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Brain-dead child now being moved to extended care

Posted: Dec 27, 2013

I read the family of the child that had the tonsillectomy was not accepting the fact that the child was brain dead and still hoped for a miracle. The family wanted the child moved from the hospital to extended care. I thought who would take her. My friend said always someone if they want to make money. I now hear this morning a nursing home has said they will take. After 2 different physicians saying brain dead the family still thinks she might wake up. I have a question about this. If brain dead, does the body not start to decay after awhile? ;

She will have machines breathing for her - and a tube feeding

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her, as well as a host of other devices to perform the work of her failed brain, so I don't think she will 'decay,' but I can't imagine she will come out of this the same kid that she was, even if the family gets their miracle. So sad. At the very least, she will probably develop contractures of her limbs, even with rigorous physical therapy.

She won't "come out of it". There's a big - difference between coma, which - sm

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is probably what the parents mistakenly think their daughter is in, and being brain-dead. The brain is dead. The person that lived in that body is dead, and has passed on to whatever comes after death. Keeping her body - now an empty shell - "alive" artificially will never bring her back. I feel so sorry for the family, not only for their loss, but for not realizing that their daughter is gone. The nursing homes that refused to take on a hopeless case like that are actually the ethical ones. Whichever one does take her - if they do find one - will be all about the money.

It's a very sad situation all the way around.

Hope they have deep financial pockets to pay - and not soak medicaid

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Horrible turn of events for their daughter. But she is DEAD. Keeping her breathing and her blood coursing through her veins will not change that.

Sure hope THEY are planning to pay for the extended care to keep her blood flowing through her veins and her lungs pumping oxygen into her blood. This is VERY expensive care required and EXTREMELY selfish of them to most likely expect taxpayers to foot the bill while the come to acceptance that their daughter has passed into eternity already.

soak medicaid? - that's an interesting remark

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Why do you assume Medicaid? Because the family is black?

Why Medicaid - sm

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The assumption of Medicaid is valid. Insurance will decline to support a brain-dead patient. That is why nursing homes would not take her. Not all of them accept Medicaid.

Few can afford nursing home expenses, so Medicaid is the only option.

Insurance isn't going to pay for that. Regardless - of how wealthy the family is, _sm_

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with the kind of bills they're looking at for indefinite, full-on life support in a nursing home environment, they'll eventually lose everything they have and end up on Medicaid.

I've learned one thing from this sad story: No matter how young you are, it's a good idea to have your end-of-life wishes put into a living will.

Yes, let's focus on the important thing. - Money.

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NOT.

Let's focus on the other important thing, then: - IGNORANCE.

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What? - how so?

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What exactly do you mean? - nm

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Yes, let's focus on the important thing-- - Nick

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REALITY. The young girl is, unfortunately, DEAD. All the ventilators and private care in the world will not bring her back. I feel so sorry for her family, but the sad reality is that she is dead.

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