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Sorin:
Prayer Before Medicine - Girl Dies

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 An 11-year-old town of Weston, Wisconsin, girl died Sunday from a treatable form of diabetes after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical treatment, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said this afternoon.

Vergin said the girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, believe she died because they apparently didn't have enough faith.

Members of the Neumann family operate Monkey Mo coffee shop in Weston, and a sign on the business' window today said it had been closed "due to a family emergency."

The child's aunt from California asked police to respond to the home to check on her niece, Madeline Neumann, Vergin said. Neumann then was taken by ambulance to Saint Clare's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Vergin said the cause of death was diabetic ketoacidosis, which develops when a person has too little insulin in their body. Left untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis might cause a person to lose consciousness and die, according the Mayo Clinic Web site.

Vergin said Madeline, who went by her middle name, Kara, had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness.

"It is our understanding that instead of seeking medical help, they chose to pray over her and their faith would heal her," Vergin said.

"She got sicker and sicker until she was dead," he told The Associated Press.

He said the family has no ties to a specific church or religion. "They have a little Bible study of a few people."

Police will continue to investigate Neumann's death and forward their findings to the Marathon County district attorney's office to determine if a crime was committed, Vergin said.

A telephone message left at the Neumann home by the Wausau Daily Herald was not immediately returned today.

Vergin said the girl had not seen a doctor since age 3. Police have not had contact with her family in the past.

The girl had attended Riverside Elementary School in the D.C. Everest School District during the first semester but didn't return for the second semester.

The girl has three siblings, ranging in age from 13 to 16, the police chief said.

"They are still in the home," Vergin said. "There is no reason to remove them. There is no abuse or signs of abuse that we can see."

Kathy Ziembo, an advanced practice registered nurse for Aspirus Wausau Hospital, said diabetic ketoacidosis is a treatable condition that the hospital helps patients with several times a week.

"You know if there is something wrong," Ziembo said.

A shortage of insulin causes the body to break down fat, which produces toxic acids known as ketones, Ziembo said. Treatment generally takes a few days in the hospital as patients are given insulin intravenously and fluids are replaced, she said.

People with Type 1 diabetes are at the highest risk of developing diabetic ketoacidosis, according to the Mayo Clinic. Type 1 diabetes in children typically develops as a genetic condition that requires insulin treatments.

Type 2 diabetes patients are able to generate some insulin, but not enough. Type 2 typically develops as the result of a health issue and is often preventable, according to doctors.

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This is just sad. There's nothing wrong with praying for your child to get healed; but that doesn't mean you refuse medical care. They should be locked up for a very long time.  >:(

gmik:
Dang!!  I hate to hear that.  Stupid people. BUT...there but for the grace of God go I.....

And that little girl was planned to leave us that way....isn't that what we believe?

musicman:
Scientific knowledge is given by God.  It should never be avoided when it can be used possitively.

David:

--- Quote from: musicman on March 28, 2008, 07:24:00 PM ---Scientific knowledge is given by God.  It should never be avoided when it can be used possitively.

--- End quote ---

Hear Hear.......
Matt 9:12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick." A parable indeed, but a true statement none the less.

Col 4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Paul travelled extensively with Luke during his ministry. Knowing what the scriptures tell us about Paul's many ailments and infirmities, I'm sure he prayed for good health and I'm sure many prayed for him, but I'm sure he took advantage of Luke's God given abilities as a Physician.
It's very sad when people turn their backs on the knowledge and science God has given to humanity in order to make us well and make our lives easier. The consequences are often tragic.

Linny:
It is very sad but I don't agree that the medical community is the way to go for healing. Medicines treat symptoms and so do doctors.  I didn't say that doctors don't care, I just believe they have been taught and courted by big-pharma about how to treat.

When Jesus referred to physicians treating sickness we have to understand where the medical field came from. The early doctors and the father of modern medicine believed in nutrition.

There are medications that have a 500,000 % profit. Is there any wonder we see a new Walgreen's or Rite-Aid being built on every corner?  Drugs are a racket and everyone is on them these days. We are not. We don't use prescription drugs and my kids don't get sick. A cold about once a year is the extent. But that is because of how they have been raised and how they have been fed.

I have spent 16 years studying how to be healed by actually using what God has given us. Biblical nutrition, herbs and homeopathic medicine when absolutely necessary is where I see the Lord. We were created with self-healing bodies and I have seen too many people actually healed (including myself) by using the kinds of things I have learned so I would not go back to the ways of the world. It is quite exciting.

Diabetes is easily treated and children or adults getting it can be prevented as well.

The Lord called us out of the world in a lot of things before He called us out of Babylon. We have been "wackos" for many years already and I am so thankful. What a blessing not to have sick children.

Rom 12:2
(CEV)  Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

So what these parents did was wrong, I just don't think the doctor was the answer. There was a reason for their child's illness and they should have investigated and treated it. In an emergency, accident, life or death situation, doctors are fine. But then we have to take control of our own health.

My oh so humble opinion.... ;)
Lin

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