The earth is filled with your love, O Lord; teach me your decrees.
Psalm 119:64
News to Pray For: November 8, 2008
NY Jewish Family Opposes End to Care for Brain-Dead Boy
NEW YORK (AP) A Washington hospital has asked a judge for permission stop treating a brain dead 12-year-old boy, even though his parents hope to keep him on life support.
Motl Brody of Brooklyn was pronounced dead this week after a half-year fight against a brain tumor.
Doctors at Children's National Medical Center in Washington say the seventh-grader's brain has ceased functioning entirely. But Motl's parents, who are Orthodox Jews, are refusing the hospital's request to remove all artificial life support.
They say their son is alive because his heart and lungs are still working. A machine inflates and deflates his lungs and drugs help his heart beat.
A District of Columbia Superior Court judge will hear arguments Monday or Wednesday on the hospital's request.
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