Readers Join Debate on Medical Ethics

My compliments to Pamela Warrick on her excellent two-part series. . . . Her report was both accurate and informative.

As founder and president of a parents support group for high-risk infants and children since 1979, I have witnessed the toll for the care of these vulnerable infants escalate to phenomenal proportions. The emotional and monetary costs for the families involved is nothing short of staggering. Often, along with crushing medical expenses, comes the loss of a second income, since frequently, one parent must stay home to care for the medically or developmentally fragile child. And that typically leads to pronounced isolation of the parent and a diminished lifestyle, including the alienation of friends.

The choices are difficult--if not excruciating--for everyone involved. To which you can add the heavy burden placed on society. And tragically, all of that still can never result in the hoped-for “perfect child.”

JUDITH F. SULTAN, Valley Parents Support Group For High Risk Infants