Another outside reading post for your viewing pleasure....

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12467782

The article that I read online is called, "Minn. boy who resisted chemo now to receive it," from Google News. This article is about the young Minnesota boy and his family that was trying to evade Minnesota authorities so that he wouldn't have to undergo chemotherapy for the tumor in his chest. The thing that I have been sort of confused on is WHY the family has been avoiding this so much. I know that the news and different articles have been talking about the fact that it has something to do with their religion as to why he didn't get treatment right away. But the thing that baffles me is why parents would want to deny their kid help when there is a 95% recovery rate for people with Hodgekins disease when they undergo chemotherapy and other treatments.

I am really glad though, that the boy will finally get this treatment that he needs. I think that at his young age, it's important to make some decisions that he might not agree with, because they could be in his best interest. Secondly, I would like to see more on whether or not the parents are being charged with child neglect.