I doubt anything short of McMath's heart stopping will convince her mom but legally, from what I understand, fMRI studies aren't even admissible as a lie detection method because the results can be too variable.I'm curious whether there would still be brain structure left after all this time on somatic support. Thank you for posting this! All we ever see of Jahi are photos of a contracted, rotting hand here, or a foot there. I hope it's not too late to ask a question. She spent so many months in the PICU because no long term care facility would accept her which is why she ended up in an apartment.http://thaddeuspope.com/images/Spears_v_Rosen_07-17-15_Opp_to_demurrer_.pdfScroll down to the attachments to view the eligibility documents. Here's the remainder of the answer: because it affects others. Why does the state keep paying for this? I agree that advanced testing will probably not settle anything legally or emotionally in the case of Jahi's mother. I mean, who lets a kid bleed to death in their ICU, right? In 1968, a Harvard committee proposed that death could also be defined neurologically as the irreversible loss of brain function. Two lawsuits over the teens death are ongoing: a federal civil rights case to strike her 2013 death certificate and replace it with a new one issued June 22, and a malpractice case against Childrens Hospital Oakland over the tonsillectomy that her family said was done improperly. Dozens of mourners streamed into Acts Full Gospel Church to memorialize the Oakland teen whose throat surgery gone awry inspired the latest national debate over the meaning of death. We never know how much brain tissue is damaged until after the heart restarts, so we tend to continue the resuscitation, especially with children. official website and that any information you provide is encrypted Jahi' s family was used and is now allowing themselves to be used for financial gain. well, considering California, which is the southern end of the western US, considers themselves part of the pacific northwest, I can see that opinion. some versions also have it that Jahi was not supposed to be speaking and that the family was posting on social media that she was talking and laughing. I have no idea what treatment she needs, and I don't think speculation will help anything. In exactly the same way that the family's reluctance to permit further tests looks like they're afraid they don't want the answer.We're in unknown territory. Hi Doc. Stories from the trauma bay: Jahi McMath updatesort of Thanks. Sowhat is it to youor meor anybody else if he mother wants to keep her alive on life support? How can the state of NJ still continue to pay for this child's care if she is brain dead? If you google the results from Terri's autopsy you would know that even though she was in a Vegetative state her brain was shrunken and partially liquefied. She said no way and it was fake information. Money Metals Exchange, LLC Michelle Blackburn, Matt Johnston Quoted one price and charged another. Lessons from the Jahi McMath Case. I have seen people that weren't brain dead and there hands are all contracted, some in fetal position. That makes sense. With a DC, the limit is $250,000. Not that I'm going anywhere soon, but forget the jumper cables and let me go. Also put a ruler to the face of the photos of today and the photos of 2-3 years ago. Trust me I am well aware that neither of those patients were brain dead.But the principle in Bland and Schiavo applies here.That is - to learn more about the brain in traumatic, anoxic, and degenerative situations, when there is long-term somatic survival we should be doing more imaging, not less.The issue I am addressing is not whether JAhi is PVS- the issue is what is going on in the central nervous system in a patient who was declared brain dead more than three years ago, yet survives somatically.This is isn't a routine diagnostic issue, nor is it a management issue for our purposes. Court records show she is receiving Medicaid. They are asking the court to determine liability first. Death is defined biologically as the irreversible loss of the functioning of the organism as a whole, which typically occurs after the loss of cardiorespiratory function. The family of 15-year-old Jahi McMath released a photo of her last week. 1) This is my blog, and I write about what interests me. It is a medical impossibility that J. McMath is moving in response to verbal commands. The body decays once oxygen is stopped from perfusing tissue.These results as noted by the true experts indicated that she truly is dead. I'm going to refer you to this citation.http://www.cmq.org.uk/CMQ/1995/neuropath_tony_bland.htmlA long time ago I wrote a piece on the legal problem of Tony Bland, who was a victim of the Hillsborough football disaster.This discusses his brain postmortem and that of Karen Quinlan.It speaks for more sophisticated imaging in coma patients.Cory. I honestly do want to know when the state going to stop this, are we looking at another 3 years from now the mom is still keeping Jahi on life support? I too would like to hear from the good Doctor about this. New Jersey had the facts when they admitted Jahi to Medicaid, including the facts about the death certificate. Her case challenges the very nature of existence. ." . New Jersey has a statute that allows families to reject a brain death diagnosis. She was super sweet and always had something nice to say, said Miranda Andrews, 15, who attended the same charter elementary school as Jahi, the E.C. The defendants in the lawsuit wanted those examinations to happen by the end of last April but the family is trying to delay that as long as possible. If you search her name you will not find any links to any crowdfunding or donation portals. Also thank you for the prayers, still grieving over my mom whom I lost to cancer less than a month ago. Nor would returning her to California constitute taking her "down south," although California is somewhat south of NJ. A few people started asking for video of these miraculous events. It looks to me like they had to "add" hair - it is just a black blur now, the face looks elongated, like they used imagery from an older photo and melded it with part of a new photo. Go to the FB page. Nope. Someone, perhaps Jahi's mother, says, "I don't understand how a 'brain-dead' can . ie: elderly/disabled patients that have family members being paid to care for their loved ones. [46] Public confusion surrounding differences between brain death and cardiac death raised by this case led some doctors to voice concern about how the case could affect live organ recovery from brain dead patients. Jahi, who would have turned 18 this year, lay in a casket painted in her favorite lavender hue. I'm a Brit so here everything is pretty much north or south from wherever your location is.Currently i am in the midlands but i used to live down south in North Devon which is technically southwest.I used the term up north as in A) i am crap at US geography although i can find Texas, Florida, California and Alaska.B)Everywhere else is either up north, down south, east(ish) or west(ish)C) America is way too big, has way too many states and distance is measured in hours not miles. NEW PAPERS ARE PREFACED BY * How many true surprises are there in life? case in point: California is 12 hours from top to bottom, assuming you don't mind getting assessed for velocity tax. I remember he too started showing signs of puberty. FOIA Are you aware of any other post mortem brain studies done on people who were long term PVS patients? Eventually even with the machines Jahi body will be the one that says enough is enough and her mom wont be able to stop whatever happens. If you think she is still alive mom, YOU pay for her medical care.' What the mom is doing is not only disgusting but it's dishonorable to her daughter who passed. . If Jahi has any siblings they are the real victims. Then months later her mother put up a photo that looked "retouched" to me. Jahi died on June 18, 2018, from abdominal complications. Her case gained international attention as her mother fought a legal battle to keep her on life support. This was the question I asked Mrs. Bastard when she was pregnant with our first child and wanted EDIT: New and improved version, now with 83 of your favourite myths. Also, I've watched the video of her supposedly breathing over the vent. Her magnetic resonance imaging scan 9 1/2 months later surprisingly The shrinking muscles pull bones towards each other, hence the extreme flexion of the wrists, gnarled fingers, extreme trunk flexion (fetal position), knees very bent, etc. As soon as the body is buried I intend to talk to my state representative about closing the loop hole that allows this waste of resources. Jahi's family fought very hard to keep the contents of these medical records out of the court documents made public. morbid curiosity is normal for us. He said the doctors were dismissive, staring at Nailah Winkfield and telling her to accept her daughters death. Now i know it sounds unrelated but hear me out. Just go over to Yoube and enter Jahi's name in the search engine. Given Jahi has a death certificate signed by a coroner does this mean mamanails is committing fraud?To get custody of Jahi's body she had to admit and accept Jahi was dead. Her case represents an instance of a false-positive diagnosis of brain death, unquestionably made according to both the pediatric and adult guidelines, reinforced by four false-positive EEGs and a false-positive radionuclide blood flow test. How did you do that? government site. If that family wants to believe something bad enough, they'll create something out of nothing. He already has a Wiki pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier#Medical_condition. A coma is NOT the same as brain death. Ok, that makes sense. This poor child's body is being forced to keep going when she has died a long time ago. The State of New Jersey allowed Police Officers and Fire Fighters to submit fraudulent, modified, fake "medical" bills that turned out to be for "steroids" not for antibiotics. Oops, while editing I forgot to delete the last sentence. I assume it is because her hypothalamus died along with the rest of her brain, so she likely no longer has the ability to regulate her body temperature. Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting. Over here on the other side of the Rockies we see geography somewhat differently. So I understand the parents of Jahi, however this girl is dead and at first I thought they would eventually let her go after they grieved and gave themselves extra time but it has been 3 years now and going by the mom behavior she's either in serious denial that she needs psychological help or she's profiting. She also has an older sister. I mean seriously, what is it to keep her alive .50 a year out of the millions of tax payers pockets? [32][33], On December 24, 2013, Judge Grillo ruled that McMath was legally dead,[34] basing his decision on the medical evidence presented by physicians from Children's Hospital Oakland and from independent expert Paul Fisher, but ruled to require the hospital to continue mechanical ventilation until December 30, 2013,[32] later extending this order until January 7, 2014. Please post the video link so we can see the miracle of a corpse trying to breathe. Thanks so much, and do come back. The hospital described these procedures as complicated. Frequent Preservation of Neurologic Function in Brain Death and As a social worker, I'm faced with gray areas constantly, and one thing that tends to work well in examining a tough matter is the golden rule, an all-too . There are innumerable stories of comatose patients waking up after months or years and making dramatic recoveries. How does she manage to not look like the crypt keeper after all this time? At the funeral, she said her case should serve as a lesson to other families. Thanks for your explanation. This is because they know of the case, not because of Facebook campaigns. It's tragic, but I can see why her parents refuse to accept that Jahi's dead. Jahi McMath, can you move? - RenewAmerica Jahi spent the first 8 months in the PICU at St. Peter's Hospital when they moved her to New Jersey. there are many possible factors that could make the difference. It is a problem. Dr. Franklin - unfortunately those case studies don't really apply here. Arms, legs, feet. I also have worked with PICU families for 30 years (Doc I am old enough to remember when Pocus started) and during that time have seen families struggle to understand the concept of brain death or dying. Delay in Jahi McMath Autopsy Complicates Cause of Death Ruling: Experts Not once.If you actually read what the experts said about Jahi, you would know that no one has "given up too soon" on her. "No one was listening to us." Lessons from the Jahi McMath Case I hope you are OK as it has been a long time since your last post.If you are having some well deserved vacation time, may it be filled with fun and frolics.Keep up the good work. They're not making a dime off the situation. Thank you for your reply and trust me it was times I wrote and wasn't so pleasant to the mother on her Facebook and she banned me from posting. The family's experiences were described in a recent New Yorker article that went viral on the internet and has reignited . doi: 10.1002/hast.962. I'm sure Jahi's lips were never necrotic. Though the case of Jahi McMath has not exactly come to a halt, it is grinding along at what is apparently the normal pace for American legal proceedings. Now that we get some actual facts, instead of lay persons interpretations, it sounds as if she aspirated some blood - probably clots. For the remainder of her life, expect to hear in one way or another (books or movies) how MomNails was oh so forced to "kill" i.e. She was quiet and smiling all the time, said Vickie Viney, an administrative assistant at the school. Jahi McMath, the Oakland teen whose brain-death case captivated the world while machines kept her breathing, was finally removed from those machines on June 22 in New Jersey after suffering from. OK Doc, so you said :"Nakagawa also goes over Jahi's brain flow scan on December 23, 2013 (page 33) which showed a complete absence of blood flow to the brain, which Dr. Fisher calls "beyond definitive". Disclaimer. Its not like we all look like we just saw the girl from the Ring. I'll pay my .50! Good info to know.In the McMath case the legal proceedings have given us a unique opportunity - to actually see what these scans show in someone with prolonged somatic survival. However the family would just show up at some hospital demanding care and then that hospital suffers the financial loss. We all shall pray for Nailah and family. Terri Schiavo's autopsy revealed an atrophied brain and the child who survived for twenty years on organ support had a calcified brain. !Also if she was white you wouldn't say have the crap you do! You just tune the body up with antibiotics and pressors, more steroids back to the nursing home you go and see you again in a couple of months. It is not really "up north." https://snn.bz/ferguson/. The coroner's office had issued an official death certificate for McMath on January 3, 2014, with the date of death listed as December 12, 2013. video of Jahi supposedly moving her foot to command, video was posted of Jahi supposedly breathing over the ventilator, 124 (now 144) (now now 157) papers that DO NOT prove vaccines cause autism. I'm cynical enough to believe that the claims of Jahi breathing over the ventilator, playing the piano, drawing, and now even giving a thumb's up sign have to do with upcoming court hearings to determine whether or not Jahi has actually come back to life. The same was true in the Aden Hailu case. But the page is basically dead, dormant, no activity. This case saddens me. As usual, the simplest explanation is the most likely. Honestly not paying and having her heart stop would not be a bad thing. Another Hitchhiker's fan!!! Complaint Review: Nailah Winkfield C/O Gofundme for Jahi McMath. Her parents considered these measures to constitute life support, while her doctors considered this to be futile treatment of a deceased person. Absent some new information - gained from cases like this - we should not apply the new techniques routinely. I also heard that the mother said she only gave her a popsicle, nothing more. Jahi McMath to be buried in Hayward while fight over her death - SFGATE Word is that they fed the girl a McDouble right after surgery, against doctor's orders. (IE giving her solid food secretly). @tania, A very minor point from California, where Jahi started. Rizvi MB, Conners GP, King KC, Lopez RA, Bohlen J, Rabiner J. Her mom made another video and this time it shows she is trying to breath on her own can you explain that one. The truth is if you convince yourself of something long enough, you eventually believe it's true. My wishes are verbally known to my family AND all legal documents have been completed/filed to accomplish this in accordance with my wishes. This will come up again. This is a corpse that is showing signs of decomposition. The docs told us, he was brain dead, however, if we did keep him "alive" he would forever be on machines.. My uncle was a true native, hunting fishing, outdoorsy in every aspect.. She went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain-dead, over objections from her mother and stepfather. First, any set of tests should be reliable: Repeated applications of the tests by different examiners, or at different time points, should yield the same diagnostic result. This comment has been removed by the author. I don't think New Jersey Medicaid was aware of her status in CA at the time her application was processed. Born in Berkeley, she graduated from Cal with a degree in rhetoric and is now raising two daughters in El Cerrito. that being that her appearance has more to do with photo manipulation than medicine. Doc does a great job in the link to explain things. I mean the disability payment is minimal (700$) a month, if they got their a License to be a carer for her, they get paid money to take care of her. I believe mother truly believes Jahi is "still in there." A mourner hugs Marvin Winkfield, left, stepfather of Jahi McMath, following the girl's funeral on Friday, July 6, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Pallbearers transport Jahi McMath's coffin from her funeral on Friday, July 6, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. 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