Word: infantes
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...decision not to feed, or treat, an infant is an even more poignant one, and it is often made quietly for some of the 362,000 seriously ill infants born each year in the U.S. One recent case was far from quiet, however, and the result may change some pediatric practices. At his birth last April in Bloomington, Ind., "Infant Doe" had Down's syndrome, a defect associated with mental retardation, and a deformed esophagus that prevented him from eating and drinking normally. The parents, acting for their child, decided against repairing the esophagus. The effect would have been...
...President's Commission believes that Down's syndrome babies like Infant Doe are entitled to every medical effort because they can live, though it may be a limited life. Moreover, courts in the past have overruled some parents, such as Jehovah's Witnesses opposed to blood transfusions for their sick children. The Infant Doe case is thus something of an aberration...
Atlanta Journalist Roger Witherspoon and his wife Cynthia lost their first child, a daughter, in childbirth. A year and a half later, when Cynthia prematurely went into labor with their son Dax after only 22 weeks of pregnancy, the obstetrician warned them that the infant's lungs had almost certainly not developed enough for survival. Extraordinary measures could be tried if the parents wished to subject the baby to the process. Witherspoon's account of their decision...
...painter can be summed up in a series of lingering images: a robust hulk on a scaffold, applying bright Marxist idealizations to the walls of public buildings; a blustery reveler brandishing a revolver to ensure attention; a celebrated philanderer openly displaying his conquests; and a monumental infant seated in a bathtub full of floating toys while Frida lathers his plump breasts...
They are nearly identical in ways more profound than toothy smiles and thinning hair. Each has an infant daughter and a desire to get back to the Cascades. "The travel is no longer so enjoyable," said Phil, "and the circuit is no place to raise a family. I'll take the summer off and see how I feel after that. But next year I might just pick and choose my races...