Recent content by Piekun

Oh jeez. :banghead: The family requested him at the original hearing earlier in the month and was denied, correct? Hopefully the judge does the same here.

Here's an article from NBC: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Judge-Orders-Oakland-Hospital-to-Keep-Jahi-McMath-on-Life-Support-236808851.html Relevent snippet: "Doug Straus said this case is not about a “routine” tonsillectomy. He said the surgery was complicated from the beginning...

BBM, they have said and done that repeatedly. They have offered their condolences in almost every statement they've made, they have relaxed their visiting hours and rules for the family, they have offered support services for the family, etc. They have also said that they would consent to...

IMO the family has fabricated some facts. The surgery was not routine nor was the child healthy before she went in for surgery, that is how the case was presented to the media when the family first went public. They have also stated that certain readings on her breathing machine have indicated...

They won't tell us, or the court apparently.

In the court documents, their attorney say that new facts from a new examiner has raised the question of whether or not she has suffered irreversible damage. I could not find anywhere in the document where this new doctor is named or why they believe she is not brain dead.

I read the entire thing. Perhaps I missed something, but the only mention I saw was this line: "Also, new facts were found by another examining doctor that indicates that Jahi is not suffering irreversible brain damage" Is there anywhere in the document where the doctor is named and the...

IMO if the family isn't willing to give a name or release a statement publicly from this doctor, then they don't need to be making public statements on it right now. I think once again they are misrepresenting the facts in order to gain public support.

Interesting wording, "Claims she is not dead". Claims she is not dead or claims she is not brain dead. Did the doctor say "Yes, her heart is still beating" or did the doctor find signs that suggested she was not brain dead? If it's the latter, why hasn't he come forward and presented his...

Sigh. Well if they can pay for the move and find an insurance company to pay for her day-to-day care at the facility, then I suppose let them. It's just sad to see people in such denial. They're going to be keeping her on "life support" for months while feeding her siblings false hope that...

BBM, this makes absolutely no sense though. What they have been doing is consistent with what they do anytime a patient dies. They are simply trying to remove a dead patient so that her body can be examined by the proper authorities and then released to the family for burial. As has been stated...

I think they believe that she is not brain dead but if she is, they believe brain death is not death. They wanted to fly in Dr Byrne during the court hearings, who was ready to testify that declaring people brain dead is a scheme to harvest organs. It sounds like they're willing to believe...

I don't really think family is deliberately lying to get money. I think they honestly believe she is showing signs of not being brain dead, but I think they're just misinterpreting things and seeing what they want to see.

Hospitals aren't perfect, of course. But just because something went wrong does not mean the hospital screwed up. Complications can happen, tragedies can occur without there being neglect involved. Of course, that doesn't mean they weren't negligent, but I'm not about to convict the hospital...

Unfortunately, according to some of the doctors here, the longer they keep her on life support, the harder it will be to find any evidence of malpractice (if such evidence exists) when they do the autopsy.