Emi, short but sparkling life

Hideki Segawa
May 1999

No.2 The statistic perspective vs the parentsf selfishness (May 1999)

The two complete different perspectives appear when I think of my unborn baby who has problem on heart. gThe statistic perspectiveh and gthe parentsf selfishnessh.

gThe statistic perspectiveh is coldly perspective based on wide thought.
Many life is on this earth, and many people are living.
Suppose personfs life is valuable, the thought to save lives as much as possible by thinking of statistic and possibility is important.
The organ transplant from the brain dead is also based on the policy of this.
I mean the possibility which many peoples lives can be saved by organ transplant are higher than the possibility which the brain dead person can come back alive.

I read one newspaper article one month ago. It said three years child who had same kind of problem on heart as my baby passed away when he three years old. It also said it will cost three million dollars to have heart transplant in US. He already came in US, but he passed away before it. However it cost one and half million dollars already.
I thought it is very tough when I read it. Also the different thought came to me, which is the statistic and probabilistic perspective, I mean gHow many children in the world can I help with such huge amount of money?h

On the other hand, the parents are selfish. They will do anything to help their child. This is g Parentsf selfishnessh

In the case of newspaper article, many people donated to help him. In my mind, there are two different thought mixed, one is g I wonder if we can pass that money to the children who can be helped by little moneyh, and second is g I can not think like that. I will help my child by all means.
Then I reached a kind of current conclusion. It is gI will do the best for my child as much as possible. If there is some limitation, the limitation is also this childfs destiny.h


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