Dennis Lindberg

Dennis Lindberg was a 14 year old leukemia patient that was also a jehovah's witness that did because he didnt want a blood transfusion. The blood transfusion would have gave him a 70% survival rate but Dennis didnt want to have another person's blood inside him. It seems that his biogical parents who didnt have custody of Dennis wanted him to have the transfusion but he still rejected it. Dennis' aunt, his legal guardian, respected his decision and the judge's. Imagine how hard it was for the judge to allow Dennis to reject the treatment or allow Dennis to go against his religion. I dont know if the judge picked the right choice but he did what Dennis wanted to do. I dont know much about Dennis' religion but it is kind of amazing tht a young boy would risk his life for his religion. It makes me feel kind of week and not strong in my own. Dennis seems like an amazing boy and i respected the decision he made not to go through with the transfusion. I guess he thought if he died and did the transfusion, God would not allow him to enter heaven. But man, if i was 14 years old, i think I would still have the transfusion. What a brave boy.