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My thoughts are with the Wyatt family today. They go to court again to try to turn around the court order to save there daughter. As i type this i have just heard that once again the courts have sided with the hospital and the DNR(do not resusitate) order will stay in place. It makes me very sad. For those of you unfamiliar with the Wyatt family here's a small synopsis of there story.
Charlotte Wyatt was born 14 wks premature in Oct 2003 and only weighed 458 grams. By July 2004 she was doing really well, eating from a spoon and requiring hardly any oxygen. As she was doing well she was moved from the Intensive Care Unit to an ordinary childrens ward where she immediately caught a blood infection and became ill requring her to be ventilated. Three times she was put on a ventilator at times requiring 100% oxygen. The doctors at the hospital in Portsmouth then decided that she would never recover, she would be always blind and deaf, in constant pain, and unable to communicate for the rest of her life. The hospital urged the courts to allow them not to care for her if she would need to be ventilated again. Her parents felt she was a fighter and should be given every chance, and they pleaded for her right to life, but the medical establishment was all on the other side. The Judge decided in favour of the hospital.After the Judge decided that she did not have to receive aggressive care, most Doctors thought that Charlotte would die within few months-- during the winter, from another infection-- but she did not die, and instead prospered. Slowly, slowly she started getting better. She started being able to respond to her parents again, to laugh, to cry, to smile, and now she can see and hear. She also has started to be able to take food by mouth again, when they place small amounts on her lower lip. Her lungs have grown stronger, and now she needs only 45%, instead of the 100% she had needed last autumn. In the middle of March, her parents went again to the Judge, and asked him to rescind his order, telling him that their daughter was no longer in constant pain, and was no longer unable to respond. The Judge "was pleased" with Charlotte's improvements, but listened to the hospital, which said that they were not good enough to warrant resuscitation if she got sick again. He did however say that he would hear them again after Easter. On 21 April, the Judge again decided against removing the Do Not Resucitate (DNR) order from Charlotte, a decision her parents will appeal to the Appeals Court, and, if necessary, the European Court. Many times Charlotte's parents have asked for her medical records, and their attorney has also, but so far to no avail. The hospital, defensive after being shown wrong in so much of what they said, is unwilling to give any information that might show how they have failed. But Charlotte is still fighting for life, though her case in the English Judiciary does not look hopeful.
As for Charlotte's story, it is heartbreaking. I went to her blog and read the judge's summing up and reasons for his decisions and I feel he did a very thorough job. I work in a hospital, and I know the doctors I work with all put the interests of the patients first. They get attached to them, and they feel real emotion when someone dies. I have seen my consultant close to tears only last week. So it is terrible when relations between patients/relatives and the hospital break down in such a manner, and I feel so sad that the parents are going through this. I wish them well and will keep them in my prayers.
Name: Cath Home: Sheffield, United Kingdom About Me: A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. See my complete profile
awww....that's very sweet. kudos to the hubs! :)
aaron just calls me up to say "i love you"...then hangs up on me. ROFL
i am keeping the family in my thoughts, too....either way it's a hard thing to go through! :(