Jon wrote:
It's utterly barbaric that the parents are being held in custody, so their sick son is deprived of their love. They have six other children with them there too, now being looked after by the eldest, a 22 year old! The authorities care only about asserting their authority.
This tragic situation is not exactly the same as what I went through years ago (but feeling like a moment ago), but it is quite similar inasmuch that children are being separated from parents, or a mother as in my case. The emotional pain inflicted by this is indescribable, as it must be for these parents being put in custody and away from their sick child and their other children.
I hope that they are reunited soon and the little boy is able to have the treatment which is available once his medical records are released to the hospital team taking over, hopefully.
I have never been able to get over feeling that I inflicted emotional pain on my children by losing them, just because I took steps to protect them and their welfare. They suddenly didn't have me there as their mother and they didn't know why. This is a terrible thing for a parent to have to live with. These parents also have their son's best interests at heart and so, why they are in handcuffs as shown recently, is something I can't understand. It must already feel they are in a prison by being unable to see their children and I have the experience to know that this feeling is terrible to have to live with in the outside world.
