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Judge Allows Family to Keep 9-Year-Old Daughter on Life Support After Last-Ditch Appeal

Will Maule : Oct 16, 2018  Faithwire.com

"I just wanted to make sure as Payton's mother that I had done everything that I could possibly do for her. I want to be 125 percent sure that Payton was gone and right now I don't feel like that." -Tiffany Hofstetter, attorney

(Fort Worth, TX)—[Faithwire.com] A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a family who is desperate to keep their 9-year-old daughter on life support. In a ruling made on October 15, the court gave Payton Summons' family one additional week to seek out a health care facility that would agree to care for their gravely ill child. (Image: via Go Fund Me page)

Last week, State District Judge Melody Wilkinson ruled that Payton Summons' parents did not have a strong enough case to extend a temporary restraining order held against the hospital staff which prevented them from removing the girl from life support. She was due to be withdrawn from medical care Monday, but the successful appeal was made on behalf of the family the same day.

"I just wanted to make sure as Payton's mother that I had done everything that I could possibly do for her," said Tiffany Hofstetter, the attorney representing the youngster's parents following the ruling, according to the Star-Telegram. "I want to be 125 percent sure that Payton was gone and right now I don't feel like that."

Justin Moore, a lawyer representing the family, posted a simple message to Facebook yesterday:

"We just received another extension for Payton Summons! #fightforPayton"

On September 25, Payton suffered a cardiac arrest and was immediately placed on life support at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, as reported by CNN. After test results showed that the youngster had absolutely no brain function, the medical teams prepared to take her off life support.

In the state of Texas, a person is classed brain dead if "there is irreversible cessation of the person's spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions." The doctors believe that Payton's cardiac arrest was caused by a... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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