Sick Kids battle

Re: Doctor’s break silence on Kaylee’s Dilemma
It saddens me that babies and children die.
It saddens me that parents have to make heart wrenching decisions whether to believe in hope and fight or let their child go in peace.
It saddens me that grief and reality make people do strange things and say hurtful things.
It saddens me that people believe they have the right to criticize nurses and doctors, who are surrounded with unfair realities and are bound by ethics to make decisions in the best interest of a child.
It saddens me to see that people believe that putting out their story for everyone to see allows them to make medical decisions that are surrounded by ethics and a protocol.
Criticize the process if you want it is there for a reason and doctors and nurses are bound by this.
Many people do not understand that babies and children die, parents are forced to make inconceivable decisions about their child’s life, doctors and nurses at Sick Kids live this every day.
Lillian O’ Connor is sadly not the only baby awaiting a heart transplant there are families who have been waiting months even years for a heart for their child. Parents who have made Sick Kids their home wondering each day if this is the day. Who are we to choose who gets the transplant and who doesn’t. There is a protocol in place to make that decision based on need not on emotion.
It saddens me that the sanctuary of this amazing place called Sick Kids has had to focus on speaking out and defending decisions they do not make lightly and struggle to make in the best interest of the children involved.
Sick Kids is an amazing place. Within those walls are incredible people who make life altering decisions everyday, they all do a job few could fathom or cope with. They need our support, our gratitude, our applause not our criticism and emotion based outrage.