More Updates on Amanda Baggs and Links to Other Bloggers

…heduled surgery was true and her feeding tube is now in place. Now the bad news: In “So today was interesting,” Amanda Baggs shares the her struggles with hospital staff over inappropriate “assistance” with a bedpan, and an early, ill-conceived discharge plan ‘decided’ without her and other “interesting” features of the day. In this tumblr post, she shares the story of how her own input was ignored, resulting in inadequate anesthesia during her op…

Request to remove life-support from 6-Month-Old in Texas Withdrawn for Now – Texas NDY

…ave a reprieve for David Coronado. Here’s part of the story, as related in today’s edition of the Dallas Morning News: The fate of a brain-damaged 6-month-old Dallas boy is uncertain after his court-appointed attorney on Tuesday withdrew a motion to let doctors take the baby off life support. But the fate of his parents, arrested last month on child abuse charges, may hinge on whether David Coronado Jr. survives his horrific injuries. The baby’s a…

Miracles, recovery and “rush-to-judgment” revisited

…a regional hospital and then, this week, to her parents’ home. (Hawkes Bay Today) This last weekend he briefly reported Kimberly McNeill is “scheduled to enroll full-time at Auckland University.” The news link included in this update provides more details: But dad James McNeill and mum Jackie Kiddle, both trained acupuncturists, refused to accept the prognosis and enlisted the help of a senior Chinese medical practitioner specialising in neurology…

Texas Mother Fights To Save Her 9-Month-Old Baby From Hospital’s Futility Judgment

…, or even unconscious. She seems quite responsive. After her story hit the news over the weekend, a Texas court has reportedly granted a temporary restraining order and extension till November 22. Here’s a news video interviewing Tinslee’s mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExDUb-Hp0_c&fbclid=IwAR3IPUOB9ckJABJUdfa-LsiME5zIzI9zfXfSZx387cG6e-9SSN82QQPsRBE There’s also information on the Project TX Fragile Kids Facebook page. The National Counci…

Can people on Medicaid sue states to stop budget cuts?

…y, practically, legally and politically unfeasible.” For links to 11 major news outlets’ coverage of the Supreme Court arguments, the Kaiser Health News is a useful source. For legal nerds (like me) who want to look at the various briefs filed in the case, several are posted at http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/maxwell-jolly-v-independent-living-center-of-southern-california/ . Democratic lawmakers are divided on the case. As reported in…