@very-rusty saidquoted for reference
I must admit I had a bit of crush on her when she was in Star Track.
-VR
01 Aug 22
@very-rusty saidI think you meant Star Truck
I must admit I had a bit of crush on her when she was in Star Track.
-VR
@very-rusty saidVery sorry to hear of her passing. An iconic figure she was. I’m glad the writers gave her more to do in the movies than say, “Hailing frequency open.”
Well perhaps I was! 🙂, Star Struck.
-VR
08 Aug 22
@ponderable saidWas it that the family couldn't make that very difficult decision? Must be awful.
Archie Battersbee, 12
He was the subject of lengthy court battles. Now life support was ended and the child died. Notable for being probably used as a landmark case.
08 Aug 22
@torunn saidIt is most awful to have a child on life support.
Was it that the family couldn't make that very difficult decision? Must be awful.
It is even more awful if told that the child is brain dead...
The parents fought to kep him on life and went though the whole system. supporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Battersbee_case
08 Aug 22
@torunn saidThe child was already brain dead.
Was it that the family couldn't make that very difficult decision? Must be awful.
As I understand it the crux of the legal battle was over the parents wanting him to be moved to, and die in, a hospice rather than a hospital. This was contested by medical professionals who asserted that it was to dangerous (in terms of his life support) and I suppose expensive to move him, and that recovery was impossible anyway.
08 Aug 22
@divegeester saidAs family, being rational in such a situation must be extremely difficult.
The child was already brain dead.
As I understand it the crux of the legal battle was over the parents wanting him to be moved to, and die in, a hospice rather than a hospital. This was contested by medical professionals who asserted that it was to dangerous (in terms of his life support) and I suppose expensive to move him, and that recovery was impossible anyway.
08 Aug 22
@torunn saidYes, impossible I would think.
As family, being rational in such a situation must be extremely difficult.
