It is very late for her. For us, it is a time for prayer for her and her family. And, perhaps an unmasking of the evil perps who slipped this by in silence...
Oremus...
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Janet Rivera has now gone eleven days without nutrition or water despite her family's plea for help.
Rivera became severely brain damaged after a heart attack two years ago.
The family now has a lawyer, who plans to file a temporary restraining order but that could take days and no one is sure how much longer Rivera has left to live.
Rivera's husband lost control over his wife's medical decisions earlier this year. Jesus Rivera is battling prostate cancer and hoped another family member would step in to help. Instead, the court appointed a public guardian with Fresno County.
Shortly after the county took the case, the guardian decided Janet Rivera's condition was untreatable and irreversible and that she should be removed from life support.
The family says they expected Janet to die within days from a heart condition or low blood pressure but not from starvation. That's why they want the process stopped.
Janet’s brother, Michael Dancoff said, “If she dies, let her die on her own. Let her die from a real sickness, not kill her.”
The family’s attorney, Brian Chavez-Ochoa “We're going to seek an order requiring that the hydration and feeding be re-established and that the appropriate medical care be provided pending a hearing on the merits of the case."
The attorney, Brian Chavez-Ochoa, helped with the Terri Schiavo case. Her family fought for years in court to keep her from being taken off life support. When the courts denied their requests, it took Schiavo 14 days to die after the hospital removed her feeding tube.
As for Janet's family, they only hope they have that long to appeal to a judge.
A cousin would also now like to be named as conservator or guardian.
There is no word on how much it costs to care for Janet Rivera but we are told her medical bills are paid for by taxpayers.
Click on the related links for information about creating a "Living Will".
Family Fighting to Keep Rivera on Life Support
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The New York Times recently took note of five Obama flip-flops and dubbed him “The New and Not Improved Barack Obama.” His reversals: campaign fundraising, wiretapping legislation, allowing Christian organizations to get federal grants, the death penalty and gun control. The editorial ends with the blistering remark: “This country needs change it can believe in. “
We are more understanding of Obama’s flip-flops. None of his new positions seem fundamentally opposed to common sense or the natural law. In fact, we would like to see more flip-flops. He once wrote an essay about how troubled he was by Alan Keyes’ assertion that Jesus wouldn’t vote for him. He should follow his conscience and acknowledge the right to life of:
Children born alive during abortions (Obama opposed Illinois legislation that would protect them).
Children in the process of being born (Obama supports partial-birth abortion)
Women being kept alive by ordinary means (Obama says it was a mistake for the Senate to try to help Terri Schiavo, who was starved to death).
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