Posted on 03/12/2010 8:39:11 AM PST by BykrBayb
Baby Isaiah May passed away Thursday after being taken off life-support, ending a three-month, high-profile effort to prolong his life. A lawyer representing the family confirmed the news of the infant's passing to media Thursday afternoon.
"Isaiah James May passed away at 12:11 this afternoon. He was in the arms of his parents," said Rosanna Saccomani.
Rebecka and Isaac May issued a statement saying, "All along it was our hope that his condition would brighten and improve, it has not."
They went on to say, "Isaiah has been a blessing to us and his spirit will always be in our hearts. We have set our tiny miracle free and he is now in the arms of angels."
Dr. Richard Taylor, an independent neonatologist, said in a statement Thursday he examined the infant on Feb. 19th and 20th.
"When I examined Isaiah, I confirmed that he did have movements of his trunk and limbs, as witnessed by his parents. He had gained weight since his birth and had bodily functions as they had reported. He was not in any distress. But on testing the nerves entering and leaving his brain, I confirmed that his reflexes were all completely absent. He was also unable to breathe for himself without airway and ventilator support."
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Alberta Health Services issued this statement Thursday afternoon:
"Understandably this is an extremely emotional time and it is important to be respectful of the May family's need for privacy given the difficult decision they have made. All Alberta Health Services' physicians and staff who have been involved in caring for Baby Isaiah were touched by the May family's strength. Our deepest sympathies go out to the family. At this time we would ask that the family's request for privacy be respected."
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(Excerpt) Read more at calgary.ctv.ca ...
My husband was a ‘blue baby’ in 1976...I’m told he even has a death certificate! He wasn’t ever given a middle name, and I think that’s because his parents didn’t think he’d survive. He now has has five kids of his own. You just never know how things are going to work out.
No one can know what was going on in these parent’s hearts when they decided to end life support, so I don’t want to judge them; I can’t imagine being bombarded by experts insisting that my child would be better off dead, especially with the government paying the bills and calling the shots. Not to mention all those post-pregnancy hormones running through my system.
Whatever their inner thoughts, they’ll have to live with it now.
Your grandparents Got it.
Amen.
I heart RPTs. : )
Oh wagglebee THANK YOU.
High Five from us!
I gotta go, suction KV, start a new tube feeding, change his 02/mist tubing/bags ect ect
son he can get up in his WC for the day and join the rest of our town in our new book club read.
Peace be with you.
Wagglebee WAS giving you his personal opinion.
It is mine as well.
I am going to Pray for you today Grunthor.
Heartbreaking news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your excerpt raises the question of why the mother had a “difficult 40-hour delivery.” Why wouldn’t they do a caesarian after a certain amount of time, say 12 hours? The fetal monitor should have indicated there was some problem. This makes the whole story even more distressing.
I understand that.
Did the culture of death give them the option of caring for the bambino at home?
I am guessing no.
If they did have that option and the baby thrived even if severly disabled it would not fufill the goal of the death culture.
See the other stories here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/babyisaiah/index?tab=articles
It doesn’t seem like they were given any choice.
Probably their announcement yesterday came after they realized that they were never going to win.
I cant disagree with you.
I am not judging the parents.
I am suspect of the agenda of a/any hosp. in this day and age.
And I side with the teaching on such matters with the Catholic Church.
“What she has is not a job but a calling!”
Like the story of this thread shows, it can be a very heartbreaking job. Of course, far more of “her” babies make it than don’t. Many of these kids get a life where they might not have had one. Each is a miracle.
“I heart RPTs. : )”
You are so generous and kind. I’ll make sure to tell her. It will make her day.
I agree,...i will be praying for them
We love NICU nurses!
— from the mom of a 27 week micro-preemie (now 10 going on 30)
“from the mom of a 27 week micro-preemie (now 10 going on 30)”
Bless you and your baby.
He has.
My heart goes out to these young parents. It is no small decision to let go of a precious child once brain activity is gone.
It rained today.
Thought it was awesome this morning here in the PNW.
Sleeping on a wet wanted to be aired out twin size mattress.
The dry cough that has plagued my thorasic (sic fer sure) is gone though.
Wet bed no cough.
KV now has the cough.
Medemucil is his freind.
And RPT therapy.
The worst thing is we are living as per family tradition through Lenten season with no tv other than EWTN (that is All Catholic tv).
Opera (I dig jazz/he loves country twang).
Oh we are sufferring. LOL
Yet we have hope.
And he did make it to the Our City Reads which is a book from an Author from your neck of the woods and his childhood story of being raised in your neck of the woods.
OMG this is funny. It just started Hailing.
Peace be with you.
Did I just Hijack a thread?
Yes! We had to make that choice for our son. It was so difficult. This was 17 years ago, and I still have the same feelings I had then. We made the right choice, but for a few years after, I had nightmares about it.
I’m glad you made the right choice. How old is he now?
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