One of our orphan kids has HIV. When the kids play together, for an outsider, it would be hard to tell that she has, because she is the most opened and cheerful girl among the kids I met here.
The very sad thing about her story that her Grandmother doesn't want (and let) the treatment for her, what she could get from the hospital for free (and which could easen her sufferings). Nobody understands why she doesn't let the treatment...
Holding her in my arm I started to think that for us, it's so obvious she should allow her little granddaughter to go for the treatment. It's so easy for us to see what is the right thing for her. But do we know in which "mental level" the grandmother is, what intelligence, what (personal) believes she has- how much she understands from this (and from our advices)?
And what about us? We have friends, parents who can see our life 'from a distance' objectively and thus easily can give us the right advices, don't we? Can we understand and do we accept these advices - or we rebel that 'only I can know what is good for me!'?
Or maybe even worse: when we both see and agree, that the right advice was given to us, but despite of this: somehow we just can't take it...
So do we have the right to judge this Grandma?
So do we have the right to judge this Grandma?
3 comments:
Very hard to keep a flow of thoughts and still look at that picture.
I could not judge no one as in that point I see soething that I cannot simply grasp.
Should you give hope to someone who understands that the road will reach a dead end?
Its just sad!
Everybody's road will reach a dead end.
The treatment is not about a hope for living forever. It would support rather the life quality than its duration...
Dont be so determined, im not speaking about living forever.
further in your blog psot you ask, whether the actions taken or not taken by the grandmother are right, but it seems you already have the answer :)
A few month ago media had covered a life story of a teenaged girl ( she was 11 if im not mistaking), who had been diagnosed with a cancer (non treatable).
The girl had gone through a series of procedures, incl. chemioteraphy and finaly said enough, i just want to spend the time that i have with m family and friends and come what ever may. This drew loads of public attention as UK law requres that everyone no matter what the case (tratable/non-treatable) should receive a treatement.
The question, indeed is, whether the actions taken are right or not, but I beleive neither of us is in the position to judge as even this coin has two sides.
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