Michelle: Julianna, if you get sick again, do you want to go to the hospital again or stay home?
Julianna: Not the hospital.
Michelle: Even if that means that you will go to heaven if you stay home?
Julianna: Yes.
Michelle: And you know that mommy and daddy won't come with you right away? You'll go by yourself first.
Julianna: Don't worry. God will take care of me.
Michelle:
And if you go to the hospital, it may help you get better and let you
come home again and spend more time with us. I need to make sure that
you understand that. Hospital may let you have more time with mommy and
daddy.
Julianna: I understand.
Michelle: (crying) - I'm sorry, Julianna. I know you don't like it when I cry. It's just that I will miss you so much.
Julianna: That's OK. God will take care of me. He's in my heart.
Julianna Snow is dying of an incurable
disease. She's stable at the moment, but any germ that comes her way,
even just the common cold virus, could kill her. She's told her parents
that the next time this happens, she wants to die at home instead of
going to the hospital for treatment.
If
Julianna were an adult, there would be no debate about her case: She
would get to decide when to say "enough" to medical care and be allowed
to die.
But Julianna is 5 years old.
Should her parents have let her know how grave her situation is? Should
they have asked her about her end-of-life wishes? And now that those
wishes are known, should her parents heed them?
-Culled CNN
This is really touching, such a strong child.
God please do a miracle, please....
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