Daniel Hauser is a 13 year old boy in Minnesota diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. With chemotherapy and radiation he has a 90% chance of survival, with his mom’s alternative treatment he has a 2% chance of living, if that. The mom refused treatment, but the courts sided with the doctor and wants Danny to begin chemo, despite his mom’s unstable frame of mind. Now, the mom and Danny are on the run.
This story saddens me. Number one: I can’t believe with the access of information that people are still uninformed and unaware of simple science. I am a person who does not like to take medicine, and believe headaches and certain ailments can be handled with alternative methods. However, this is cancer. There is no way that she honestly believes some vitamins and ionized water will cure this disease, not God, but minerals.
Number two: We have the freedom of religion, but not the freedom to kill our children because of out wacked out beliefs. The sad thing is the poor boy doesn’t want treatment because he is brainwashed, and doesn’t have the reading or writing skills to know otherwise. I don’t think the government should tell you how to raise your children, but I also don’t think kids should die out of stupidity. I hope we can find Daniel Hauser, and get him treatment.Poor Danny!
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Carsin Daily
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 01:45
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This is a tough subject indeed. While it may seem the parents couldn’t care less about the survival of their child, they answer to a higher power. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness and was to refuse blood transfusions even if this meant my dying and if I couldn’t refuse a transfusion, my parents would have to. Would my parents want me to die? Of course not, but they believe in following the commandments of God and one of his commandments is to abstain from taking blood.
The parents of this young child are in a similiar situation and in the end, no common judge is higher than God.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 08:36
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If she was informed and she made this choice out of knowledge, I would agree, but listening to her comments, she doesn’t even understand the basics of it. I don’t think this is about religion, this time, and that’s why the father changed his mind. JW know from the beginning that these are the tenants of their religion, but this woman has flip-flopped along the way.
I agree with Freedom of religion, but not freedom of ignorance. She believes in treating the disease, but thinks natural cures will work better, and refuses to take him to the doctor to see if her theory works.
He tried chemo, and they didn’t like how he felt after the treatment. She doesn’t believe he’s really sick. What she doesn’t realize is that cancer is painful way to die. In the last stage morphine is required. People take their lives because the pain unbearable. His religion doesn’t say don’t take chemo, so that a smoke screen.
I’m afraid she doesn’t know how painful cancer will get, and will eventually have to take her son to the doctor to relieve his pain.
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Joelle
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 14:16
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For nine years, I was married to a Christian Scientist. In his late 20′s, he was diagnosed with the same disease as Daniel Hauser. Thankfully, my husband was of legal age, so no government agency could force him to submit to medical treatment against his will. Throughout his entire illness, until his death, he chose to receive no medical treatment whatsoever for the cancer, including pain relief. He never took any morpheine or even so much as an aspirin, no matter how much agony he was in. I assure you, it *is* possible to endure the pain of cancer if your religion prevents you from seeking medical treatment. I watched someone do it for nearly two years. He died with dignity, completely at peace with himself and his decisions. In the end he could say, “I believe in my religion, whether I am sick or well. My beliefs do not change, no matter how much pain I feel.” If I ever get cancer or any other life-threatening illness, I will certainly do the same.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 16:57
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@ Joelle:
1) You are talking about an adult and his sound beliefs, not a kid. A grown man can take the agony, but I’m not so sure this child can, especially if he didn’t like the way chemo feels.
2) I believe in religious freedom, but religion is a smoke screen here. She’s giving the boy ionized water, and refusing to look at the facts of his disease. Her religion says believe in the power of natural healing, herbs and ionized water. She believes the herbs are working, and a simple scan will tell her if it’s working or not.
3) People are making this into a religious issue, but it’s not about religion, in this case. She wants the child to live, she just thinks alternative methods will work, better, but doesn’t want to be proven wrong. The kid has tried chemo, and they didn’t like the effects. My thing is the effects of dying from this disease, is far worse than the chemo.
4) My mom died of cancer, and I held her hand the whole way through, she was in so much pain she would just moan so loud. I can’t imagine anyone putting their child through that, and my problem is that I don’t think the woman has taken the time to research and compare facts to facts.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 17:01
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@ Joelle & Carsin:
Also she’s a Roman Catholic who practices Nemenhah. Catholicism doesn’t say no to chemo, and her husband, who is an equal partner has changed his mind. She’s just scared and uninformed, this is not about religious freedom, because I agree with both of you on that.
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D
Comment made on 05/20/2009 @ 19:26
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Helpful quote about what cancer is:
“Cancer is not caused by bacteria, faulty diet, inadequate exercise, environmental contaminants, ionizing radiation, tobacco, viruses, nor heredity. Cancer is caused by a series of genetic mutations in DNA which may be either germline (inherited) or somatic (acquired during life). However, the chances of these mutations occurring in sufficient number to result in cancer is affected by all of the preceding factors.” – William Harris, M.D
http://www.vegsource.com/harris/cancer_vegdiet.htm
Read the entire quote above please.
Chemo will kill him faster and more painfully than not. I’ve seen it and it is abusive to send a child through legal child abuse! He already had chemo. Before people criticize this woman who is allowing her son not to be examined by the oncologist (very terrible for a boy to go through) and poison poured over his heart, those critical people should go do it and see how wonderful it is. She is trying to get him the best care she can and she believes natural remedies are for more effective and less painful than chemo.
Most of the people criticizing this mother’s decision don’t understand what cancer is. I suggest you read the whole article I linked and do some more research about it.
Furthermore, the internet can be a good source for information. The internet is the most free and non biased educational tool that we have. When someone is using the internet for information they should, of course, stay skeptical about everything and research where the info comes from. But that does not make it a bad or unreliable source.
It is always important to seek medical attention when needed and to listen to a Doctor’s advice regarding health matters. But it is important that people become informed about alternative treatments. Yes, there are some crazy ideas that people have regarding health. However, I don’t think this is one of those cases. I believe the mother cares deeply about her son and even though he can’t read, he is old enough to know what he does not want to go through. He knows how painful chemo can be.
I believe the Mother is acting in the best interest of her child to prevent him from suffering unnecessarily. Maybe if the court did not step in, the family would have tried alternative treatments, but then would have gone back to chemo if those treatments were not effective.
I think there are plenty of good reasons why this woman made her decision other than because of religion. She was cornered into leaving with him. Maybe it would have been better if the judge had ordered a Doctor to oversee the alternative treatments.
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Ursula
Comment made on 05/21/2009 @ 15:28
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Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical companies, who to a large degree control also the medical schools, have managed to brainwash the public into believing that chemotherapy and radiation will cure cancer. Nothing could be further from the truth. Study after study has shown that neither treatment cures cancer, in fact, they usually kill the person faster than they would without any treatment at all.
And if chemo and radiation don’t kill you immediately, they’ll kill you in the long run, by causing another cancer.
Cancer of all types is treatable. But NOT with those two treatments. All they do is line the pockets of those who produce them, and those who administer them. Cancer is big business.
If that was my child, I would do the same thing. I wouldn’t even have allowed the first round of chemo. Because alternative (real) cancer treatments aren’t nearly as effective after the person has already been poisoned by chemo and radiation.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/21/2009 @ 16:59
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@ Ursula:
First off I know from first hand experience that your above statement is false. Unfortunately, I know too many people who have or had cancer. The only ones to die are those that refused chemo therapy. Without chemo my mother was given 3-6 months to live. Chemo extended her life 1 year and a half with the worst type of stage 4. Once chemo stopped she died 3 months later.
Chemo is a poison, that’s not disputed, but if you are telling me that alternative methods such as ionized water work better at treating cancer or prolonging life than chemo, then I will boldly disagree.
I don’t care how much money the pharmaceutical company shell out, if free or cheap herbs and minerals worked better, you best believe it would be number 1, and highly publicized.
This is not a conspiracy theory, alternative methods work at preventing cancer, but once the cancer begins to spread, alternative methods chances of working is next to none.
You go ahead and take the alternate route, I’m going to side with statistics on this one, and go with treatment that has saved so many of the lives I know. Call me brainwashed if you want, but I rather have a longer life with side effects of chemo, than a shorter life with minerals.
I have two children, so any extra time I get with or without poison is alright with me.
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Roy Schwartz
Comment made on 05/23/2009 @ 02:48
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You can read more about Hodgkin’s and why treating Daniel is so important here:
http://bit.ly/PtgV3
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San
Comment made on 05/23/2009 @ 17:34
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I was getting worried for a moment but then I read Ursula’s comments. Thankyou for making sense and I know there are many more of us that know the truth about Big Pharma and many other “so called conspiracy” issues. I would hate to have my freedom of choice taken away by any court of law and I shudder to think what comes next. I know of many people who have survived by changing their lifestyles and avoiding conventional medicine at all costs. There is no money to be made if people are healthy and I know this first hand. I have reversed 42 years of illness with lifestyle changes and am grateful to be chemical free. I thank the powers of nature for the cures provided in a raw and natural form and not Big Pharma for the chemical concoction that poisoned me. I would be dead if the courts had stopped me from persuing my own course of recovery and I wish young Daniel all of the very best. Power to his mother too for the courage to make a stand against the courts, and for putting her son first.
I started sourcing my own information because that that I was provided with was clearly killing me, no matter what I was told. I am extremely well and would encourage others to follow their intuition and know that they know what’s best for themselves.
Please look further than mainstream media and gossip columns for the truth and you may be surprised at how cheap, effective and simple life can be. Best of health to all…
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/23/2009 @ 19:27
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@ San:
The topic is not about alternative methods and diabetes, the topic is not about alternative methods and high blood pressure. Not once did anyone say that alternative methods don’t work on illness and disease. In fact I don’t like taking medicine, which is stated above. So please don’t broaden the argument. I believe in naturalist lifestyle.
This is about Daniel Hauser situation and how effective Chemo is at treating the particular cancer. Not all cancer needs Chemo, I have done my research, my mother had cancer, and we tried everything. This is something that is 90% effective, the very large majority of people have success with this treatment. This is not a 50% chance thing, then I would understand.
This is a let’s take the boy to the doctor to at least see if your method is working.
You start sourcing your information, as if you have some fire intelligence. What makes you think your information is any more accurate, it was still written by a human with some motive.
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San
Comment made on 05/23/2009 @ 23:32
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I’m sorry you feel my comments are no longer valid for your gossip column. After all, publishing a credible link could possibly cause conflict with the statements you’ve already made. I simply felt that you and your readers may like to look at a different side, but a doctor hasn’t said it was ok to do so. I only hope that the decision made in Daniels case hasn’t caused a precedent.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 05/24/2009 @ 08:48
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@San:
I didn’t say your comments weren’t valid, I said I agree with you that changing your lifestyle is as simple as changing your diet, and eating alternative methods. I just don’t agree with you in this case, and quote:
“Not once did anyone say that alternative methods don’t work on illness and disease. In fact I don’t like taking medicine, which is stated above. So please don’t broaden the argument. I believe in naturalist lifestyle.”
You made a blanket statement as if I said somewhere that alternative methods don’t work at all. I said in this case I’m going with stats. I said don’t open the argument up making it about something else. In most circumstances I would agree with you. From personal experience with this disease and in this case, I don’t.
Have you read the above statements, I’m the only one saying return Daniel Hauser, all my other readers agree with you. My readers have the different side, they aren’t mindless…
All I’m saying is that if you are going to use alternative methods, you must have a way to measure the results. Agree or Disagree? and how will you measure those results without a doctor. I also said this is not about religion because her religion doesn’t say no to chemo. From her conversations. I don’t think she knows the cons or pros of either sides.
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irgjm
Comment made on 05/30/2009 @ 11:07
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I am speaking at a Hodgkins’ Disease Survivor of 16 1/2 years. At age 16 I was disagnosed with Hodgkins’s Disease Stage III B. I had been ill for almost 2 years with no real diagnosis until that point. I was 5’6″ and weight 89 pounds at the time of diagnosis. Due to my physical state I was not given great odds of surviving chemo (about 10%).
Did I want chemo, NO, did I do it YES! I have the most loving and supportive family anyone could hope for, and I credit their love and support and my faith in God as I large part of my cure. On that Saturday morning when the Dr. walked into my room and gave me the news, my short life flashed before my eyes and all I could think was, “I’m not done yet” and all I could say was “We’ll just have to kick it in the ass!” It was 6 months of total hell and I came very close to not pulling through by the end, but I DID. I sit here now as a 32 year old mother of a gorgeous 9 year old daughter and very happy wife, my dreams came true.
This boy needs positive support, not parents who are forced to seek treatment. I read today how Daniel is angry and depressed and trust me I have been there, but when there is no one around that feels that this is the right thing to be doing, it makes it 50 times for difficult for him. He needs to be reminded of how doing this will mean he will have a future. This is one of the most treatable cancers there is, my Dr. said to me in the beginning, “if you have to have cancer, this is the one you want, we can fix this one 90% of the time”. Find something to make him laugh, even if it is himself, if you can’t find something to laugh at through this, it is harder. I know my mom and I would make jokes and other people would look at us like we were crazy, but it helped us so much. As a parent my mom says it was the hardest thing to watch, she felt very helpless, she had to give me daily injections that were so painful I could not help but scream and cry. Now that I am a mother, I cannot imagine what it would be like to know that everyday you had to cause your child pain, but I know that I would do anything to save her life. These poeple need to be real parents and help their son through this.
Yes, I now use every natural method possible when I or my family is ill, but there are times when traditional methods are the best way, the only way. Your faith is a powerful healing agent, I believe that with all my heart, but there are things in this world that it cannot heal on its own.
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sjm
Comment made on 01/25/2011 @ 14:10
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MrsGrapevine the only reason the father changed his mind as you say is because the state was threatening to arrest and jail his wife and take away the custody of their child. Ultimately forcing the treatment on him anyways. He did not change his mind on the subject of alternative treatment.
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