Brain dead boy passes away and ends controversy
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
November 17, 2008 2:38am CST
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27754982/
in another post i had done was about this boy that the family REFUSED to let the hospital take him off of life support even though his brain was dead and decaying.. they were against unplugging him due to religious reasons and it all ended up in court because the hospital was wanting to clear the room for some one that could benefit from their help etc.. anyways the boy has passed now and at least now maybe his parents can get some peace..
just wanted to give an update since i had had some responses to the previous post
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@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
17 Nov 08
It is always a hard decision to turn off life support on a loved one as we just keep hoping that the doctors have made a mistake. My mother was faced with a similar situation many years ago with my stepfather but luckily my sister-in-law was with her at the time and the doctors spoke to s-i-l who said she would talk to Mum but it was a medical decision. Mum agreed with her too and then the Doctors respected her wishes with regard to time etc. Strangely enough nobody other than the 2 of them knew life support had actually been turned off and everyone believed he has passed away when they removed the tubes to clean them which was done twice a day. My s-i-l only spoke of what happened after Mum passed away last year and she had held the secret at Mum's request for 25 years.
So it is hard but at least the situation has been resolved. The young man is at peace now and his parents/family can grieve for him in their own way. All round it is a very sad situation and if the parents objected to the removal of life support on religions grounds, at least someone took the decision out of their hands.
May they now find some peace and hopefully their religion will help them as they go through the grieving process.
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@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
18 Nov 08
They kept it a secret because of my stepfather's family. He was from a large family of 16 children and was a 40 year old bachelor when he married my mother who was a widow with 4 children, 3 of whom were adults and working at the time. But his family objected to the marriage on the basis that the family money would go to someone other than them. At the time of the marriage my mother owned her own home plus a block of land, car etc which she took into the marriage. lol
So if they didn't know they could not give my mother a "rough time", which they did anyway as they all wanted to take some "keepsake". Always something that was very valuable too.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
18 Nov 08
i know at least now some one can get use at the hospital in that bed..
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Nov 08
the whole situation is oh so sad,
I hope the family can find peace now.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
18 Nov 08
i know.. at least it wasnt the courts that decided it but it looked like it was going to come down to the courts with the way the family felt.. so at least its over
