Imo, nothing that's going on right now has to do with faith or God or miracles. It's got to do with damages allocated to pain and suffering. The longer you "live" the higher they are. Period.
I thought I read that pain and suffering damages are limited to $250K in California. (?)
I agree that all of the actions and legal maneuvering are not about faith or miracles.
I also don't think that the mother's interpretation in the article that Jahi is "responding to her touch" is accurate. People who are brain dead no longer respond to any stimulation, and they don't "posture" (decerebrate or decorticate) anymore.
IDK if the family would even consider organ donation now due to the circumstances unfolding, but as time goes on there is less and less likelihood that she could be a donor due to deterioration of the organs. She has already sustained a cardiac arrest, so it's very unlikely she could be a heart or lung donor. All that would have to be coordinated with the coroner's office. This case will definitely be a coroner's case, and I can imagine that the mother is going to be very sad and angry with the idea of an autopsy for her baby girl. But there is no way around it in this situation.
It is just such a sad case. The family really needs some intense counseling and professional support from people they trust to explain to them in terms they can understand that there is no hope for Jahi waking up, or even living in her current condition for much longer.
I agree with Swamp Mama's posts above that any kind of public "demonstration" inside or outside the hospital is definitely not appropriate, and will not achieve anything other than causing headaches and problems for the staff, patients, and parents. (And the police, who will have to monitor the situation.) A vigil would be best at another location, such as a church.
I also want to add that I am bothered by the continued description by the mom and the media that this was a "routine" tonsillectomy. I read in one article that she was a planned ICU admit from before the surgery began, which adds a significant new layer to the discussion about what happened.
I really question how much the mother understood about what was planned for Jahi's surgery, and how much she understood about Jahi's risks. This was not a routine case, and Jahi was very high risk. There seems to be no acknowledgement of this in media articles. The only reason I can think of, is that perhaps no one is mentioning Jahi as high risk because it would seem too much like "blaming the victim" for her size, and add more pain for the family.
