"Something deep down inside is telling me not to unplug my 10-month-old," said Dixie Belcher, Daniel's mother. "I know it's going to take him quite a while to pull out of this, but I know he's my little fighter, and he's got to pull through. He's got to pull through."
Part of the reason Ms. Belcher cannot bring herself to unplug her son is that she has been here before.
Fourteen years ago in a hospital room at Children's Medical Center, she says, she struggled with another doctor's recommendation to remove life support from her 5-month-daughter, Jamie, who also suffered breathing problems.
Mom fighting ruling to end infant's life support Exclusive: 'He's got to pull through'
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Let's make sure I have this straight.
She doesn't want to unplug her son, who's in state custody due to allegations of neglect.
Her son "responds only to her," according to the mother, and not to any medical personnel.
She already unplugged a daughter years ago for the same problem.
Neglectful mother who tests positive for drug use (and claims not to know her joint was coke-laced - BS!), filthy and dangerous living conditions (including smoking around oxygen equipment), neighborhood allegations of drug dealing, the baby daddy "staying in a motel," two children with the same disorder . . .
Something stinks BADLY about this story.