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Texas boy breathing on his own after hospital tried to have him declared ‘brain dead’
LifeSiteNew ^ | 2/2/15 | Kirsten Andersen

Posted on 02/02/2015 3:30:36 PM PST by wagglebee

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When Joey slipped into a coma several days later, the hospital became more aggressive in its push to have the boy declared brain dead – the legal threshold for issuing a death certificate in Texas. With a death certificate, the hospital could remove Joey from life support against his parents’ wishes.

This policy will probably seem almost reasonable once Zero's death panels take over.

1 posted on 02/02/2015 3:30:37 PM PST by wagglebee
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2 posted on 02/02/2015 3:32:20 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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This poor family. What they’ve been forced to experience is beyond belief.


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4 posted on 02/02/2015 3:32:50 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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5 posted on 02/02/2015 3:34:30 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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I say the doctors should be taken off of life support.


6 posted on 02/02/2015 3:34:45 PM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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The family should make those peoples lives feel like hell for a good while.


7 posted on 02/02/2015 3:37:17 PM PST by GeronL
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This is a “children’s hospital”? That is abhorrent.


8 posted on 02/02/2015 3:39:37 PM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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Only Satan loves death that much.

They are his minions.

Anyone so eager to kill others has to be.


9 posted on 02/02/2015 3:40:27 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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Prayers to his family....Lord watch over him and his family.


10 posted on 02/02/2015 3:45:31 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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Amen.
Blessings upon them.
May G_D forbid that I ever have to go through this with any of my loved ones.


11 posted on 02/02/2015 3:48:46 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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Only Satan loves death that much.

They are his minions.

Anyone so eager to kill others has to be.

That's what I didn't get about this... were they hoping to cash in on organ transplants or something?

12 posted on 02/02/2015 3:50:25 PM PST by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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That’s the only thing I can think of.

They were so quick and eager to get him off life support.

It seemed to me that they didn’t give him a reasonable amount of time and when he did exhibit signs of being cognitive, it’s like they were in denial about it.

The money trail is the only one that makes sense.


13 posted on 02/02/2015 3:51:57 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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hospitals don’t “push” anyone to declare someone brain dead...maybe the dr...but its not the hospital....or the insurance company..


14 posted on 02/02/2015 3:52:56 PM PST by cherry
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Baloney, I will bet anyone on this thread that the hospital was going to ASK the parents for his parts to HELP other people. This way his DEATH would be a blessing and the hospital would make big bucks.


15 posted on 02/02/2015 3:54:56 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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“This is a “children’s hospital”? That is abhorrent.”

Yeah, when it has “Children’s” in the name you need to be concerned. Out here in Oakland, CA the local “Children’s Hospital” tried to kill a young Black teenager they though also to be brain dead, and it took serious legal talent to stop them. The girl was moved, don’t know what happened to her subsequently. The damned doctors have forgotten their oaths! I guess they are practicing for Obamacare Death Panels.


16 posted on 02/02/2015 3:56:41 PM PST by vette6387
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An older article posted earlier today before his recent info about the trach and gastric bypass was known.
Hopefully he’ll be transferred to the other hospital and things will continue to improve.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3253028/posts


17 posted on 02/02/2015 3:56:49 PM PST by deport
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Doctors are quick to announce a patient brain dead to harvest their organs.


18 posted on 02/02/2015 3:59:46 PM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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God bless these parents for choosing life for Joey.


19 posted on 02/02/2015 4:01:37 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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I’m betting you are 100% correct.


20 posted on 02/02/2015 4:06:31 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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