Even a banana knows it needs to go to a doctor.
Faith is admirable, while blind faith deplorable. Having come upon this article, I couldn't help but feel disgusted by the mother of this child. If faith alone could heal, there wouldn't be any illnesses in the world anymore. Which is why there are doctors and medicines around. To heal.
It is still a common happening these days, where instead of taking their sick child to doctors, parents resort to faith healers or hopes for miracles of healing. While I do not condemn them for that, I do not agree with the decision to choose 'to take him to church for prayers and holy water'.
Having contracted a virus that aggressively attacks the immune system definitely needs medical intervention rather than a divine one. Through her actions, she caused the progression of her child's condition.
To answer her question on faith, there is nothing wrong with having faith. But 'faith without deed is dead'.