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does that umbilical blood thing actually work?

   

Most parents would. It's not like they were only having a child, harvesting organs and dicarding the rest of it.

   

They've used stem cells in adults with damaged hearts and they've repaired/regenerated the heart.

   

For the same reason that there are some whack jobs that are against blood transfusions and organ transplants (human or animal)

   

When my sister had cancer, i know that we would have done ANYTHING that might have provided a cure. Can i understand why these parents would even consider such a procedure... of course.

It is easy to stand in judgment when not faced with the actual life and death of your own child. The risks and consequences of their actions are not outweighed by the possibility of a positive result, however slim it may be.


Selectively screening embryos may seem extreme but sometimes to save a life one has to go to extremes.

i wish them luck

   

I am not opposed, but honestly, I don't know what I would do. I am almost 37, had 2 kids, and 2 post partum depressions. Of course I would like to say Ohhhh, yes, OF COURSE I WOULD, but just like that "would you kill"- thread... I just don't know. My family is complete, I don't want anymore children... Luckily, for now, they are healthy...

I will never think low of people who do, but... what if the treatment doesn't work? Will they love the child they wouldn't have had if the other wasn't sick, as much as it deserves? Will they blame it for not having made the other one better? Will it have the feeling later in life it would never have lived if the other one wasn't sick in the first place?
Of course when all turns out well, the sick one is saved, and should be "grateful" for the rest of his life because he/she wouldn't have been here anymore without his/her brother/sister who would never have been there in the first place... Will that "new" child ever be more then "a donor"?

I dunno, I just don't know...

   

This seems like a no brainer for me. If I had a child that was dying and another child may provide a cure, I tell you I'm humping like there's no tomorrow.

   

You know... as much as I understand their thinking, and I wish them all the luck in the world, I'd have to say no.

As much as I love my sons, and would do most anything for them, I can't honestly say I'd bring another child into this world in that situation.

I'd give them anything I had in me (donate a kidney, bone marrow, whatever), but not bring another child into the scenario.

Children are a gift, and there are never any guarantees that they're ours forever. I accepted that when I was still carrying mine. Not that I wouldn't love another child every bit as much as the first two, but to bring one into the world for that reason... I just can't say I could do it.

   

I don't think so... Peoples minds can be wharped, and lots of parents have a child they love over another... That is not fair, but it is reality.

   

Thats pretty messed up, I dont know what to think

   

   

Yeah....I have no idea....maybe I need to be in the situation

   

Is leukemia genetically linked?
What if the new kid has Leukemia too?

   

Devils Advocate Time.

After being implanted, they find out the fetus is not a match, do they abort and try again?

Fetus is a match, baby is born, stem cells harvested, and oldest child still dies. Parents possibly end up blaming child for death of eldest?

Having raised two boys who I love to death and would give MY life for, this entire situation reeks. Maybe the parents have nothing but the best intentions but with all the pre-testing and implantation this seems like the parents are growing a spare parts baby.

Sorry folks, I don't like this one bit.

   

Granted



But not impossible, that's why I said possibly. Sometimes people react to deaths of family members in a highly irregular manner.



Note the bold Lily. I said it "seems like", not is. And I'm glad you know exactly how the parents feel about this child. I don't know their true motive as you don't know their motives. Maybe they are repulsed by their intent that they are merely saying what they are to lessen the impact.

You like the idea, I don't. Nothing either of us says is going to change the mind of the other.

   

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