A California mom is fighting for the life of her 2-year-old son. Moved by a mother's love, she is giving it her all to keep her toddler alive after doctors told her that her little boy was brain dead. Is there hope of survival for the toddler?
No Brain Activity
Doctors in charge of Israel Stinson told his parents that the boy has no brain activity, refusing any additional procedure to be applied on him. One pediatrician, Dr. Angelica Ha, during an interview with Fox 40 said that in terms of determining brain death, they follow the accepted standards by the medical community.
Yahoo mentioned that the little boy was brought to the hospital for an asthma attack at the start of April. However, things didn't go well for their son. What made it worse was when doctors declared Israel to be brain dead, they also refused to give the boy a feeding tube and ventilator tube.
Seeking Help From Federal Court
Now, the distraught parents are seeking the help of a federal court to compel the doctors to give the mentioned tubes to their son. According to Jonee Fonseca and Nate Stinson, parents of Israel, their son is very much alive.
The parents took a video of Israel on his hospital bed and it clearly showed that the boy was moving after his mom touched and tickled him. Dr. Ha rationalized the video clip saying that the movements were involuntary reflexes. She said that brain death is an irreversible condition.
Fox 29 said that although Israel's parents understand that he will not be the same, it does not mean that they need to plan a funeral. The parents are planning to take Israel to New Jersey where the laws on brain death are not the same.
Before they can do that, they have to put Israel on a feeding tube and ventilator. The problem that Israel's parents are facing now is that California doctors don't perform the said procedures on a brain dead patient.
