Boy's cancer has parents facing neglect

Boy's cancer has parents facing neglect
Legal experts weigh in on cancer treatment battle
Updated: Friday, 11 Nov 2011, 7:24 PM EST
Published : Friday, 11 Nov 2011, 5:59 PM EST
By Joe LaFurgey

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - To say Jacob Stieler's been through a lot is an understatement of great proportions.

Diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer last spring, the 10-year-old Marquette County boy went through three months of chemotherapy at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids.

It was a rough time.

"He was sick, he was nauseous, and he was extremely depressed," said Erin Steiler, Jacob's mother. "He told me numerous times that he wished he'd fall asleep and never wake up."

So when two bone scans revealed no signs of the cancers that had wrapped around his spinal cord, his parents made a decision to stop his treatments.

But that decision is sending his parents to court.

After officials at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital notified Child Protective Services of the Stieler's decision, the state launched an investigation.

The Stieler's now face a Medical Neglect charge, which is a charge usually reserved for more blatant cases.  FULL STORY

I left a nice comment there-

American Family Rights Association became deeply involved in a very similar case in 2003.

The complete history of the Parker Jensen case is at-
http://www.patriotsaints.com/MyChildMyChoice/cases/ParkerJensen

The Jensens wanted to take Parker to Texas for an alternative cancer treatment. Utah tried to seize custody to run him through their standard treatments for Ewing's Sarcoma.

I believe the Jensens DID take Parker to the alternative treatments in Texas.

Parker is alive and well today because the alternative treatments were much less destructive than the deadly poisonous standard treatments.

I just looked up Parker Jensen, and here's the latest news-

Parker Jensen’s parents lose cancer case rights battle
BY STEPHEN HUNT
The Salt Lake Tribune
First published Mar 29 2011 08:08PM Updated Apr 13, 2011 12:00AM

The Parker Jensen legal saga — which began in 2003 when the then-12-year-old boy’s parents refused chemotherapy for a diagnosed cancer — is finally over.

The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against Parker Jensen and his parents, Daren and Barbara Jensen, who sought to sue University of Utah doctors and state child-protection workers who tried to force them to accept medical treatment.

....Salt Lake City attorney Karra Porter, who represented the Jensens, said in a written statement Tuesday, “The Jensens wanted to tell their story to a jury, but it looks as though that is not going to happen.

“The Utah Supreme Court said that money damages are not available under the state constitution for what the state did to the Jensens. We hope the state does not take this as a green light to put others through the same thing. This may be something that our Legislature needs to look at.”

Porter also alluded to what many may believe is the bottom line in the case: Parker Jensen is alive and well, despite never having undergone chemotherapy.

Now 20 years old, Parker Jensen “is doing well” on his LDS Church mission in Chile, according to Porter, who added, “He will be back next January.” FULL STORY

NOTE!

The Stieler family started their own website Hope for Jacob. You can visit there to keep up on the latest news.