Court orders chemo for 13-year-old Daniel Hauser
Earlier today, I wrote about what’s happening in Minnesota with Daniel Hauser. The 13-year-old boy is afflicted with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is considered to be a highly treatable form of cancer. Daniel’s doctor strongly recommended chemotherapy for the child, predicting there would be a 90 percent chance that the young man would survive the cancer with a combination of chemo and radiation treatment. Without, his doctor estimated only a five percent chance of survival.
However, as a member of the Nemenhah Band, Daniel Hauser and his parents refused the treatment, option for natural remedies more in line with the religious beliefs of the group, which run by an ex-con who goes by the name “Chief Cloudpiler.”
It is clear that during Cloudpiler’s period of non-employment (incarceration for fraud, perhaps even after), he was ineligible to apply for quick cash or secured loans. To get around this, he charged “spiritual adoptees” $250 to join the Nemenhah Band. Gotta make a buck somewhere…
Logic, not faith
I’m all for a person’s right to religious freedom, but there are questions about the Nemenhah Band (particularly as to whether they are a religion at all) and the wisdom of denying medical treatment if it is indeed the best option for health. I will always go back to one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems:
Faith is a fine invention
when gentlemen can see
But microscopes are prudent
in an emergency
Now the court has ruled
AP reports that Hauser “must seek medical treatment over his parents’ objections.” In a 60-page ruling, Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg found that Nemenhah Band medicine man Daniel Hauser has been “medically neglected” and requires child protection services. The judge has allowed the parents to retain custody for now, but they have until May 19 to get Daniel “an updated chest X-ray” and choose an oncologist.
That’s OK, just sign an “X”
After one chemotherapy treatment (and its inevitable side effects), Daniel Hauser and his parents opted for alternative treatment more in tune with their faith. As a result, the parents were accused by CPS of neglect. Even though the court has ordered that Daniel receive the chemotherapy treatment, the mother has stated she will follow her beliefs instead of saving her son’s life.
“Daniel loves his parents and they love him. He should remain with them as long as he receives treatment complying with the minimum standards of parental care provided by Minnesota law,” Judge Rodenberg wrote. “If the Minnesota Legislature ever reconsiders the relevant statutes, I am confident that I join all of the others involved in this matter in hoping, and indeed in praying, that Daniel Hauser lives to testify at that hearing.”
Cloudpiling on tradition
Daniel’s parents say they support what they claim has been their son’s decision to use Nemenhah Band treatments only for the cancer in his body. The Missouri-based group believes in natural healing methods and has attached itself lamprey-style to sacred Native American traditions, despite being primarily a Caucasian group.
Philip “Chief Cloudpiler” Landis founded the group in 1990. He claims he did so as a way of dealing with his own cancer diagnosis. His reinterpretation of ancient traditions – like sweat lodges with air conditioning – have angered some Native American people.
The Hausers, who are Roman Catholic, have eight children. The mother, Colleen Hauser, told their local newspaper that their family faiths “do not conflict.” In fact, she’s used “natural remedies” all her life. At the very least, quick cash and secured loans can make a dent in that bill…
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Well, it was likely to happen eventually. It’s been starting to happen across the country, where parents who deny medical care for their children on religious grounds are being enjoined from doing so by courts. I believe strongly in people’s right, fundamental right, to practice religion and spirituality as they see fit. Attempting to do away with it is a step towards fascism, and that is never acceptable by any stretch. But there is a clear line where religious practice ends wherein another person is harmed by that practice. Denying medical treatment is definitely included.
Ok first off, if you haven’t experienced Hodgkins lymphoma, or at least cancer, personally…. then you need to stop shut up and read this. 2nd, if you have cancer and are feeling lost and scared by your doctor, and haven’t done any realistic and practical research into “alternative” treatment, then you ,REALLY need to read this.
Now, for those still reading:
First of all, Daniel’s parents may not be making all the “right” decisions, but they are truly making the BEST decisions when it comes to the HEALTH of their child. The irony, sadly, is that they will be condemned for it. Now why am I saying this… because I’ve invested hundreds and hundreds of hours into researching Hodgkins lymphoma clinically and alternatively. Why? Because my wife HAD it. Long story short, we refused chemo and radiation (at the time our reasons were for the fact that chemo often results in infertility) and ended up finding ourselves on a nonstop journey of education towards other methods, techniques and information. What we found, was MIND-BLOWING, shocking, challenging to the core, angering, scary, but ultimately exciting. Thanks to what we have learned, we are now healthier than ever, and expecting our first child in November. Oh, and did I mention, the cancer is G-O-N-E (we have 2 oncologists). To really begin, let me just say this: It is a FACT that cancer can be EASILY cured with “alternative” means — i.e. without the use of toxic poison. As a matter of fact, you cannot HEAL any-thing with poison! (Why is that common sense in the real world, but in the doctor’s office it’s common practice???) Some interesting facts (from my own research, not copy and pasted):
*More people are now employed to treat cancer than there are people who are diagnosed with cancer each year (that’s over 500,000!).
*Each cancer patient generates ~$1.2 million for the cancer INDUSTRY.
*Out of the ~$300 BILLION cancer profit, ~$64 billion goes back out for marketing and conventional R&D (more drugs). Only $10 million is spent annually to research alternative treatments, and that’s b/c the AMA was embarassed into admitting they actually work thanks to irrefutable evidence.
*Every American doctor only receives 0-3hrs. of nutritional education during their ENTIRE medical education!! On the flip side, they are extremely educated in drugs and other toxic chemicals. HOWEVER, NO ONE knows the negative synergy of these drugs and chemicals. You are the guinea pig.
*When it comes to bacteria, a doctor will collect a sample, develop it in a lab, and then administer the appropriate antibiotic. This is STANDARD procedure; EVERY doc does this for bacteria infections! There are only 2 places that do this in the US. Rational Therapeutics in CA, and Impath in NY. WHY IS THIS NOT DONE WITH CHEMOTHERAPY?! (think about it.)
One thing I’ve noticed, CT/PET scans are the main resource used for determing cancer growth and progression. There are 3 HUGE problems with this. 1) Cancer is fed by glucose. Modern medicine knows this. That’s why CT/PET scans work. Yet, when you drink they’re radioactive glucose, you have just given the cancer a steroid shot of the food it needs to grow! 2) Each CT/PET scan emits a TON of radiation into the patient. Radiation is cumulative throughtout your lifetime. Your body doesn’t excrete it. One CT/PET scan is the rough equivalent of 16yrs. of mammograms or 400 chest xrays. The public is just starting to become aware of this. Did anyone see the April ‘09 cover of Reader’s Digest (http://www.zinio.com/browse/issues/index.jsp;jsessionid=202D2570AD6965BC9D34B92B71862949.ns101a?skuId=395943526) It’s a reality that radiation from CT/PET scans can CAUSE CANCER! 3) Aside from actually feeding the cancer and giving you extreme amounts of carcinogenic radiation, the main problem with the CT/PET scans is the tool used to view the cancer…… THE NAKED EYE!!!! Now, we all know that cancer operates at the cellular level.. That’s just common sense… right? Sooo,… when is the last time anyone was ever able to see a cell with the naked eye????….. Yet this is the tool the radiologist and oncologist uses to proudly declare “You’re cancer free!” — Reeeaalllyy…. — HOWEVER, other tests, infinitely more accurate than a CT/PET scan do exist. How are they more accurate? Because they provide data at the CELLULAR LEVEL. Yet they are not given or even recognized in the U.S. Why? Hmm… did I mention the average CT/PET scan costs the patient $8000+ dollars. My wife and I are still paying for ours. Quick, what’s 500,000 cancer patients x $8,000 x multiple scans annually?… I’ll let you do the math. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. (Each chemo treatment bag alone is average $30,000! Wonder what it looks like if you spill it on your hand… http://www.polymvasurvivors.com/images/chemo_spill.jpg) — Wanna know how much the other tests are? One is a blood test (the blood AMAS test) at $160, and one is a urine test at $50 (the urine HCG test). And of the 2, the urine test is more accurate! I would explain how they all work, but this is getting pretty darn long as it is. I’ll just say this, the urine test works b/c it indicates the amount of rapidly replicating cells in your body by measuring the amount of a certain hormone in your body. The test is so accurate, it can tell you if you have cancer up to 2yrs. before a CT/PET scan could ever see it!! That’s b/c by the time the naked eye can actually “see” a tumor, it’s already made up of over 5 billion cancer cells (about the size of the tip of a pencil eraser). You can read all about it in Bill Henderson’s book, Cancer-Free. I hate saying that b/c it looks like I’m selling something, but it’s the truth. Read the book if you wanna know more (or just type in “hcg cancer test” in google and read the first link — Bill Henderson will give you explicit instructions on how to do the test, google will provide some background info).
Let’s talk about statistics for a moment. You know, the kind the judge used to reach his “oh-so-smart” verdict. If you have HIV, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, or any other major health challenge, you would only be considered cured when the virus/ disease is permanently gone, never to return. With cancer, you are considered “cured” if you SURVIVE 5 years from the date of your DIAGNOSIS, NOT from the date of your last chemotherapy treatment… That means, the sec. a doc says “You have cancer.” the clock starts ticking and if you are breathing 5 yrs. to the day after that point, you are a STATISTICAL CANCER SURVIVOR. How disgusting and disingenuous is that?! Oh, AND, if you die BEFORE the 5 yr. mark of pneumonia, b/c the chemo scorched your immune system (1 of its many side effects), then you didn’t die from chemotherapy, you died of pneumonia! Thus, you are left out of the statistics. Additionally, people who supplement with alternative care and actually do well, are lumped in with the rest so as to make chemo/ radiation look even more effective. Lastly, if you die before treatment concludes and you are over something like 65 or 70, then you are excluded from statistics b/c you are considered to have died naturally, of old age (I forget the b.s. term given to this justification). Here’s an interesting article on another way statistics are manipulated: http://www.naturalnews.com/019368.html
Today’s youth is the first generation in history to be SICKER THAN THEIR PARENTS!!!! WHAT?!?! Movies and documentaries like The Beautiful Truth, Food Inc., We are What We Eat, Healing Cancer from the Inside Out, Crazy-Sexy Cancer, and many others are coming out more and more. There’s a reason for that! People are waking up! A health revolution is coming. Heck, there’s already a book called The Self-Health Revolution. It’s incredible. I recommend it.
— Thousands of people know this stuff. And if you don’t “know” it, chances are you can sense it. You know, like when you can tell someone isn’t telling you the whole truth.. instinctively. Yet no one who has actually done it is given the respected attention they deserve, and no major media network is allowed to truly and unbiasedly cover it (who do you think are the networks’ biggest sponsors?… have you noticed ~1 in every 3-4 commercials is a DRUG COMMERCIAL?! Same with magazine ads). Try to create a business around helping people eliminate cancer without poison and you go to JAIL (see Jason Vale). If a doctor even MENTIONS that you should seek alternative means PRIOR to chemo and/ or radiation and surgery, they risk losing their license, their job, their reputation, they’re fined, AND they may also go to prison! OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE! It’s not rocket-science. Something is WRONG. These are published, corroborated facts. Stop swallowing the lie that “modern medicine” is shoving down your throat that your own instinct is telling you is “off.” Do your own research, talk to people who have been there, outside the conventional box, and GET EDUCATED!
A great place to start, and possibly the best summation on the topic I’ve seen, is from a guy who cured himself of stage III non-hodgkins lymphoma – Jerry Brunetti. Watch both videos.
http://www.nuganics.com.au/2007/07/06/jerry-brunetti-food-as-medicine/
_Kevin
Atlanta, GA
um good sir, do you really believe that most normal people would sit down and read that? You basicly slashed down what the passages above where agruing. The reason that people are interested is because these people are so ignorant from the science that has cured canser many times before… Im starting to rant. In all when you comment something we done need your life story
Kevin,
Thanks for the good information. The Hausers have a website http://www.dannyhauser.com that they encourage people to share their experience via email if you have information about an integrative cancer approach or about hodgkins lymphoma cancer. I think it would be a blessing for them to hear that your wife’s cancer has been cured via alternative means. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless!
It is impossible to put yourself in the parents shoes.
This guy above is an idiot and spewing about things he has no idea how they work. First off you don’t DRINK the PET imaging isotope it is injected intravenously. Second you are not FEEDING the tumor with this isotope. The isotope is FDG, flourine deoxyglucose. It is not a true form of glucose, and therefore your body is unable to metabolize it as glucose. Which means it gets to the area that would normally use it (your heart and brain are the largest users of glucose within your body so you NEED glucose to live) but are unable to process it because it isn’t truly glucose, rather an analog of it(this is exactly why PET scans work). This poster is just spewing inflammatory remarks and acting like he knows what he talking about when he truly does not.
I hope all the GODS OF GOVERNMENT (humans hiding behind government shields) Drs Welfare Workers, Judges, Police Officer, Warrant Officer etc you know who you are ) after taking away “The Choice of Life” from Daniel are so proud of yourselves! They are humans taking away another humans right! If Daniel lives or dies now, it will be at their hands God! NOT DANIELS CHOICE! God Have Mercy On Them~ no matter how old they are! May they be held accountable to the Hauser Family, to the people of the world watching, and everyday be reminded they judged and condemned and terrorised a 13 yo terminally ill CHILD OF GOD … who has a mind can hear and talk and take in facts or past cases; discuss it with parents and Daniel gets the end results. Anyone who is God enough to make a forced terrorised decision on someones life needs to be God enough to take consequences of their actions! I pray he does! Show him how easy it is… do chemo! It doesnt matter if chemo is poison or the medicene man tonics works or NOT! DANIEL IS DENIED THE BASIC OF LIFE…. CHOICE! Just not available in America Minnesota. I pray my brother Daniel is protected by you Lord God from the Gods of Government Terrorism attacks and assults on a simple family and Daniel trying to deal with healing and saving his life. Give him strength and courage and your blessings as he fights! GO DANIEL!!!
Just another Daniel!!!
THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN AMERICAN!
Peter Stone: “I believe strongly in people’s right, fundamental right, to practice religion and spirituality as they see fit.”
Sounds good, but it begs fundamental questions: who & what are allowed to proclaim themselves a “religion”? What indeed is a “religion”?
Where are the dividing lines between a belief, a syndrome, and a pathology?
It may be that there is no practical way for society to intervene and protect people from their own delusions – other than through education, especially education that promotes a healthy psychology.
On the other hand, we needn’t rollover and politely pretend that a devious narcissist and his “enterprise” are in any way, shape, or form, a “religious” organization.