He had been caught bringing to her apple juice on a sponge in an attempt to save her life. Then he had been stopped from visiting her.
The hospice facility made the decision to withdraw Tabetha’s food, as doctors believed she would not recover from the lack of oxygen to her brain. At the time, Tabetha was partially responsive in that she could blink her eyes and move one arm. LifeLegalDefenseFoundation Full Story
When her boyfriend, John, went to visit her, he was amazed to find her speaking and responding to him. She even asked him to bring her a sausage biscuit sandwich!
John immediately notified the hospice staff and asked that they give her something to eat. To his shock, the staff refused saying that she was not to receive any food whatsoever. In other words, they were planning to starve to death a woman who was clearly communicating that she wanted to live.
John called Life Legal and we worked with a local Life Legal attorney to have Tabetha transferred from hospice to the hospital and, most recently, to a brain rehabilitation facility.