You can't fairly compare a deadly chronic disease to "not wanting to eat his vegetables'.

By calling it "his emotional state" you are, again, disregarding the disease and the effects of it on many aspects of his life. It's not his "emotional state" as you call it, it's a chronic deadly and debilitating disease which is afflicting him.

You are being dismissive and disregarding something which you appear to know nothing about. See my comment above. You have no right to pass judgement.