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Heaven over hospital: Dying girl, age 5, makes a choice:

This article is about a little girl named Julianna Snow, who is diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT). At her early aged years, her mom realized that she wasn't able to do what other babies were doing at her age such as sitting up right or walking, so she had Julianna checked and, still in her early years, the doctors weren't able to determine whether or no she was diagnosed with anything. Julianna's mother, Michelle, remembered about her husband's abnormal feet and had them tested, when they then found out about CMT. Growing up, Julianna had been in and out of the hospital getting treated for her disease, and every visit, she'd still have a hard time breathing. This disease has been said that babies diagnosed with it don't live past 2 years old, but Julianna is still here hanging on a thread. Going through all those trials, Julianna is not only sick with this disease, but she's sick of all of these treatments, so her she has asked that when the flu or another type of sickness that triggers her CMT comes around, that she doesn't want to be treated at the hospital, but rather die in bed at home.

Being a relative of many people diagnosed with any type of sickness, I know the many treatments that they go through and the hassle that comes with it; what I don't know is the physical and mental pain that they feel. In my opinion I think that at age 5, there is still a lot to look forward to on life, but in Julianna's case, knowing the research on CMT, who knows how long she has? Being sick, I feel as if the patient should be the one to lift up the flag whenever they feel like they've had enough because they're the ones in pain. Being put to sleep, I feel as if it would be better since they won't be in physical pain. But at Julianna's age, I feel as if she still has a long way to go, so she should just try as best she could to stay strong, maybe it could be cured.

Heaven over hospital: Dying girl, age 5, makes a choice - CNN.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2015, from http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/health/girl-chooses-heaven-over-hospital-part-1/?iid=ob_article_topstories_pool&iref=obinsite