July 19, 2009
A good decision by British Doctors, a lousy decision by the guy's Mom
A story about stunningly bad parenting from the London Times:My alcoholic boy, facing death at 22His Mom should have noticed that her little boy was drunk all the time and done something. The photo in the article is not that of a healthy man:
A mother has made public the plight of her son who became a teenage alcoholic and is now dying because he is not allowed a liver transplant.
Gary Reinbach started drinking alcohol with friends when he was 13. Now 22, his is one of the worst cases of cirrhosis of the liver among young people that his doctors have seen.
His predicament may serve as a wake-up call to a generation of young drinkers who are downing large volumes of cheap alcohol.
Doctors at University College hospital (UCH), in London, have given Reinbach the most advanced therapies, including a one-off treatment with an artificial liver from San Diego, California. But all have failed and they believe only a transplant will save him.
Reinbach, from Dagenham, Essex, does not qualify for an organ because official guidelines state that heavy drinkers must prove that they can be abstinent outside hospital before they are considered. His condition is so severe that he cannot be discharged to prove he can remain sober.
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