Interesting blog from an NICU nurse on JW patients and blood.

by nicolaou 11 Replies latest watchtower medical

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  Cicatrix

  Dear Dobbie,

  I'm not here to shout at you. You were a member of a cult and highly indoctrinated to believe that the decisions of a group of men in Brooklyn superseded the law, and that they were speaking for God. You were in a horrible situation-damned if you did and damned if you didn't.

  Newborns actually have a very tiny blood volume in comparison to adults. It's somewhere around 80 to 90 milliliters, which is in the area of 6 tablespoons of blood!That one little teaspoon mattered VERY much.Isn't it sad that a group of men who have decided to interpret a biblical passage in a way that allows an ADULT to have certain blood fractions, would deny a tiny infant a lifesaving teaspoon of blood???

  THAT is the real issue, Dobbie. THEY are the ones who should feel guilty!!

  You just go hug your precious son, and if you can, teach him how cults operate, so he never has to be in that hellish position you were in.
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  Forscher

  I have an NICU nurse as a close friend.

  One time after reading some speculation here about the number of Witnesses who take blood transfusions if they are assured that it will be kept secret by the staff I asked the nurse point-blank about it. The nurse told me that it is not at all uncommon for Witnesses to do so in their hospital. The nurse said that they will generally feel the patient out about it if they can (understandingly it is not always possible, especially in a neuro unit) and assure them that if they decide they accept one it can be done confidentially in the strictest confidentiality. And if they do consent, those nurses see to it that their word is kept. The nurse said that the 25% number which was mentioned in the thread on the subject is low, if anything.

  Then I warned the nurse to watch out for those new DPAs which authorize the liaison committees to access patient's records. I didn't think to ask about percentages involving families secretly permitting transfusions to minors.

  Forscher