Saturday, June 03, 2006

Please leave this young man alone!

Starchild Abraham Cherrix said no.

No stabbing. No poisoning. No burning.

Enough.

But for refusing what amounts to Geneva Convention-levels of torture, Abraham, a 15-year-old Chincoteague resident with Hodgkin's disease, may be yanked from his family.

They've been accused of parental neglect for allowing him to pursue alternative cancer treatments at a Mexican clinic instead of returning to the hell that is chemotherapy.

Read more here...

UPDATE:

ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) - A judge agreed to let a 15-year-old cancer patient return to a Mexican clinic to continue an alternative medical treatment, as long as he has a diagnostic X-ray first.

Abraham Cherrix, who has Hodgkin's disease, also was ordered to return to court June 29 for a hearing to determine whether he can make his own medical decisions.

Stay tuned...

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