Woman kills herself so blind sons can see

[mb*]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A woman committed suicide so her two blind sons could receive her eyes and see, a newspaper reported on Monday.

But doctors say the chances of success are bleak, The Indian Express reported.

Thirty-seven-year-old Tamizhselvi's sons, Kumaran, 17, and Kumar, 15, have been blind since birth
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Doctors in Chennai say Kumar's condition cannot be helped with a cornea transplant and also suspect his elder brother does not have a cornea defect.
"We had told the family earlier itself that a corneal transplant was not needed for the younger son," the Express quoted hospital official G. Seethalakshmi saying.

The family is insisting Tamizhselvi's corneas can only be used for her sons and no one else.

[Mikey]

awwwwwwwww that's a nice story but damn she had to kill herself to give her own eyes for it. :cryup:

[snobord447]

I feel like she should have checked into that a little further before she went off and killed herself. I mean... talk to a few MD's and such...

To just kill yourself and figure that the transplants would work is dumb.

But I guess it's the thought that counts?!

Now these kids have to live for the rest of their lives knowing that their mother is dead and they still can't see.

[Mikey]

yeah that's a mom for ya....doing what's best for her kids

[dan]

Some people are so short-sighted. She really should have looked at the bigger picture.

[snobord447]

yeah that's a mom for ya....doing what's best for her kids
She definitely didn't do what was best for her kids!!!!!

She left them still blind, now with no mother.

Oh yeah... that was really good for them.
:rolleyes:

[Mikey]

she killed herself so that they could take her eyes and put them in her kids...that's what i was referring to.

[snobord447]

she killed herself so that they could take her eyes and put them in her kids...that's what i was referring to.

Yeah, I understand that...

It's just that I don't think that she thought it through very well...

It was a nice thought... but now the aftermath is that these two blind kids have no mother. And that's even more devastating, I think, than if they were sighted, because blind people come to depend on consistiency... they have learned their mother's voice, footsteps, etc. And now she's gone.

Seems like maybe this isn't the whole story... maybe she was suicidal and was using this as an excuse?! I dunno... just seems so odd.

[mb*]

Some people are so short-sighted. She really should have looked at the bigger picture.
he was being punny. :hmm: :rolleyes:

[Mikey]

i agree w/ that....this whole story about the suicide is a lil sketchy to me, it might be an excuse idk

[snobord447]

i agree w/ that....this whole story about the suicide is a lil sketchy to me, it might be an excuse idk

I don't care HOW dumb you are (and some people are really dumb)... you don't kill yourself so your kids who can't benefit from a cornea transplant can have your corneas.

There was DEFINITELY something else going on.

[sws4420]

They're from fucking India. They're not the smartest people in the world.

[Mikey]

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