We are aware that your son was prescribed a new oral chemo, and that you have been withholding it.
I'm not withholding them.
I understand that you're a single father and that this must be incredibly hard for you...
It's not about me.
But if you are willingly keeping your son off of his meds, then we...
It's his decision.
Excuse me?
Gabe's. He's been through four courses of chemo. The nausea, the pain, the the drugs to treat the pain, it was awful.
That doesn't mean you can just stop trying.
He begged me all through the last course. But I wouldn't stop it. And it didn't help at all. None of them helped. So this time, I let him decide.
Well, he can't decide. He is eight years old, okay? His brain is literally not developed enough to process this. Life and death and forever are concepts that he cannot fully understand yet.
Gabe does understand.
I'm sorry, but we need to start your son on his new chemo.
No. I won't authorize that.
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