Wesley Smith has a wonderful update on Andrea Clark. Her care has been transferred to her new doctor and the team of consultants will continue her intensive treatments in the hospital.
We need to all be grateful that the answer to our prayers was, "Yes." Not only has Andrea's life-sustaining treatment been continued past the original dead-line (pun sort of intended), but her sister is reporting that her health condition was already improving, before the 10 days were up.
I hope that Mrs. Clark and her family can have a time of happiness and peace, now. And I hope that all the doctors, nurses and ethicists will re-evaluate adjust their protocols from the lessons learned in the last (very hard) few weeks.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Andrea Clark will not be removed from ventilator
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It seems that the system worked for Andrea. The family found another doctor at the same facility and the attending physician who believed that further high tech care was inappropriate is out.
As you've pointed out, this is a medically fragile patient (who had a gall bladder that needed draining Wednesday on top of everything else). Perhaps this doctor will be able to work with the family to provide her with the best care now and until the end of her life.
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