Objective: To explore end-of-life issues and so-called futile care by narrative.
Design: Narrative.
Results: This article is a narrative reflecting on so-called futile care, on caregivers' moral distress and on parents' heart breaking decisions to let go.
Implications: Through this story, the physician manages to solve the conflict between the caregivers and the parents by not placing a do not resuscitate order, offering a short code in case of an arrest, and not abandoning them.