16 yo Starchild Abraham Cherrix will not have to report for chemotherapy today for his Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (Earlier, I called the disease “Non-Hodgkin’s,” which is a different disease, with a worse prognosis that Hodgkin’s, which is actually several types of lymphoma (cancers of the lymph nodes and lymphatic system). Some types of Hodkin’s have up … Continue reading
The case of the 16 year old boy with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Virginia is one of the hard cases in medical ethics. The court has ruled that Starchild Abraham Cherrix must undergo chemotherapy against his wishes and the wishes of his parents. This is the second round of chemotherapy for the boy. He says that … Continue reading