Comatose girl breathing without ventilator, more tests planned

Associated Press ^ | January 20, 2006 | Associated Press

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers on the way.

[TASMANIANRED]

Poor baby....


Prayers for her.

[rotundusmaximus]

I join in prayer for little Haleigh!

[Aracelis]

Have been praying for this innocent since first reading of her plight. May the Lord in His infinite wisdom and mercy restore this beautiful creation to full mental and physical health...and may she be given to a family who will love her with the same love given so freely to us by Christ.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri January Dailies

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[CDHart]

"Now he wants them to do anything to keep her alive."

Because if she dies, he'll be charged with murder.

Carolyn

[CDHart]

May God watch over Haleigh and guide those who care for her. May He restore her to health in His service, and build a shield of protection around her so that the rest of her life will be happy and free of pain, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

[.30Carbine]

<<"She can intake air, but she can't swallow on her own," Monteiro said. >>

My spirit groans in prayer for this child. O Lord, hear our voices!

[LucyJo]

Please, dear Heavenly Father, wrap your loving arms around this precious little girl, Haleigh Poutre. Please bless her, and keep her within Your providential care, so that what is best for her future will be done according to Your blessed Will. In Jesus' Holy name I beg, Amen.

[hoosierham]

*-+-D-idn't the article say the adoptive mother is dead in a murder /suicide ?So only the stepfather has any interest in keeping her alive....probably the attack had some sordid motive and the adoptive mother was part of that,too. I don't have much use for the wishes of the biological mother who first gave up the child and then gave up on the child.

The poor child was surrounded by evil,selfish adults.

[LucyJo]

Amen.

[beaversmom]

Thanks for the ping. I've heard snippets on the radio news about this case. Terrible story. It seems unlikely, but I pray that she can recover. Stranger things have happened. I also pray that the monster who put her in this condition will never have freedom again.

[Tribune7]

prayer bump

[mware]

Agreed, recall they pulled her off the respirator. She began to breath on her own.

I am assuming from the story that she began to breath some on her own and they must have put her back on the respirator and are weaning her of it gradually.

[robertpaulsen]

"Please God, do not let the "stare deices case" in Florida decide her ultimate fate."

Please explain the relevance of a Florida law in Massachusetts.

[rimtop56]

I agree with you that we can take a person off the respirator after a while, i.e., after we've tried to help them breathe. But taking away food and water will kill even the healthiest person.

Everyone should be given food and water. Then, if they die, it will be because God allowed it, NOT because we killed them.

[robertpaulsen]

"And if they could convince a jury that they were instrumental in assisting the girl's recovery"

They? You mean "he"?

Yeah, no one on the jury will see through that.

[robertpaulsen]

"Everyone should be given food and water."

Paid for by the state? From each, according to their ability. To each, according to their needs.

I bet you like that phrase.

[rimtop56]

O Lord, we praise you for your greatness. We lift up to you this little girl. Lord, I know that it broke your heart when her parents brutalized her so. We stand in the place of her parents and lift her little body up to you. We ask that you heal her body, her mind, and her heart.

Lord, we repent on behalf of her parents, and the other adults in her life, who failed her so miserably. Please have mercy and give her a miracle. Please restore her completely so she can enjoy a wonderful life. Please draw loving people to her to surround her and let her know what your love is like. Please knit her back together in the way you made her to be.

We love you, Lord God, and we ask you these things in the name of your precious Son, Jesus. Amen.