<p>It doesn’t work.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>^^^Yeah, sorry. I just quoted it rather than showing the photo of the facebook post.</p>
<p>It’s quite likely she has diabetes insipidus as a result of her brain death; that’s entirely different from diabetes mellitus (“regular” diabetes) when she was alive.</p>
<p>^^^^Very true, Pizzagirl.</p>
<p>The first funeral I ever attended was for the young mother of one of my students when I was a very young teacher. She died of cancer, leaving four children. The oldest was 11. She had been going through the process of dying all year. My student had shared her feelings, and the details of her mother’s declining health throughout that year. It was all more than I knew how to handle. I asked our school’s wise guidance counselor for a little guidance of my own that year. </p>
<p>The casket was open during the funeral. The family was seated in an alcove to the side of the altar, but facing the casket. And the only way to politely leave at the end was to walk with the crowd, which was forward, towards the casket at the altar, and then turning to walk straight towards the family seated in the alcove, and then turning again to walk down a side aisle to the main door of the church.</p>
<p>It was one of the hardest walks I’ve ever taken. My student knew I was there, so I had to do what everyone else was doing, which was pause at the casket for a moment in respect. Some people prayed a bit, some touched the body, a few kissed her. I bowed my head for a moment at the casket, and when I turned to walk towards the family my student practically tackled me with a sobbing hug. </p>
<p>I was there for my living, breathing student, and my duty at that funeral was to hold it together, get through that walk to the casket, and be there to catch my little student when she needed a hug. </p>
<p>And that is what I believe is the duty of anyone at any funeral: set aside our own feelings about the weirdness of whatever another family decided to do, and to be ready to catch the survivors when they need it.</p>
<p>I have to say, I don’t get some people’s need to put all their private business out in public. Jahi’s sister’s Twitter account is both public and bizarre, detailing her dope smoking, pregnancy, miscarriage, tongue piercing (yesterday) and other assorted travails.</p>
<p>Wait. What? A member of this family…public and bizarre. lol</p>
<p>Meanwhile…</p>
<p>“Attorney Dolan has reported that Jahi’s condition has stabilized. She has improved and is now receiving the treatment she should have received 28 days ago. The procedures to put in the feeding tube and trach both went very well. God is staying with this family. Please keep the prayers coming.”</p>
<p>From the fundraising page.</p>
<p>I think Hunt was pretty accurate. You put a shovelful of dirt on top of the casket/into the grave. I don’t see why he’s being taken to task. He described what it is, and said he was unused to it, which is certainly fair. </p>
<p>Though FYI Hunt, for future reference (and I hope you don’t need it), it’s ok to politely decline / not participate. It’s really only expected of immediate family, not everyone there. It was gracious of you to go along.</p>
<p>A professor of bioethics from JHU shares her view on the TX tragedy:</p>
<p>[Opinion:</a> Take pregnant woman off ventilator? - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/opinion/rushton-munoz-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t4]Opinion:”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/opinion/rushton-munoz-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t4)</p>
<p>How many of you have ever smelled a decomposing mammal? Should this happen, the parents should be arrested for child abuse of their remaining children.</p>
<p>“Doctors are optimistic that her condition has stabilized and that her health is improving from when she was taken from CHO.”</p>
<p>Dolan’s latest tweet.</p>
<p>Does he seriously believe in what he is tweeting? :eek:</p>
<p>Has anyone posted this article,from the mother of a child who had a wonderful experience at CHO [Double</a> Tragedy: Jahi McMath and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland](<a href=“http://todaysmama.com/2014/01/42851/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter]Double”>http://todaysmama.com/2014/01/42851/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)</p>
<p>This is on Dolan’s website-the initial cease and desist order. There are places where Jahi is referred to as the mother’s SON, he instead of she. <a href=“http://www.cbdlaw.com/Letter-to-CHO.PDF[/url]”>http://www.cbdlaw.com/Letter-to-CHO.PDF</a></p>
<p>In regard to the Texas case, I really feel for the husband and the woman’s parents.</p>
<p>The Texas case is horrifying. Can’t the husband transfer his wife to a different state? That’s what Busalacchi tried to do in Missouri til Ashcroft interfered. (Referencing the Christine Busalacchi case of a teenage girl in a PVS)</p>
<p>IMO, that paean to Children’s Hospital Oakland tells us nothing we didn’t already know. They have dedicated professionals who help kids. Yeah, but nobody doubted that. The question is whether there was malpractice in this case, and we simply have no idea.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, Cardinal Fang, I am glad that jym626 posted that link and to read something positive about the hospital. I think that with all the negative comments coming from the lawyer and the family, that people could be getting a very biased opinion about this hospital. I am a lawyer and understand that the article has nothing to do with whether malpractice was committed in the McMath case.</p>
<p>^particularly when the hospital is at this time enjoined from defending itself.</p>
<p>I, too, am glad it got posted. Very rarely do people ever hear the positives about anything. It’s always the negatives.</p>
<p>Is it really a question at the moment whether or not there was malpractice? I’d consider that a completely separate issue from her status of being dead/not dead. </p>
<p>It wouldn’t surprise me if there WAS malpractice AND that the hospital correctly called her as dead back in December. </p>
<p>The real issue at stake was whether she was really most sincerely dead, and that’s where the disagreement went to court.</p>