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<p>Do we need even more drama than what we already have?</p>
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<p>The hospital maintains that they were not given any document of another facility to transfer. A tracheostomy is not needed yet whether they would agree to do it or not.</p>
<p>teriwtt,
That “foundation” he is involved with may or may not be respectable. While this may be much about nothing, I might mention that in my 30+ years working in the field of brain injury, I’ve never heard of it. Nor any of the people on its board. Might mean nothing- sure. But when you read the bios of the board members, several are listed as "Dr. XXXX MD. Thats redundant and no one worth their salt does that. That doesnt pass the smell test.</p>
<p>Again, look into Dr. Byrne’s background and affiliations. I bet an internet cookie that his interpretation of the “facts” is severely clouded by his personal views… to the point that they’re not facts.</p>
<p>The father exists. He was present at one of the early press conferences. But has been unusually out of the spotlight ever since.</p>
<p>acting, there is a stepfather. I, too, have not seen a bio father mentioned. Are you sure that was the bio father and not the stepfather?</p>
<p>Romani - He had the same last name as the child. Milton McMath. But, I’m not sure of anything. lol.</p>
<p>Hmmm… A writeup in Popular Science but no papers in Science? 84% success?</p>
<p>[Frontiers</a> of Medicine: Radical Cures | Popular Science](<a href=“Frontiers of Medicine: Radical Cures | Popular Science”>Frontiers of Medicine: Radical Cures | Popular Science)</p>
<p>If that is the dad, actingmt, it seems he and a buddy collected a 50K in 2006 in a settlement against the city of Oakland related to an arrest. <a href=“http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/14806.pdf[/url]”>http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/14806.pdf</a></p>
<p>The ENT we were out with last night said that this thing has become such a circus he was surprised no one yet suggested cryogenics.</p>
<p>jym, I do not see the relevance of dredging up information on the girl’s father. It has NOTHING to do with the situation at hand.</p>
<p>I know some here want to believe certain things that fit their “story” of these people’s lives, but seriously.</p>
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<p>That’s probably the bio then. The step starts with a W. </p>
<p>I wasn’t doubting you, I was jw :)</p>
<p>Bring it up because who knows if it influences whether or not he is willing to be a party to litigation.</p>
<p>How do you “know” what some people want to believe , and fit what “story”?</p>
<p>I don’t think one past incident demonstrates that one way or another. In any case, why does it matter?</p>
<p>This is clearly heading to a malpractice lawsuit and I would imagine a biological dad would get in on that but I guess we’ll have to wait and see. That is a separate issue from what is going on now with the ventilator issue. I hope that issue is resolved soon.</p>
<p>What “story” are you so sure people are trying to believe? See no evidence of that here. Why are you creating that issue?</p>
<p>As to Paul Byrne, MD, the doctor who has told the mother that her child is still alive, who maintains that only “living” people can exhale while on a ventilator, etc., he is apparently completely opposed to the concept of “brain death,” and therefore submits that procurement of vital organs such as heart, lungs, and pancreas is unethical as the patient is still alive.</p>
<p>Interview is towards the end.</p>
<p>[Dr</a>. Paul Byrne’s Refutation](<a href=“http://www.christorchaos.com/Dr.PaulByrnesRefutation_000.html]Dr”>Dr. Paul Byrne's Refutation)</p>
<p>“I don’t think one past incident demonstrates that one way or another. In any case, why does it matter?” </p>
<p>Sadly, this has been turned into a media event and the media didn’t do it. They were not camped out in the hospital when this happened. They were called and they got quite a show. There are strategies that go on in these things and keeping a dad with problems out of the picture would be expected. It would not be unusual.</p>
<p>And, please don’t go making that a judgment because it isn’t. It’s a fact.</p>
<p>jym, a few posters have tried to depict Jahi’s family as money-grubbing opportunists (with a fair amount of blame for the girl’s obesity). They have been lambasted for appearing on talk shows and for trying to raise funds to help the cause of prolonging their daughter’s existence (I won’t say “life,” because I agree with the medical experts on this). There is also another subtext having to do with the people (unrelated to the family) “marching in the streets.” I am not saying you are contributing to this angle of the discussion…it’s just something I have been aware of throughout the thread.</p>
<p>From what has become public so far, we have no way of knowing whether Jahi was the victim of malpractice. The bleeding she had was a known complication of her surgery, but maybe it could have been averted in her case, or maybe it was not handled correctly if it happens. If she was a victim of malpractice, then her parents are entitled to compensation.</p>
<p>That’s not the problem here. The problem is her body being kept on the ventilator after her death.</p>
<p>Sally, I do not think anyone tried to portray the family in that way. Their attorney, OTOH, was called an ambulance chaser, but he is not part of the family. Just the opposite, some posters expressed concerns that the family is being manipulated by people with financial and/or political agenda, including the attorney.</p>