A vegan couple was rejected of their appeal this week unanimous ruling in Atlanta Georgia. The first time parents live a vegan lifestyle and were also feeding their son in that lifestyle. The diet for the infant consisted mostly of soy milk and apple juice. He was dead upon arrival to the hospital from malnourishment or starvation. The parents Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas, finally took the child to the hospital after they discovered he was having trouble breathing, they waited till then to find out the reason for the child being so emaciated.
I don't know about most parents but when my daughter was loosing weight soon after she was born I took her strait to the doctor to find out if that was normal. With all the T.V. ads nowadays I don't see how anybody could think that soy milk and apple juice for a 6 week old infants only supply of food and vitamins could be enough to sustain them and help them grow. I don't know how they could think they are not at fault they were the only source of food that child had. I am saddened by the results of the lack of care these parents took to feed and care for their son. I am also a first time mother, and can't imagine what could have been going on in their minds. I understand that they enjoy their lifestyle and think its the best thing for them and they wanted the best also for their child, however, when the child started to be more sickly why then didn't they take him to the hospital? This story makes me sick to think that parents don't think about their actions when they are going to effect their children. It happens everyday though.
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