Family Is ‘Devastated’ After a Hospital Removes Their 2-Year-Old Son from Life Support Against Their

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121. The boy was only put on life support on April 1st

I wanted to look into this case more. The boy had an asthma attack on April 1st. He went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead just 40 minutes later. On April 6th, while on life support his parents were told that his heart and lungs were functioning on their own. On April 12th he was transferred to another hospital and were told again that he was brain dead and that they would be removing life support. Not even TWO WEEKS after being put on life support and less than a week after being told that his heart and lungs were functioning on their own they were told that the plug was being pulled. There also was at least one doctor that believed the boy could recover with proper treatment if someone was willing to treat him. He was responding to voice and touch. It also sounds like the hospital refused to feed him. If you don't provide nutrients how would he be able to heal? I can see why the parents behaved as they did. I probably would behave the same way. You can't expect those parents to disconnect life support just 6 days after being led to believe their baby would survive. You also do not immediately try to unplug life support for a toddler. Give the parents time to grieve and heal for God's sake.