The latest on Jahi McMath

Sedonie · ‎06-11-2014

A 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after suffering complications from surgery will receive an honorary diploma during her school's 8th-grade graduation this week. Omari Sealey, the uncle of Jahi McMath, said the girl's school in Oakland will give the diploma to a family member. Jahi underwent tonsil surgery at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland in December, then went into cardiac arrest, and was later declared brain dead. After her family went to court to prevent the hospital from taking her off a ventilator, Jahi was released to them and moved to another facility. Sealey said his niece is doing well and is responding to voice commands. Her mom said recently she is "blossoming into a teen."

http://www.newser.com/story/188315/brain-dead-girl-to-get-honorary-diploma.html

BellaPaprika · ‎03-09-2010

Very thoughtful of her school to do that. It will mean a lot to her family I'm sure. Interesting that many posters here and others too predicted she would not last this long. The world is more than we know.

Clover29 · ‎03-09-2010

That source says she's being awarded the certificate, but everything else I've seen (from sources like SF Gate) say the family asked for the award, not that it's a done deal. The school is refusing to comment.

Yuban3 · ‎03-10-2010

She's still being kept ""alive"" by artificial means. Sad.

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NoelSeven · ‎03-09-2010

We don't know that she has ""lasted"" at all.

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Lion · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/11/2014 NoelSeven said: We don't know that she has ""lasted"" at all.

Exactly what I was thinking.

We have absolutely no proof that that poor child is still living.

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brii · ‎06-20-2010

Strange family...

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

On 6/11/2014 Clover29 said:
That source says she's being awarded the certificate, but everything else I've seen (from sources like SF Gate) say the family asked for the award, not that it's a done deal. The school is refusing to comment.

I would think the school would want to make this into a huge media event....talk about good-will. But if they're not commenting? That's odd. Just like everything else.

azterry! · ‎10-21-2011

On 6/11/2014 Lion said:
On 6/11/2014 NoelSeven said: We don't know that she has "lasted" at all.

Exactly what I was thinking.

We have absolutely no proof that that poor child is still living.

my thoughts too.

fact is, we know nothing at all about her.

I don't trust the sound bytes the family gives out

tennpal15 · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/11/2014 sidsmom said:
On 6/11/2014 Clover29 said:
That source says she's being awarded the certificate, but everything else I've seen (from sources like SF Gate) say the family asked for the award, not that it's a done deal. The school is refusing to comment.

I would think the school would want to make this into a huge media event....talk about good-will. But if they're not commenting? That's odd. Just like everything else.

It's an 8th grade graduation ~ why in the world would they want to make it a huge media event?