Ethical Discovery Paper - Essay Example

I did not realize that lack of my understanding was hurting her, because she has always tried to make me happy. Recently I began to rethink the importance of parents in my life. This realization came to me after I was told a few real-life stories based on parental self-sacrifice. One of these amazing stories had a special impression on me. Despite doctors’ assurances that she will never be able to become pregnant, 41-year-old Stacy Krimm wanted to have children. Finally, her dream came true, but then she learned that she had cancer.

She refused chemotherapy so her child could be born healthy. A few months after the pessimistic forecasts of her doctors, the woman learned that she was pregnant. However, in July she was diagnosed with cancer. Stacy had to choose between chemotherapy that could save or at least prolong her life and health of the unborn child. The woman chose the health of her future daughter. In August, after Stacy had had a seizure and her heart stopped, the doctors decided to make a Caesarean section and remove the child whose weight at that time was less than a kilogram.

The girl was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit. The doctors told Stacy’s family and friends that she was dying. It was decided that a woman could see her child - for the first time. The girl who was named Dottie, was taken to hospital, where Stacy were laying, and put on the mothers breast. The mother and her child were looking at each other for a few minutes. The woman smiled. Three days after, Krimm Stacy died. Stacy’s brother, Ray Phillips, took a healthy baby girl to his home, and she lives with his family now.

This story made me look at parental duty with different eyes. Firstly, now I understand that my parents are willing to give even their life for my salvation. Now I know that love is the main cause of the deepest anxiety of my parents for my future happiness and well-being in my future family. Parental love - this is what should be cherished.