JW Mom refuses Surgery for her BABY over Blood Transfusion

by Rabbit 51 Replies latest watchtower medical

  • troubled mind
    troubled mind

    So why don't the Jehovah Witnesses take up a collection for her to go get the medical care hospital she think she deserves ???? Yeah good luck with that.

    But she can insist medicaid should pay not only her bills ,but where she wants treatment ? I think she should be happy she is getting medical help !

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    ~ Atlanta's Queen~* Just~Zayna *

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    • Zayna Varner

    • 30 / Female
    • Atlanta, Nationwide , US
    • Last Login: 9/17/2010
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    Atlanta, Georgia – Her name is Billie. She has two eyes, ten fingers, two ears, ten toes, two legs and one ailing little heart. For six months her mother, Zayna Varner, 30, has been fighting the Georgia Department of Community Health (Division of Medical Assistance: GA Medicaid Program), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center to save 1-year-old Billie’s life. Varner has a heart apnea monitor, pulse oxygen machine and oxygen tanks in her home to stabilize and monitor Billie’s heart rate. Ultimately, Billie needs heart surgery, recommended by Dr. Cyrus Samai of the Sibley Heart Center.

    Egleston’s pre-surgery policy requires Varner to sign a hospital surgery consent form (which states that, in the event of an emergency, the hospital has the authority to administer a blood transfusion). Previously, while at Cobb Wellstar, Billie contracted a bacterial infection in her blood from a blood transfusion making surgery very risky and possibly fatal.

    Varner refused to consent to the surgery with any possibility of a transfusion, and was told by an Egleston Hospital social worker, Jody Nuyg, that if she found a facility (with a GA Medicaid approved physician) to conduct the surgery with less probability of transfusion, it would be covered. Instead, the Sibley Heart Center social worker Christine Post and Ms. Nuyg are prepared to advise the Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services to “temporarily” take custody of Billie. Once the state has custody of Billie, they will have the surgery done and the hospital will discharge her back to the state until the necessary paperwork is completed to return her to her mother (this with the assumption that the surgery is successful considering complications result in death).

    In March, through diligent research, Varner located a GA MEDICAID APPROVED Physician (Mark E. Galantowicz, M.D.) and hospital (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) in Columbus, Ohio, with the capabilities to conduct the surgery without the blood transfusion. Nationwide has a dedicated blood conservation program (Information of the Blood Conservation Program) and specializes in no blood surgeries for infants. Immediately, Varner requested all records and referral requirements from Sibley Heart and Egleston to be sent to Nationwide in preparation of Billie’s surgery.

    On July 16, Billie was re-admitted to Egleston by her pediatrician, Dr. Kevin Mason of Cumberland Pediatrics. Before Billie was discharged the following day, Varner discovered that Billie’s records were never sent to Nationwide. Varner demanded Billie’s records (and refused to leave without them) and they were surrendered to her at the hospital. She immediately had the documents expressed to Nationwide. In addition, a new requirement was presented. According to Medicaid, a referral from a patient’s cardiologist is required to have the patient travel out of state for a surgical procedure. Immediately, Varner obtained the required letter from Dr. Samai.

    Finally, Nationwide had all the materials required for an approval. The physical request was sent to the GA Medicaid Program on July 20 by Nationwide. On July 27, Melissa Loveless, at Nationwide contacted Medicaid to obtain a pre-approval but she was told at that time that the request was denied. Documentation was not sent to Nationwide or Varner to inform them of the denial until July 30.

    Varner and Nationwide should have been contacted by mail, phone or fax with the decision. The stated reason in the document sent to Nationwide was: “Medical necessity has not been established. There is no medical necessity to transfer the child out of state since these surgical services are available in Georgia.” The procedure is available in Georgia, but under very hazardous circumstances for such a young patient. In addition, the GA Medicaid Program has failed to pay WellStar Home Care for the equipment being used to maintain Billie’s heart at home. Soon, Varner may be forced to surrender the equipment, due to nonpayment.

    Varner requested an Emergency Hearing (on August 18, through her attorney, Chuck Sylvester of the Law Offices of Sylvester & Associates, P.C.) requesting approval for the emergency surgery, but the requests have gone unanswered. The lack of urgency and empathy is disheartening to this mother of two, Billie and her twin sister, Brooklyn. She continues her fight and urges citizens to hold these government funded entities accountable. There are procedures written in the guidelines and laws of this program (Georgia Medicaid receives $1.63 in federal funds for every $1 of state funds) that were not followed despite the critical nature of this case. However, there is a sudden sense of urgency in forcing this mother to surrender her child to state authorities to protect the insurance provider from liabilities incurred due to their lack of service.
    The fact that Varner has been waiting 30 days for a response for an EMERGENCY Hearing is unacceptable.

    Right now, Billie’s heart is critically failing, SHE does not have time for inaction, and neither do you or anyone else with a beating heart.

    Read more: http://www.myspace.com/justzayna#ixzz106xBUVOn
  • brotherdan
    brotherdan

    Good point, troubled mind!!! Let's ask MadJW or one of the other JWs on the board. Whenever we talk about financial support for the poor, they always say that the WT takes care of its own. Do you think the WT cares to save this child? If she called the headquarters, would they send her a check so that her daughter can go to the bloodless surgery clinic? Will her congregation pay for it?

    Or will the more likely thing happen...They will continue to donate to the WORLD WIDE WORK! Jehovah will provide, right? She just needs to wait on Jehovah.

  • flipper
    flipper

    RABBIT- Egads - this JW " mother " of these children is an idiot. She comes across like a freaking know it all , when she's dumb as a rock about medical procedures. I feel so sorry for the children. They have no control or power over their mom being stupid. And that she's putting their life in jeopardy.

    I'm so sorry bout the loss of your mother Rabbit - and so thankful you saved your wife with a blood transfusion. Good for you. Don't beat yourself up too badly about the past my friend- we were aLL mind controlled at one time

  • laverite
    laverite

    If that baby suffers any medical harm because of this "mother's" refusal, the mother should be put in jail. Where is CPS when you need them?!!!

    Recently a family member had a baby and the docs had to obtain a court order to do a much needed blood transfusion. Thank goodness! I only hear about this through the grapevine, though (of course).

    In my immediate family, my youngest brother suffered permanent brain damage from NOT receiving a blood transfusion (he was an rh-positive baby). He's been mentally retarded his whole life because of a condition that REQUIRED a blood transfusion at birth to prevent brain damage. It was NOT his choice. He had no choice. Yet this problem at birth could have been fixed with a blood transfusion so that brain damage wouldn't occur. My brother was so ill. It's so tragic. (p.s. I don't blame my mother -- she had no say and no voice whatsoever).

    Someone on here commented a few weeks ago that blood transfusions are a temporary fix to a permament problem (and so not really any kind of solution??!!). Not so at all. Transfusions can actually be a solution to prevent a permanent problem from happening.

    The Watchtower Corp has much blood and human suffering on its hands. Talk about blood guilt.

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I don't know what this chics deal is

    Here is her tweets

    http://twitter.com/justzayna

    She is not a staunch witness IMO.

    I can't understand why she would tweet some of the stuff I read,

    and then hold so fast to the JW blood issue.

    Her other twins name is Brooklyn, btw.

    purps

  • letsslatejws
    letsslatejws

    I just know that hadany of my children needed blood I would have let them have it. I had been reproved for other wrong doing in the past, so Im sure I would have said yes and just took the wrap afterwards. Sure it was the same as saying a few hell marys, but at least I would have got to keep my child :)

  • Mythbuster
    Mythbuster
  • laverite
    laverite

    How much is she paying for all that Georgia Medicaid that she's receiving?

  • wasblind
    wasblind

    She's paying nothing, maybe she decided not to get an education and do better in her life, because going door to door was more important to her,

    and when your living at a certain income level, under $700.00 a month you can get medicaid from the gov't. It's to damn bad the WTS,

    who incourages part time jobs to accomodate going door to door won't spend not one dime on the care that is needed, but would rather you get

    freebees from the govn't. I'm glad there are systems in place to help when people need it but when you choose not to do better I have issues with that.

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