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I remember hearing/seeing news reports about this case around the time Josh blew up himself and the children. I am in the middle of listening to this podcast, maybe on episode 14 or so. It gives so much information. Frankly I am glad that Steve is dead since he was really a dangerous man...

Charges filed against the boy's father, adult sister, and sister's husband. http://www.wgal.com/news/lancaster-father-charged-in-9yearold-sons-shooting/32286264

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/02/05/springfield-toddler-dies-during-botched-head-lice-treatment/6UijF7UNKXCjmL7kEBI7mJ/story.html I don't know if the reporting is in error about how long the toddler was left unattended, but a small child should never be left alone with a...

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/18/ebola-dart-station-dallas-monitoring/17503345/

I think that's too bad. We as laypeople don't necessarily know what relevance some of the questions might have. They might be concerned as to how some medications or health conditions we might have could react with anesthesia or other circumstances of surgery, for example. As far as HCWs...

Money is a factor in health care so I'm not sure why it's taboo to talk about it in relation to Jahi. Money affects the health care that non-brain-dead patients receive all the time in this country so why is it surprising that it might also affect the Wakefields?

This is kind of an interesting article. Sorry if it has already been posted. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/04/justina_pelletier_s_mitochondrial_disease_boston_children_s_hospital_suspects.html

Yes, this exactly. Even if she did have pain caused by something that was missed on the autopsy - which I doubt - most people's reaction would not be to drown it with alcohol. Most people who are either teetotalers or who drink very rarely would not suddenly turn to alcohol at the first sign...

There will always be questions, I guess, if DS did this intentionally or not. We'll probably never know, but there's room for speculation there. However, I think it's pretty apparent that she was extremely drunk at the time of the crash. IMO it's over the top to try to find some way that the...

Even if her body is being cared for in a home situation, there must be a doctor writing prescriptions for any medications and tube feed solutions she is getting - correct? I wonder what doctor is doing this for them.

If they're trying to keep her body in some kind of viable condition on the medically hopeless chance that her brain will come back to life, then she needs to be turned multiple times a day, receive medications to make up for the functions her brain is no longer performing (temperature regulation...

Would sure like to know the legalities of bringing some kind of malpractice suit when an autopsy has been extremely delayed. Aside from the autopsy, the only things left are Jahi's medical records, the family's testimony, and maybe testimony from any other witnesses. I guess? I am definitely...

If - big IF - they took Jahi out of state, would California's laws still be enforceable at that point? If her heart stops beating in some other state, does the California coroner's office have any authority over what happens next regarding returning the body for autopsy?

I understand it doesn't have to be homicide for an autopsy to be required. I had been replying to a prior post that said something to the effect that a murderer couldn't refuse an autopsy on their victim. But since this isn't a murder, I wondered if there would be more leeway in whether or not...

Jahi's case is not a murder, though. <modsnip> I guess I just wouldn't be surprised if somehow the family got what they wanted with regard to an autopsy, seeing as how they've already been given permission to basically do whatever they want with Jahi's body, even to the point of doing medical...

What concerns me, though, is that supposedly families don't have to give consent for a brain dead loved one to be taken off the ventilator, yet in this case that's exactly what happened - the hospital was forced to accede to the family's understandable but unreasonable wishes, even in the face...

Interesting side discussion. I just had shoulder surgery 4 weeks ago today and they stamped a little "YES" on the correct shoulder before they put me under. Then when I woke up, I had even more marker drawings all over the top of my shoulder. I wish Jahi's mother had a trusted psychologist...

My primary problem with this is that I can't see society having to spend what could be millions of dollars to sustain the body of a person who has been pronounced brain dead by 6 experts when there are living people out there who could be healed or at least palliated by proper medical care, yet...

She had religious fixations though. That's how the mental illness manifested in her. She wasn't able to sort out the extremist religious messages she was getting and realize that she was going overboard with it. She needs not to ever be involved in a cult again. If they ever let her out...

I'd heard that last year (2012) Andrea Yates was going to petition the judge for a 2-hour weekly pass to attend church services. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/03/28/10910591-andrea-yates-who-killed-her-five-children-will-ask-for-pass-to-attend-church I was never able to find any...