Pink Eyed Jim’s Blog

I just want to start this rant by saying that I can completely sympathize with this man. I don’t object to this per se. There is something that I do object to, though. First of all some introduction.

A brain-dead woman is being kept on life support in hopes that her 21-week-old fetus survives, and the woman’s husband said he is certain that’s what she would have wanted.

Jason Torres said doctors believe the fetus could have a chance if Susan Torres lives another month and her cancer stays away from her uterus.

I feel so bad for this man and his wife and this poor baby. I totally believe that he should be able to do this to his wife if it’s what he believed she’d want. (Wasn’t that what the whole Terri Schiavo thing about anyway? I’ll have some things to say on the results of her autopsy later on.) There is, however, one thing about this scenario that saddens me.

Torres quit his job as a printing salesman and has moved into his wife’s hospital room. The couple’s 2-year-old son, Peter, is staying with grandparents.

Why would you quit your job at a time when your family is expanding? How are you supporting your kid, or your wife’s hospital bills? Why why why? That’s not the kind of Pregnancy or Baby Information that’d I’d give any expecting father. You need to support yourself and your kids, I know you’re sad about your wife dying, but if she’s the sort of woman who would want to be kept on life support until her baby could come to term, then I’m sure she’s the sort of woman who would have wanted you to go one and keep working and support your family. Seriously.

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