Incredibly sad case.
Only the parents have the right to make the decision. They have managed to get a temporary stay, according to their lawyer. They are praying for a miracle, and this happened so suddenly. They have a right to their time, not the hospital not only taking their daughter from them, but even taking their power of decision. They are asking for everyone’s prayers.
Via Daily Mail:
A 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after undergoing a routine operation to have her tonsils removed is to be taken off life support – against the wishes of her family.
Jahi McMath suffered complications and went into cardiac arrest at Children’s Hospital Oakland in Northern California following the procedure to cure her sleep apnea on December 9.
Now the head of the pediatrics department has told the family that Jahi will be taken off life support because she has been declared dead under California law, KTVU reported.
‘We didn’t want her to be removed from life support but the decision is out of our hands because it’s been declared a legal death,’ Omari Sealey, McMath’s uncle, said.