Rhino
07-12-2006, 10:07 AM
Judge Weighs Teen's Alternative Cancer Treatments as Parents Face Losing Custody
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
RICHMOND, Va. — A teen cancer patient fighting to use alternative medical treatment for his illness said he told a juvenile court judge in a two-day, closed-door hearing what it's like to go through chemotherapy and that he didn't want to relive it.
"I told him my story ... so he could understand where I was coming from and live through me," 16-year-old Starchild Abraham Cherrix said.
In all, the judge heard 11 hours of testimony before the hearing concluded late Tuesday. At issue is if the teen can make his own medical decisions and whether he can keep living with his parents and four siblings on Chincoteague, an island off Virginia's Eastern Shore.
The judge is expected to issue a written decision by July 18.
The teen, who goes by Abraham, has Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymph nodes.
Three months of chemotherapy last year made him extremely weak. So when he learned in February that his cancer was active again, he turned — against doctors' advice — to a sugar-free organic diet, herbs and visits to a clinic in Mexico.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203133,00.html
Starchild? LOL!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
RICHMOND, Va. — A teen cancer patient fighting to use alternative medical treatment for his illness said he told a juvenile court judge in a two-day, closed-door hearing what it's like to go through chemotherapy and that he didn't want to relive it.
"I told him my story ... so he could understand where I was coming from and live through me," 16-year-old Starchild Abraham Cherrix said.
In all, the judge heard 11 hours of testimony before the hearing concluded late Tuesday. At issue is if the teen can make his own medical decisions and whether he can keep living with his parents and four siblings on Chincoteague, an island off Virginia's Eastern Shore.
The judge is expected to issue a written decision by July 18.
The teen, who goes by Abraham, has Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymph nodes.
Three months of chemotherapy last year made him extremely weak. So when he learned in February that his cancer was active again, he turned — against doctors' advice — to a sugar-free organic diet, herbs and visits to a clinic in Mexico.......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203133,00.html
Starchild? LOL!