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Tsarevich Alexei Nicholaievich / How Much Longer?
« on: July 17, 2015, 03:34:31 AM »
I'm sorry that this will sound so morbid, but since it's the tragic anniversary of the murder of the last Romanovs and their servants, I had to ask:
We all know that poor Alexei suffered terribly from hemophilia. Several of his hemophiliac relatives had already died of this disease, most at a very young age. Obviously at the turn of the 20th century there was no treatment available for people with his condition, and very few even survived to adulthood.
Alexei had already astonished his doctors by surviving a number of nearly fatal hemorrhages. At the time of his murder, he was still unable to walk. I think he was just short of his 14th birthday when he was killed? I even vaguely recall something that Rasputin allegedly once told the Empress: that if Alexei survived until his 15th birthday, he would be cured of his hemophilia and go on to live a normal life. IF there is any truth to that (and that's a huge "if", I grant you), if he could have lived just another year and a few weeks, who knows? Maybe--just maybe--Alexei could have overcome that terrible disease and lived a long and healthy life. IF he hadn't been murdered first!!!
Anyway, now to my question: even if the Revolution had never happened, even if the Romanov dynasty had continued to flourish--what do you think Alexei's ultimate fate would have been? How much longer would he have beaten the odds? How much longer would he have lived even in a peaceful Russia?
Again--sorry to be so morbid but I've started thinking about this and wondered what others might think. Of course as things turned out, poor Alexei never got the chance to find out. May he and his family rest in peace.
We all know that poor Alexei suffered terribly from hemophilia. Several of his hemophiliac relatives had already died of this disease, most at a very young age. Obviously at the turn of the 20th century there was no treatment available for people with his condition, and very few even survived to adulthood.
Alexei had already astonished his doctors by surviving a number of nearly fatal hemorrhages. At the time of his murder, he was still unable to walk. I think he was just short of his 14th birthday when he was killed? I even vaguely recall something that Rasputin allegedly once told the Empress: that if Alexei survived until his 15th birthday, he would be cured of his hemophilia and go on to live a normal life. IF there is any truth to that (and that's a huge "if", I grant you), if he could have lived just another year and a few weeks, who knows? Maybe--just maybe--Alexei could have overcome that terrible disease and lived a long and healthy life. IF he hadn't been murdered first!!!
Anyway, now to my question: even if the Revolution had never happened, even if the Romanov dynasty had continued to flourish--what do you think Alexei's ultimate fate would have been? How much longer would he have beaten the odds? How much longer would he have lived even in a peaceful Russia?
Again--sorry to be so morbid but I've started thinking about this and wondered what others might think. Of course as things turned out, poor Alexei never got the chance to find out. May he and his family rest in peace.
