HOUSTON (AP) — A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her family said this week.
Annelise Camp “is now with Jesus,” her parents Johnston and Joy Camp said in a statement, weeks after a judge granted a temporary injunction in their favor. “While our hearts are broken, we trust in His perfect love, His faithfulness, and His promises.”
The family had long said she still showed signs of life and wanted more time for her to recover and explore treatment.
Breathing tubes were removed from Annelise on Monday, her grandfather Steve Camp posted online. “When this procedure was done, she passed very quickly.”
A church service for Annelise is scheduled for next Wednesday in Houston.
The Texas Right to Life organization supported the family’s case.
Just a correction there, she was on life support for a little over 2 months, not 2 years. The girl was 2 years old, but the reported accident occurred on the last day of May this year.
The family’s response is still really cult-like behavior though.
Ah, thank you.
Misread it, and also maybe inadvertently channeled some of the Post-Schiavo rage I still possess.