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In reply to the discussion: Family Is ‘Devastated’ After a Hospital Removes Their 2-Year-Old Son from Life Support Against Their [View all]NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)The child had an asthma attack and went to the nearest ER where he was stabilized. That hospital did not have a pediatric care unit so they moved him to another hospital where he had another asthma attack and by the sounds of it, it took way too long for someone to care for him when he stopped breathing and he ended up on a ventilator. Obviously the parents wanted to have him moved to what they believed would be a place that would provide the best possible care to try to help him recover. Then in less than 24 hours at the third US hospital they told the parents they were going to test brain activity and that he would probably be brain dead and removed from life support. Yes, that is right...not even 24 freaking hours! The mother then posted signed letters all over her son's room denying permission for them to perform the tests because she was seeking an injunction from doing them yet. They performed the tests against her permission after being told no. That hospital refused to give that baby any feeding other than sugar water. No nutrients whatsoever. THAT is why she took him out of the country after nearly a month of that hospital denying nutrients/feeding. When in Guatemala they put in feeding tubes and he was beginning to improve. All they wanted to give their baby a chance to recover. There have been many cases where people were deemed brain dead who are alive and well today, some even woke up just before their organs were about to be harvested. If the family does not want to remove life support then a minimum of 3 months of honest effort with FULL care needs to be put forth before even suggesting removal from life support unless the family brings it up first.