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Parents pick prayer over docstors

Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl’s death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor.

An autopsy showed Madeline Neumann died Sunday of diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition that left too little insulin in her body, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said.

She had probably been ill for about a month, suffering symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness, the chief said Wednesday, noting that he expects to complete the investigation by Friday and forward the results to the district attorney.

The girl’s mother, Leilani Neumann, said that she and her family believe in the Bible and that healing comes from God, but that they do not belong to an organized religion or faith, are not fanatics and have nothing against doctors. (emphasis mine)

Fanaticism isn’t always some wild eyed angry nut case. Sometimes its quiet. It speaks softly and may seem reasonable. Apparently a sister-in-law tried to persuade the family and the police that something should be done a few days to a week before Madeline died. The father should certainly have known better considering that he was a police officer at one point. Madeline’s mother told AP that she wasn’t worried about an investigation because “our lives are in God’s hands”. This would also and not for the first time bring up the limits of freedom of religion especially as it pertains to children.

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