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Jahi Mcmath Brain Dead After Tonsillectomy

Family Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Hospital Threatening to Pull the Plug on Daughter

There has been a new development in the case of Jahi McMath, 13, who has been declared brain-dead just days after undergoing surgery to have her tonsils removed.er family is already devastated enough but now they are fighting the hospital, which wants to take her off life support against their wishes.

Now, the family's attorney has sent Children's Hospital Oakland a cease and desist letter. Ref. Source 7

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Family of Girl Hospital Wants to Pull the Plug on Asks Judge for Independent Doctor

When we last reported on the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, her family and officials from the Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland were in a tense battle over the family's determination to keep her on a ventilator and to obtain a second independent opinion whether Jahi was indeed "brain dead" following a routine tonsillectomy December 9. (See "Family of girl declared "brain-dead" asks for outside neurologist and that Jahi McMath be given a feeding tube")

On Friday Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo agreed with the parents, issuing a temporary restraining order that prevented the hospital from taking Jahi off a ventilator. Ref. Source 5

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Judge Allows Hospital to Take Jahi McMath Off Life Support, Family Considers Appeal

A judge has ruled that a hospital in Oakland, California can remove life support from Jahi McMath, 13, who has been declared brain-dead days after undergoing surgery to have her tonsils removed. Her family is already devastated enough but has had to fight the hospital, which wanted to take her off life support against their wishes.

Jahi's family has huddled by her side at Children's Hospital Oakland these last couple of weeks calling on the community for prayers and searching for answers on what went wrong during what was supposed to be a one-night stay for the family favorite. Ref. Source 4

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A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath. The move means her hospital is now not permitted to disconnect her from life support until January 7.

McMath was declared brain dead earlier this month after tonsil surgery in California. She remains on a ventilator at Children's Hospital Oakland. The girl's family members said they have located a facility in New York willing to take her but that the California hospital will not allow the move. Ref. CNN

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Mother of "Brain Dead" Teen Jahi McMath: My Daughter is Alive

Nailah Winkfield, the mother of Jahi McMath, the supposedly "brain dead" teenager who is just hours away from having a hospital revoke her life support, has released an open letter saying her daughter is alive.

McMath's family had found a new care facility that will continue her medical care and treatment. But the hospital she is at now won't cooperate to move her. Ref. Source 6

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Hospital Agrees to Let Family Move Jahi McMath to New Medical Facility

After a protracted legal battle, Children's Hospital Oakland reached an agreement with Jahi Mcmath's family to allow a medical team to enter the hospital to perform the procedures necessary to move her to a medical facility that will continue her care and treatment.

Her mother and family say she is alive following a tonsillectomy gone awry that has left her in an incapacitated state since early December. The family in the case says the hospital has been starving Jahi for three weeks. Ref. Source 5

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Family fights to keep brain dead daughter on life support

Hospitals and doctors all agree that Jahi McMath is legally dead after a routine operation went bad. Ref. Source 7

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13-year-old Jahi McMath, declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery, has been released from the hospital to her mother. Ref. CNN