Jahi McMath: New York facility is 'last hope' for girl declared brain dead, family say

[Yo_Mama]

32. This is so lame and spiteful

First, you have just stated a motive for the hospital to wish to make sure the kid stops breathing. And if that motive exists, then the family might not be unreasonable in wondering how committed the hospital really is to their daughter's welfare! This is even more true because the girl's grandmother is a pediatric nurse.

Second, the longer this goes on the more the hospital's diagnosis comes into question. If it IS TRUE, as you assume, that this child has suffered brainstem death, then you should know full well that she will not be kept alive. Life support simply doesn't work if the brainstem is dead. The heart will eventually stop on its own regardless of any life support measures taken, and usually this occurs within days!

However, the longer this goes on the less likely it is that the child's brainstem is dead, and I agree this might come into play in a malpractice case, if there ever is any. I'm sure the hospital will want to settle. But no way will the child still be living in any way when a suit could be heard if the brainstem is dead. No way.

So the only case in which your claim about the family's motivations COULD BE TRUE is if the hospital is WRONG, which to me means that your claim about motives refutes itself.

And the nicest way I can describe such an assertion is lame and spiteful. I would like to use other, more accurate words, but I don't want my reply to your spite to be tombstoned, because your post is such a slur upon the family that I want the rebuttal to remain.

What gives you the right to assume that their motive here is not love and concern for the child? WHAT?

Would you make such an assertion if it were the child of the Kennedy family? I don't think so. What is going on in your mind? Think about it!