Javona Peters Has Died
I just received word that Javona Peters has passed away. It is my understanding that, to their credit, both parents who are estranged, never got to the place where they fought in court over removing her feeding tube, but instead cooperated in medical decision making. This may not assuage their grief now in the agony of losing a child, but I hope both can take a bit of comfort that she was given every medical chance to survive. Our sympathies to her family.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 8:25 AM
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4 Comments:
Wesley, I'd like to post an update on this myself, probably to WWWtW where I'd posted on it before. But as you received word privately, I wonder if you'd be willing just to give us this additional information: Did she in fact have her feeding tube removed and then died after the standard 10-14 days, or not? Your post only says (as far as I can tell) that the parents didn't fight in court over the decision, but not what the decision was, and I don't want to overinterpret.
I am told from very reliable sources that her tube was not removed. I don't know the cause of death.
If your reliable source is Steven Ertelt, he's not giving any of us this impression.
I have mutliple sources very close to the situation. She wasn't dehydrated.
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