re: #119 Justanotherhuman

This is really sad, but she is brain dead and there really isn’t any hope of bringing her back.

Deadline Looms to Take Jahi McMath off Ventilator

nbcbayarea.com

“About 30 minutes after the surgery, Jahi started coughing up blood and suffered a heart attack. She was declared brain dead for the first time on Dec. 12. Two Children’s Hospital doctors came to that conclusion.

“So did Dr. Paul Graham Fisher, Stanford School of Medicine Chief of Pediatric Neurology, who was appointed by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo to be an independent reviewer into the case. He presented his findings to the court on Dec. 24.

“Fisher said there was “electrocerebral silence,” along with no eye movement, no vocalization, no gag reflex and no spinal reflex, among other things listed in his redacted notes obtained by NBC Bay Area. “Overall, unfortunate circumstances in 13-year-old with known, irreversible brain injury and non complete absence of cerebral function and complete absence of brainstem function, child meets all criteria for brain death,” Fisher wrote.”

In spite of a judge declaring her legally dead, her family, who are devout christians, claim that because her heart is still beating, she is alive. State law says that brain death is the same as death.

One of those times I’m thankful that Dubya’s no longer in the White House.