only make their daughter more sick and their parental rights should be respected. susan stratford has more on this. a lethal form of leukemia without treatment doctors say a 10-year-old amish girl will die within a year. it is uniformly fatal. with chemotherapy there s an 85 percent chance of survival. the family started chemo last spring but stopped because they felt it was killing her. they decided no more. we can t we aren t going to allow our daughter to go through this. doctors disagreed with the parent s decision and a registered nurse along with children s hospital took the parents to court asking to be appointed emergency guardian overseeing the child s healthcare. the judge john loan denied the request finding no evidence the parents are unfit.