Hospital Agrees to Let Family Move Jahi McMath to New Medical Facility

LifeNews.com ^ | 1/04/14 | Steve Srtelt

[Drew68]

This week, a nationally-respected pediatrician said that Jahi McMath, who is at the center of a national debate about whether she should remain on life support, is not “brain dead” and can recover with proper care and nutrition.

Missing from the article is the fact that Dr. Byrne has not actually examined McMath. Of course, he doesn't need to examine her. As well as being an outspoken opponent of posthumous organ donation, The "nationally-respected" Dr. Paul A. Byrne doesn't believe in the concept of brain death calling it anti-Catholic propaganda.

[zerosix]

"Hospital agrees to let family......"

Those words say much to me, we have given up any and all parental rights to government and now to hospital officials.

I know lawyers and their greedy clients have wrought much of what is now expected, our children are not our own but are wards of the State!

Whether children are "allowed" to live, die, be treated or given medical treatment against our will and/or our religious beliefs, is up to the State, not up to the parents (looking to others to pick up the expenses, also have brought us to where we now find ourselves,)

[Drew68]

The parents should have the right to bring their child (or as those doctors say her body) home or move her to another facility

They're not fighting to bring her home. They're fighting for her to continue receiving long-term care. So far, there has not been a facility capable of providing this care that has offered to take Jahi.

[CatherineofAragon]

I have read that her body is actually in the early stages of decomposition. Is that possible while she is still being ventilated and her blood circulated? I realize it may be a dumb question, but I honestly don’t know the answer.

[goodwithagun]

I’ve posted this before. Perhaps part of this family’s problem letting go is that they feel guilt. It seemed so easy to just have the surgery. Why would her parents cook healthy meals and exercise with her? If you notice, mom’s also obese.

[Tired of Taxes]

According to the information I found, this surgery (known as UPPP) is considered "common," and it has a very low rate of mortality.

The surgeon who operated on Jahi does not have a description of UPPP on his website. But, here's part of a description of UPPP on the website of another ear, nose, and throat specialist in California: Taken from this PDF file

Tonsillectomy and Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)

"This is a common surgical procedure done under general anesthesia. .... The surgery takes about one hour."

So, a surgeon is describing the surgery as "common" and taking "about one hour."

UPPP does seem to have a high rate of complications (including hemorrhage) but a very low rate of death. See here. That might explain why hospital staff seemed unconcerned about the bleeding (according to the family). But, we can bet they'll be watching more closely from now on...

[Mom MD]

I suppose so. I have never been involved in a case that has gone on that long. But it is horrific for the medical personnel forced to take part in it. It violates everything we try to do on a daily basis. I guess the only benefit is the child is not suffering....

[oldenuff2no]

What I said and stand by was that this was not a simple Tonsillectomy and it is not commonly done to teens. This surgery is usually performed on obese adults to help with sleep apnea.

I've known several adults that have had this procedure done. Several of them have had complications. The recovery time is long and painful.

I do not have this young ladies charts and I'm not a doctor so I can not tell anyone what happened to her. What I can see is the same thing that is out there for everyone else. She meets all the legal qualifications of being dead. 6 highly educated doctors have reached this conclusion and so has the coroner.

This new doctor is only keeping one thing alive and that is the parents hope that their child is not dead. He is keeping their hope alive but their daughter is gone. Let her go.

[oldenuff2no]

"The more I read, the more I think this poor child was a causality of quick fix medicine. You know, the if-you-have-a-problem-take-a-pill mindset that seems to pervade our society."

This was an if-you-have-a-problem-I-have-a-knife mindset. My best friend is a doc and a lady I'm very close to is an RN who works in the OR. I just had a new doc try and put me in line for another knee replacement and this was within the first five minutes on my first appointment with him. He was looking at the wrong xrays and making some huge jumps about things he did not know.

I looked at my wife made an excuse and was out of his office in record time. I spent 8 years undergoing multiple surgeries to rebuild my leg. This guy knew nothing about what I had been through.

[Tired of Taxes]

We agree on one thing: Sadly, this young girl is (by all accounts) “brain dead.” I hope for a miracle, but I don’t expect one to happen.

I’ve also read that this surgery is not usually performed on children. But, this girl was 13 years old, so apparently, for some reason, it was determined as appropriate for an adolescent. The surgery performed on her was done by a pediatric ear, nose, and throat specialist who (presumably) must’ve performed the same surgery on other young people (at least I would think this wasn’t his first time).