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- Amyro, on 02/09/2009, -5/+254There's something else wrong here. A parent doesn't just stand by and let their kid starve to death. I don't care what the hospital or psychologist told them. As a parent, if I see my child wasting away, I'm going to do my best to ensure they get treatment. Standing around and saying, "oh the doctor says it's okay, so it must be true" when it's obvious your child is dying, is negligent.
- entropysteak, on 02/09/2009, -1/+103when i was eight years old it didn't matter if i 'refused' something.
- loconet, on 02/09/2009, -0/+87Exactly. This story smells very very fishy. I don't buy it.
You are telling me a parent would just stand there and watch their child die of hunger? Because she/he won't open his/her mouth? BS. Way too many holes in the story.
There are so many ways that this could have been prevented. - inactive, on 02/09/2009, -14/+100Oh the British and their teeth
- LexWalk, on 02/09/2009, -2/+72Once she's been without food for a few days she should have been weakened - how come they weren't able to force feed her then?
- chompapotamus, on 02/09/2009, -1/+58That really blows, but in the article it says she died in 2005...daily mail running on fumes?
- purzzzell, on 02/09/2009, -4/+52I wish I could bury this three times -
once for daily mail,
once for the fact the daily mail ran this story nearly a year ago, it frontpaged on digg THEN
( http://digg.com/people/A_schoolgirl_wasted_away_an ... )
and once for a powerdigging submitter. - spthomp, on 02/09/2009, -13/+58Survival of the fittest...
- IphtashuFitz, on 02/09/2009, -2/+39"She's afraid of the dentist. Here, let's go pull a bunch of her teeth".
Smart move, hospital...
And from the article: "Her parents admit that after leaving hospital their daughter was not seen by any doctor."
Smart move, parents. If my child stopped eating and was "wasting away" you can bet I'd be bringing her to the emergency room and not just calling them up to ask if it was ok to bring her. - Shellbait, on 02/09/2009, -4/+37I used to be afraid of the dentist until I saw that video of David after he went. Now I purposely try to get cavities.
- purzzzell, on 02/09/2009, -1/+30It's the daily mail - wtf do you expect?
- inactive, on 02/09/2009, -1/+26That's sick, dude. Why would I want to see another blokes pole?
- mwilkinson, on 02/09/2009, -17/+42Thank god for natural selection......
- pintocat, on 02/09/2009, -0/+25Force feed her. If you can't do that, take her to the mental ward of the hospital.
How can you just stand by and do nothing? - inactive, on 02/09/2009, -0/+23Sounds like a case of "several-really-bad-decisions-in-a-row-by-the-parents-and-doctors-itis".
- cryonix, on 02/09/2009, -1/+24I smell a Conspiracy...
The events happened in 2005. Daily mail first article on the topic was in early 2008 then again late 2008 then again early 2009.... all by the same author! and now its been on digg twice.
sources:
http://digg.com/people/A_schoolgirl_wasted_away_an ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?search ...
So not only are we recycleing news from 2008
but Old news that was reported late from 2005
In conclusion, TIME IS NOT LINEAR! - CrazedLeper, on 02/09/2009, -0/+22People used to have a thing called "common sense". It is now known as "genius".
- Spartacusprime, on 02/09/2009, -7/+26This article is hard for me to swallow.
- NeoCortex, on 02/09/2009, -1/+20***** DailyMail. Can we please get this tabloid ***** off of Digg?
- zombiecarlin, on 02/09/2009, -1/+20"The Daily Mail making Digg users less informed since 2008."
- GoldEdition, on 02/09/2009, -7/+24I really can't understand her parents... I hope they see what they've done.
- downneck, on 02/09/2009, -1/+16In This Article: bad doctors, worse parents.
- Kronos6948, on 02/09/2009, -0/+14You know, if it were me when I was little, I would've had the taste slapped out of my mouth. Then I'd be more afraid to be slapped than not eating or going to the dentist.
Then, after going to the dentist and eating, I would've realized it wasn't that bad. - memper, on 02/09/2009, -0/+13The way the mom posed for the article picture, with the framed picture of her daughter to the side, rather than in front, or hugging the frame, as well as all of the comments from mom focusing on "I", "my", and "me" makes me think she needs to be checked for Munchausen.
Even if that isn't what it is, something is awfully strange here. - DeadPlayer, on 02/09/2009, -4/+17Is this real life?
- rastaman222, on 02/09/2009, -1/+14'In the morning I noticed that Sophie looked like she was asleep so went to make a cup of tea and I though I'd wake up Sophie after.
'When I went up she was lying face up and I knew she was dead. She looked cold. I took her downstairs and Richard tried to perform CPR.'
How do you got from "oh, she's sleeping' to KNOWING she's dead? what? She LOOKED cold? this woman is retarded. - inactive, on 02/09/2009, -3/+14"I hope they see what they've done."
No. I think they missed it, man. You should explain it to them. - nanixi, on 02/09/2009, -3/+13Does anyone else remember this very same story (same pictures as well) to be sold to us about 1 1/2 years ago? This thing got a really long beard I think...
- hokie47, on 02/09/2009, -0/+10There is something called laughing gas and other drugs out there that can make any experience at the dentist more than fun. Just ask that kid that was on digg last week.
- inactive, on 02/09/2009, -1/+11Apparently he doesn't live on Digg....some of you guys should try it.
- poidh, on 02/09/2009, -5/+15Apparently, her parents fashioned her gravestone to look like a gigantic Darwin Award.
- IphtashuFitz, on 02/09/2009, -1/+11Unfortunately this isn't the first time a parent has let a child starve to death. A quick Google news search finds the following recent stories:
In Virginia: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-child-neglec ...
In Milwaukee: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/39151362.ht ...
In Texas: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6248081. ...
and so on... It's disgusting how commonplace it seems to be. Whether it's through neglect or something else doesn't mean a damned thing as far as I'm concerned. - sgtbutterscotch, on 02/09/2009, -0/+9You should probably quickly read the article and delete your comment.
- inactive, on 02/09/2009, -1/+10You've never been to England, have you?
- Angus5, on 02/09/2009, -1/+9It's funny because the article is about a girl who wouldn't eat.
- pandaboy99, on 02/09/2009, -1/+9Total negligence by the mother. If your child was starving to death and looking like a skeleton you would take them to the hospital. And if they refused treatment you would make such an uproar that the police would have to be brought in to either A: put you in jail so the kid would be looked after by the state forcing the hospital to do something or B: have the police authorities realize the gravity of your situation and then force the hospital to do something.
- TheAngryMob, on 02/09/2009, -0/+7Unfortunately, we ascribe god-like knowledge and powers to doctors who are, after all, only human and f*ck up as often as the rest of us do. Don't be afraid to ask for a 2nd opinion. If your doctor gets upset, screw him (or her). If they're confident in their diagnosis, they should just say "be my guest" and then get to be smug about it after the fact.
- ahatter, on 02/09/2009, -0/+7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs
- rockrapdude, on 02/09/2009, -2/+9I think I have heard this before, somewhere else. A copy-paste-edit-names article perhaps?
- cryonix, on 02/09/2009, -0/+7Not a misprint,
Lazy author
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?search ...
All the articles are written by Luke Salkeld
He even posted a dupe the day after he originally posted it.
And last year it was on digg.
http://digg.com/people/A_schoolgirl_wasted_away_an ... - inactive, on 02/09/2009, -1/+8People used to have a thing called "discipline". It is now known as "child abuse".
- adikt, on 02/09/2009, -0/+6PEG tube. We frequently place them in patients when they have difficulty swallowing/risk of aspiration. I don't see why the parents couldn't get a court order or a psychiatrists approval for the placement of a PEG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_tube - kubedawg, on 02/09/2009, -0/+6yeah if I didn't eat my vegetables when I was a kid, i'd get a whoopin. ***** parents need to learn to teach their kids not to be a bunch of ***** pussies.
- jbob2000, on 02/09/2009, -2/+8Oops! Digg my ignorant ass down.
- idavidtang, on 02/09/2009, -0/+6If she had an apple a day she would've kept the dentist away.
- Clumber, on 02/09/2009, -0/+6Y'all DID catch the nifty little part of what the child shrink told them, right?
".. as long as she is eating something."
Yep, the Dentist and Drs were perhaps at a level of fault here, but at the same time - she clearly wasn't eating something. The "common sense - protect your child" phrase WAS included, by the mother's own admission. Clearly no professional involved would expect, or have reason to expect, that the kid would really take it to a dangerous level. OR that the kid's parents would allow it to get to that level without breaking land-speed records to get the kid to the ER.
Not sure what all happens across the pond, but hereabouts I have a fairly severe dentistry phobia (brought on by a maniacal sadist orthodontist during my teenage world) and I - as an adult- am medicated before I even leave the house for my appt. When I arrive at the dentist, they give me valium and something else that I know they tell me but I have no memory of what it is... but it makes me a bit like a trained zombie. I don't remember any of it, I am not entirely there, yet I am extremely compliant with requests. This was my requested pattern of treatment. I am sure y'all have to have something like whatever that med is? All I remember is it is a tiny little pill... perhaps light blue?
Anyhow, there are ways other than yanking all someone's teeth out in order to reduce exposure to a phobia. Kid or not. Over here in litigation-happy land, I am stunned that a medical professional would even consider such a drastic choice without consulting the parents and having them sign about 4 stones worth of paperwork.
My knee jerk reaction, too, was Natural Selection. But then I realized that her parents can still, presumably, reproduce... so may not apply. - GregLoire, on 02/09/2009, -2/+8They tried. She didn't swallow.
- lemur, on 02/09/2009, -1/+7In a matter of life and death, the parents should have done more. I even have to admit, if my child were starving to death just by refusing to eat, I certainly wouldn't be above forcing him just to save his life. The hospital won't help you shove food down the child's throat? Do it yourself. Sure it's dangerous and traumatic, but less dangerous than certain death.
- nowherekido3, on 02/09/2009, -1/+7thats what i thought of as soon as i saw the title
- coleyslaw, on 02/09/2009, -0/+6i don't think it's a misprint, because i remember seeing that story a long time ago. i've noticed most of the daily mail articles that show up on digg are usually late, by a year or so.
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