battle this family over their wishes at what cost? The price of doing this procedure was likely eclipsed quite quickly in the first legal battle. Do the procedure and allow the family to take the child home. From there this family can choose to pay for whatever care they wish in his last days. Baby Joseph will likely die either way however this family needs this option to provide them with peace of mind. We also just don't know sometimes. The stories of people who have defied our medical knowledge are all around us. It is arrogance for our establishment to make these choices. I just fed a cat that I was told was dead over a month ago. He is happy and enjoying the life our vet would have ended. Our medical science fails us when arrogance steps in. People in the medical profession need to remember the more we know the more we realize we don't.
2) This family's plight is being exploited by people who have a mission outside of helping this child. None of these Good Samaritans would be there to help if the press wasn't taking pictures. They are adapting this child's case to their own agendas and rhetoric.
