Rumpole

That icon is so disturbing LOL

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eeeeeeewwwwww It is!

Latashia Winfield V Children’s Hospital Oakland

Phone Status Conference set up for the 2nd of April on this case.


Notice of Status Conference (pdf 31 pages)
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http ... hrome=true

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When Dead Is Dead

Medical Ethics Distinguish a Person from a Body

Sunday, January 19, 2014
By Ben Bycel

Unless you have been off the media grid, you cannot have missed the recent national headline stories about the California teenager and a pregnant woman in Texas who were declared brain-dead and yet put on ventilators. Why? Well, that’s the question. Reverse their vegetative state? Bring them back to even a partially normal life? Keep their bodies from deteriorating?
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While it may not be unethical to do as Jahi’s parents have done, I think it sets dangerous and unrealistic expectations and adds unnecessary cost to our health-care system. It’s also simply bad public policy to encourage people to believe that being brain-dead is a recoverable state. As heartless as it sounds — dead is dead.

....more at link
http://www.independent.com/news/2014/ja ... dead-dead/

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H/T "Popsicle" at WS....

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Another good article (Tks Deb!) by Doc Bastard

http://docbastard.blogspot.com/

Up until a few weeks ago, I thought Twitter was the stupidest idea ever. Microblogging? Really?? Think about it, what can you really say in 140 characters or less? As it is, you can barely get one idea through. Then if you start responding to multiple people, your ability to communicate is even more limited. And if you dare use hashtags, your character count dwindles to near zero, and you have resort to things like saying "u" or "ppl". I'd rather stick hot pokers in my genitals than say "u".

Regardless, having engaged in several Twitter brawls (a few still ongoing), I can definitively say that Twitter is, in fact, the stupidest idea ever. Yet I find myself continuing to try to argue with (and educate) several ignorant individuals who, for reasons known only to them, seem hell-bent not only on ignoring facts and ethics but also on denying science. But arguing on Twitter is next-to-impossible, partly because of the character limit. But the main reason is that anyone can get a Twitter account, especially people whose sole intent is to malign, abuse, and insult. And as I've seen firsthand, 140 characters is plenty when your goal is either to foment mischief, spread malinformation, or both.

Having said that, I'd like to use this opportunity to expound some of what I've said while trying (in 140 characters or less) to battle the nonsense I've come across on Twitter and comment threads on the various Jahi McMath stories I've read. Which is pretty much all of them.

Awesome...she should be fully recovered by April.

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-Atticus Finch”

Yes... certainly sitting up in bed and eating burgers on her own.

"Phone conference" is OLD technology.... Status hearings should be twitter events... Court proceedings live on a YT channel.

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http://www.clickorlando.com/news/flu-cl ... index.html

"MELBOURNE, Fla. -
A woman in her mid-30s who was on life support from the flu has passed away, becoming Brevard’s second fatality from the virus this season, according to a hospital representative.

The conditions of two other people in Brevard hospitals who are on life support from influenza have not changed, said Dr. Heidar Heshmati, director of the county Health Department.

The latest victim, who had given birth in early December, had been hospitalized at Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
The first fatality, a woman in her mid- to late 30s, died January 5, also at Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, according to health officials."

See this isn't fair, I think there should be a group of lawyers and Catholic doctors keeping her on life support until her kid at least graduates or gets married. No reason why being dead should stop her from being a part of her child's life.

FWIW...

Notes:
1. Jahi's surgery was MORE than a routine tonsillectomy.
2. There is no evidence that ANYTHING "went wrong" during her surgery
3. It seems likely (though yet to be verified) that problems arose post Op.


'Routine' tonsillectomies not so routine
January 20th, 2014. 11:18 AM ET

When Jahi McMath suffered severe complications following a tonsillectomy, and doctors declared her brain dead, many parents were shocked.

More than 500,000 tonsillectomies are performed each year on children in the United States; it's the second most common pediatric surgery. But how routine are these procedures really?

Not so much, a new study published Monday in the scientific journal Pediatrics suggests. Researchers found the quality of care before, during and after a tonsillectomy varies greatly depending on the hospital.

"We were surprised at the degree of variation between hospitals in the use of medications ... and revisits to hospitals after the surgery for complications," said lead study author Dr. Sanjay Mahant.

...more at link
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/2 ... o-routine/

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FWIW... OP ED by Dolan


McMath attorney: Jahi's family aren't fools; they deserve better than ignorant attacks

Self-interest alone should lead most Americans to thank Nailah Winkfield, Jahi's mother, for her courage.

By Christopher Dolan
January 21, 2014

I am the attorney who answered a call for help from Jahi McMath's family in December. I have represented them for free — starting 10 hours before the first order to turn off Jahi's ventilator at Children's Hospital Oakland — as they have fought for their right to make medical decisions for a beloved child.

Despite the incendiary, hateful public rhetoric that has surrounded this case, I believe that self-interest alone should lead most Americans to thank Nailah Winkfield, Jahi's anguished mother, for her courage.

....more at link
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commenta ... z2r054ltwf

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Wow, Dolan is a piece of work!!

Yes..... more than just delusion IMO.... it's the old "false narrative" trick.

And what happened to the cries for "Privacy" for the family? It seems to me that the media has stopped reporting on this, so why stir things up again?

Instagram pics of the Uncle and Dolan at a football game ,and now this OP ED piece are designed to bring attention and so run contrary to the hollow cries for "privacy"

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My old friend pixies has a way with words

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I think she is right..... there are in CYA mode. Why wouldn't they have called someone in the room if she started bleeding . i would have drug someone in there to help my child. They need to lay that child body to rest .

H/T Coreshift at Nettles Blog...

Screenshot of an Uncle Omari (protected) tweet updates on Friday...



Tweet about funds....

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But in his new OP ed piece, he claims NW had to get a copy in order to release JM.

Is she still dead?