But it is not so cut-and-dried for those intimately involved in such situations.  The agony they are going through is all about not letting go of their baby son until all possibilities have been exhausted, and that also allows them time to privately prepare for what they realize at some level is the final outcome.  They are entitled to that, and if we find ourselves impatient with them, it is because of our own lack of the ability to tolerate the extreme tension and anxiety so clear in this and similar cases.  Better we should pray for them, and to be granted the grace of compassion and faith in the God who has created us all.