Thursday, June 19, 2008

This Just In: Faith Healing Still Doesn't Work

Remember the toddler back in March that died of pneumonia because the family refused medical treatment, opting instead for the much more effective "faith healing"? Well, now her 16 year old cousin is dead too. From an untreated urinary tract blockage.

How, you may ask, does one die from a urinary tract blockage?
An autopsy Wednesday showed Beagley died of heart failure caused by a urinary tract blockage.

He likely had a congenital condition that constricted his urinary tract where the bladder empties into the urethra, and the condition of his organs indicates he had multiple blockages during his life, said Dr. Clifford Nelson, deputy state medical examiner for Clackamas County.

"You just build up so much urea in your bloodstream that it begins to poison your organs, and the heart is particularly susceptible," Nelson said.

16 years old and dead while a simple catheter could have saved his life.
If the condition had been dealt with earlier, a urologist could easily have removed the blockage and avoided the kidney damage that came with the repeated illnesses.

But instead of taking the boy to a urologist, the extended family gathered around and prayed really, really hard.

In Oregon, where these events transpired, minors over 14 can legally decide for themselves whether to seek medical treatment, so no charges are likely to be filed against the family.

In the case of the toddler, criminal charges have been filed.

Well, whaddayou gonna do? I guess it's just population control. If people choose to live their lives in dementia, that's their call. Just more pointless, senseless death in the name of Religion.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder why God didn't help this kid out, I'm shocked. Here's what the zombies will say about this: "God has plans for everyone, a purpose for everything he does."

Dumbasses. What a senseless tragedy. All religions gargle my balls, or however Seth Rogan said it in "Knocked Up."

iamcoyote said...

Natural selection, man. Wish it worked faster and retroactively. Still, as sad as it is that children have to die, slowly but surely, that fookin' brain damaged line will come to an end. If I were one of their other kids, I'd be packing my bags in a hurry!

The Masked Vigilante said...

Here's what the zombies will say about this: "God has plans for everyone, a purpose for everything he does."

Oh, of course. When the toddler died last March, people were posting comments on the local paper's website like, "My prayers are with the family..."

I responded, "I can't believe you're saying that without even a HINT of irony."

No reaction. I befuddled them with "irony", I guess.

The Masked Vigilante said...

slowly but surely, that fookin' brain damaged line will come to an end

Oh, I doubt that. These people always have upwards of seven kids.

Each of those seven little nightmares grows up (providing they survive every splinter, head cold, and puncture wound) with fond memories of having a large family, so THEY have 7+ kids.

2 people
7 kids
49 grand children
343 great-grand children
2401 great-great-grand children
16,807 ggg-grand children
117,649 gggg-grand children
823,543 ggggg-grand chlidren
5,764,801 gggggg-grand children

...and so on.

When are we gonna start spaying these people?

iamcoyote said...

If only.

The Masked Vigilante said...

Tod: You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.

"Parenthood", 1989

iamcoyote said...

Heh. Ain't it the troof.

But I guess these jerks are actively practicing natural selection, aren't they? They're weeding out the weak amongst their litters. They prolly think they need to outbreed the furriners streaming over the borders.

Just hastening the advent of our own Idiocracy, no doubt.