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Former chemotherapy refugee, 13, now cancer-free: no thanks for doctors
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Colleen and Daniel Hauser
Thirteen-year-old medicine man Daniel Hauser is now cancer free, according to his family. He received his last treatment on Friday, November 5th. If his doctors confirm this for the courts, the family may be able to end court oversight of his medical treatment.
In May, Colleen Hauser took her son and fled from Minnesota to avoid proven chemotherapy treatments. As a Hodgkins lymphoma tumor grew within his chest and began to put pressure on his internal organs, the Hauser family chose instead to undertake alternative remedies that they learned from the website of a convicted scam artist.
As facts became more readily available, Daniel’s story grew even more tragic. The boy had no idea how he became a medicine man or what it would take for someone else to become a medicine man. He was functionally illiterate to the point that he could not recognize the word “the” on a page for his guardian ad litem.
Daniel made his decision to avoid scientifically proven treatment because the alternative remedies did not make him feel bad, but the chemotherapy did. His parents did not challenge his view or insist on treatment, despite the fact that chemotherapy was recommended by his primary care physician (Dr. James Joyce) who diagnosed the cancer, a separate osteopathic doctor, and doctors at the Mayo Clinic and at University of Minnesota Hospitals. Three of these doctors specialized in pediatric oncology.
Colleen Hauser and her son returned after a week of flight, and the parents agreed to cooperate with court-ordered treatments. Almost immediately, Daniel began responding to treatment. The Hauser family credited the alternative treatments he had continued taking, even though they did not work when he was taking them exclusively.
Now that they have been proven wrong, has the Hauser family thanked the doctors who saved Daniel’s life? Not yet.
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