TAN, Steffi Grace F.

N2B

Mothers know best. This may sound a cliché but it is still very true and encompasses time.

As presented in the first case given, there were two mothers who were requesting for
amniocentesis to be able to check if the children they were bearing would have a genetic disorder.
Pretty much, every mother would most likely do the same specially if there would be a possible
impediment that would affect the possible delivery or in this case, a possible condition for their
children.

In the case of the mother who would have her 7th child, she still considers to have her self
undergo the procedure. Although there was no mentioned that she underwent amniocentesis with
her previous children, she is requesting that she be subjected to such. This is a very clear indication
that there is a strong intent on her part to see whether the child she is bearing would live a normal
life or would be in a certain condition.

In the second case, wherein the young pregnant woman is concerned with Down’s
syndrome having a familial tendency, she also wishes to undergo the same procedure. Because of
the mention that the pregnant woman has a sister afflicted with the disease, this is more of a case
of a person planning out her future for possible considerations of how to live.

Both mothers in the case mentioned are definitely examples of mothers who would do their
best to be able to give their child nothing but the best kind of love. An assurance that they would
have a normal life that is why they prefer going for the treatment. Also, as there were cases that
performing such procedure may result to miscarriage, the doctor would have informed the mothers
of such incidence. If after being informed and the mothers opted to continue with the procedure,
then it just exhibits the truest and deepest love of the mothers for their children.
TAN, Steffi Grace F. N2B

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

This should ideally be what a person who is diagnosed with a terminal illness should always
remember. Ideally because there is a very slim chance that someone whose life has been sentenced
with a terminal illness will feel great. Having a terminal illness will most likely result to that kind
of life. That every day, life is like drifting away from the person.

The patient who was told to have Huntington’s chorea and worse, was also told that there
is no treatment for such disease would definitely feel so down. Worst, is that the disease causes
mental and motor deterioration. It would be very unfortunate that one person would know that he
or she is dying and at the same time, losing his ability to be able to think. It will be more of a
heartache to add the fact that there would be a possibility of this sickness getting transmitted to the
children of the one with the sickness.

On the other hand, the family would most likely share the burden the diagnosed patient
has. Aside from the fact of knowing that their loved one is dying slowly, there is also a possibility
that one of the children could have the same sickness. They would also have to battle issues of
social judgment as there is a big tendency that the patient they have would have problems in
dealing with people as mental deterioration could be a possible effect of the sickness. These cases
are samples of so heavy a challenge that both the sick and their families would have to face.

I know that there is a big challenge to face for people who would experience the same. It
may not be easy to accept similar kinds of things, but we must have to do it. Yes, it may be easier
said than done but that is basically what life is. We have to acknowledge that that is how life is.
And we have to remember that death is not the opposite of life, but an inevitable part of it.