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I think we all might be able to agree that ALL parents (or, at least all parents here) want what is best for their children. The problem we're running into with these discussions about cochlear implants is that for each family, the definition of "best" is different, sometimes vastly different. No one wants to think that the choices they make for their children are the WRONG choices, and so when we have such a controversial topic such as this, where each "side" is convinced that the decisions they've made are THE right decisions... it's going to be impossible NOT to take these differences of opinion personally.
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I would add that some parents made choices which they themselves started to doubt. "did I do the right thing? should I have gotten the implant? shouldn't I have gotten the implant"? etc.
that causes this particular person to be especially aggressive and intolerant against those who happen to have different view. They need to reassure themselves they did right.
And especially when faced with neutral facts which prove undisputable benefits of having CI, and hearing and speaking ability.
I wholeheartedly agree any good, caring parent wants the best for their child. And if the child thrives, then the choice was right.
regardless of what it was.
As for meningitis - there is no medical procedure that wouldn't carry some risks with it. Sometimes it's neccessary to weigh risk aganist benefits. Nobody wants their child to die.
We would never know if the child who died for mening. after surgery wouldn't catch it and die from it anyway sometime later in their life even without having CI surgery, since having "bad ears" predispose to this infection anyway.
Completely healthy people die from meningitis, too.
Fuzzy