I'll start this post by answering a few questions that may or may not be burning in your mind: No, I'm not dead. I understand Jahi suffered a huge amount of blood loss leading to her heart not beating. There have been no real advancements made in the legal trial, though there has been the usual and expected back . as has been said multiple times over the past three years, there are a huge number of things that can go wrong. In fact, that was supposed to happen by April 27th but due to the family's motion to bifurcate the trial that deadline has been pushed back indefinitely. Of course she won't let the doctors perform the tests to see if she is dead or not because then she would have to face up to the fact that her daughter is indeed dead,they will find out she is lying,and the will either/ and be sued or wind up in prison for fraud. Apparently a buddy of theirs went on a oxy/meth binger, and had a stroke and heart attack, they had him on life support for a week and decided to remove it and the guy is still breathing on his own, they said it would take three days for shut down, they removed it Wednesday and it was Saturday when we talked.. I'm sure someone is making money out of keeping this poor girl's body ventilated, and that's just nasty, as far as I'm concerned. I so appreciate the comments from parents who have been through the loss of a child because you truly know the impact. [39] After receiving custody of McMath from Children's Hospital, the Coroner then released her to the custody of her mother, who was warned of and assumed all risk regarding cardiac arrest during the transfer. I doubt any lawyer would take that lawsuit, since there is nothing substantial to be gained by it; and I also don't see anyone being so cold hearted as to actually file charges against Granny; but it does put CHO in the position that they, now that the records have been unsealed, can say "we told them to do this, and they chose to do that, instead. @emcee this has been on my mind since the case started. I've tried to Google to find it but had no luck. It was compelling: a 13-year-old in Oakland, California, declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy, with her family at odds with that determination. Good info to know.In the McMath case the legal proceedings have given us a unique opportunity - to actually see what these scans show in someone with prolonged somatic survival. What the courts decide here is something completely different, and to a certain extent divorced from medicine.I'm sorry if I did not make that clear. it's okay, you have healthcare and emergency response people here. I would be interested in at least seeing a CT scan of Jahi's head, though I can't see anyone justifying doing an unnecessary test on a dead patient. No need for any further comment. [14], After viewing over four dozen independent videos of McMath, Alan Shewmon, a UCLA pediatric neurologist, declared her technically alive in a June 29, 2017, court filing, stating that the girl follows movement commands and exhibits other proof of life. there were even unsubstantiated rumors that they has smuggled in solid food and fed it to her.it will take a full investigation to determine if the family did anything that caused the bleed; and there were suspicions that the circus was partly to give time for any evidence to disappear. National Library of Medicine She is not on life support. That would amount to treating her as a curiosity and doing tests on her just because her heart should have stopped by now but hasn't. [im]http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/a151cc7915e5b1ef2659914fcb7742a2[/im]Unacceptable use of the Photoshop Blur more filter. [15], According to court documents,[16] McMath was admitted to Children's Hospital Oakland on December 9, 2013, for an adenotonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and submucous resection of bilateral inferior turbinates. Ripoff Report | Nailah Winkfield C/O Gofundme Review - Internet This doctor signed off on the application with diagnosis code 348.1, anoxic brain damage. I can only hope they have been taken in by the respective dads' families and are hopefully living a more normal life. I followed the case closely. The girl is dead. I don't see anything wrong with that, especially since we're talking here about non-invasive tests which cannot possibly harm the patient. I too would like to hear from the good Doctor about this. [21] On December 9, 2013, McMath suffered massive blood loss and consequent cardiac arrest. Geebo, I disagree. [40][41][42] The family moved the girl to an undisclosed location where a tracheostomy was performed and a feeding tube was inserted. Why else would she go to great lengths to create carefully edited photos, videos and outright Photoshop techniques? official website and that any information you provide is encrypted Is the piano brought to the side of the bed or does Jahi sit at the bench to play. Byrne, a neonatologist, has campaigned against the medical consensus of accepting brain death as death. Truly Reconciling the Case of Jahi McMath - PubMed Why is it that she keeps on "living" when Mirranda Grace Lawson, who was only 2, did not? They finally tracked her down and arrested her and she stayed in quarantine for the rest of her life. How does she manage to not look like the crypt keeper after all this time? [34] Grillo told the family "This has been very, very hard on you. Below is a link to an interesting case of Long Survival Following Bacterial Meningitis-Associated Brain Destruction https://hods.org/pdf/Long%20Survival%20Following%20Baterial%20Meningits-Associated%20Brain%20Destruction1.pdf.