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The family of a comatose Sanger woman moves one step closer to getting control of her care.
Janet Rivera has been in a persistent vegetative state for more than two years. Last month, the County of Fresno removed her life support, leaving her to die of dehydration. She survived more than a week without food or water before the county decided to put her feeding tube back in because of all the attention brought to the case after CBS47 began reporting it.
Rivera's family went before a judge to ask that she be put back on life support. The judge agreed and ordered she be placed back on support and awarded temporary custody to Janet’s cousin, Suzanne Emrich.
On Wednesday, the county stepped away from the case, opening the door for the family to win full custody of Janet Rivera's care. Janet's brother Michael will ask to be named the permanent conservator at the next hearing next month.
Regardless of who has the title, both say it's been wonderful to see how the family has pulled together in the past few weeks to make sure Janet is taken care of.
Janet Rivera’s Family Get More Good News
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In explanation of the above, the date of the first post was awhile back, with the update following.