I hope this is the place for brain dead kids. Here’s the latest saga.
Sarah Jones, mother of 14 year old brain dead Bobby Reyes, won in court today. The children’s hospital will have to keep her deceased son functioning on a ventilator until she finds a long term facility that will accept him.
The mother and supporters have a Facebook page and blog where they ask supporters to call the children’s hospital and ask them to give the family more time.
Getting people to call and harass a children’s hospital, especially the PICU, is a favorite among the anti-brain death camp.
Bobby Reyes stopped breathing on September 21st because of a severe asthma attack and went into cardiac arrest before emergency services arrived. He was life flighted to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor where extensive testing determined he was deceased. The hospital set a deadline for when the ventilator would be discontinued (Friday) so that relatives could come and say goodbye. The mother got a lawyer instead because she believes he will recover.
All care the hospital is providing right now will not be compensated by insurance. The hospital will also have to dedicate at least one PICU nurse to monitor this teen 24/7. The hospital has followed Michigan state law on determining death.
Go Fund Me
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Court order stops UM hospital from taking teen declared brain dead off life support
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YouTube - Mom - copied video of her asking others to rally outside courthouse
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Blog
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Facebook page/group
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Mom’s Facebook profile
https://m.facebook.com/sarahlynn.jones.75
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Reyes had an asthma attack while he was with his mother driving them home in Ash Township in Monroe County Saturday, Sept. 21, Jones said.
He went into cardiac arrest before emergency crews arrived and survival flight flew him to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor were doctors determined he was brain dead.
Doctors at the hospital, after performing a series of tests, told Jones her son was not going to recover and they were going to remove his life support Friday, Sept. 27, Jones said.
“Michigan Medicine follows the State of Michigan law on determination of death, and conducts extensive testing before determining there is brain death due to the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain,” according to a written statement from the hospital. “All of us empathize with the extraordinarily emotional process that families facing such matters go through. Our team of highly experienced and specialized nurses, doctors and other health professionals exhaust every available option to help patients who are critically ill.”
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