[Morgana]

Any FReepers here in Texas know more about this case? I really need to know. You see I have a so called "pro lifer" who works in a crisis pregnancy center here in Charleston, WV who told me that stuff like this did not go on and "Don't believe every thing you read". That was not all she told me but this was one of those things. So please FReepers I need more information!!

[seekthetruth]

Hello Morgana,
I am doing a Texas Freeper ping here. Hopefully some Texas Freepers will respond to your request for more information and to verify if this case is true. Needless to say, if it is true, this man needs all our help against the “powers that be” who want to end his life against his wishes and those of his mother.

Thanks to Texas Freepers who can give more information!!

[kaila]

I don't believe everything that I read either. I have taken care of patients whose family has gone to the press, and have given an inaccurate story to them. We cannot say anything because of HIPAA. However, in this case, this man appears to want to live. I don't understand why the hospital is fighting this. They could just send him home on a ventilator, or transfer him to a different hospital. I don't get it.

[smokingfrog]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/family-battles-methodist-hospital-over-end-of-life-care

[Slyfox]

Advanced Directives and Powers of Attorney might make you feel secure, but were heading to a place nationally where they wont be worth the paper theyre printed on, where these decisions are now often in the hands of complete strangers ethics committees, hospital boards, and health care professionals.

Yes, they take the paper after you have signed it, place it in a drawer and forget about it.

[Vermont Lt]

The article is pretty clear. There is no medical treatment for this person. They gave them ten days notice to find another place that can provide the care. This is a ton of time in normal “find a rehab place” situation.

I am empathetic to their situation, but hospitals are not nursing homes. They need the bed for people who can be treated. How much time should th hospital give someone before giving them the boot?

[Ben Ficklin]

Its called the Texas Futile Care Law

[Secret Agent Man]

He has to be white and normal.

No way they’d try to pull this sh1t on any minority and/or sodomite.

[al_c]

It’s real. It’s happening. This poor guy is alert and has signalled that he wants to live. His parents are doing everything they can to keep him alive.