Appeals court keeps infant on life support
Thursday, February 17, 2005 Posted: 9:32 AM EST (1432 GMT)
Wanda Hudson wants her baby kept on life support.

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A mother fighting to keep a hospital from removing her infant son from the ventilator that has kept him alive since birth has won another temporary restraining order.

The 1st Court of Appeals reinstated the order keeping 4-month-old Sun Hudson on life support Wednesday, just hours after a probate court judge lifted the order. A hearing was set for Tuesday.

The dispute centers on the legal standard over hospital care in Texas. Under state law, a hospital must continue care if there is a reasonable probability that another hospital will admit the patient.

Texas Children's Hospital officials have said no treatment can save Sun, and they want to remove him from life support. Hospital lawyers said state officials have contacted almost 40 facilities and none have been willing to care for the infant.

But the boy's mother, Wanda Hudson, believes her son will recover. Her attorney argued there is a reasonable chance another hospital would take the child.

Sun suffers from thanatophoric dysplasia, a genetic condition characterized by extremely short limbs, a narrow chest, small ribs and underdeveloped lungs. Infants usually are stillborn or die shortly after birth from respiratory failure. There have been rare documented cases of survivors, however.

"He is slowly suffocating to death because his lungs lack the capability to support his body," the hospital said.

Hudson hasn't seen her son in more than a month, but says she believes she communicates with him telepathically.

"Sun is going to live forever," she said. "As long as the Sun is in the sky he will live. I don't believe in death."

That's sad. If it were me, I'd take him off. Life would be hell on that little boy if he doesn't develop right. Besides, if 40 hospitals think he's better off dying, then I'd say he's better off dying. I mean, sure, I feel bad for her, but I think it's best for the baby.

Hudson hasn't seen her son in more than a month, but says she believes she communicates with him telepathically.

"Sun is going to live forever," she said. "As long as the Sun is in the sky he will live. I don't believe in death."

Well, maybe I don't feel as sorry for her. Telepathically? Oh please. And death happen whether we like it or not. She's just too far into denial and defense mechanisms.

I can't even imagine.. I mean, i can sit here all day and say how "yes, i'd let him go.. he's better off" but i'm not the desperate mother praying hard for her son to live...

I do'nt even wanna think about it. I just thank God it ai'nt me.


(all this is bearing if the was a normal mom. Not a telepathic-dead-is-not-real type woman <~~ serves me right for not reading the post it in entirety!)

1.You all should show some respect for this womans grief and sorrow.
2.It is hard for her to say goodbye to her baby, I can understand her position.
3.How can you all be so callous? You are acting like you support euthanasia
of infant children.
4.You all seem to have no respect at all for this woman or her child.
Please refer to the article

"He is slowly suffocating to death because his lungs lack the capability to support his body," the hospital said.
No, I do not support euthanasia, but do I support a child slowly being tortured to death in the name of medical help? No

Hudson hasn't seen her son in more than a month, but says she believes she communicates with him telepathically.
How can i be hard for her to say goodbye, if she has barely took the time to say hello

"Sun is going to live forever," she said. "As long as the Sun is in the sky he will live. I don't believe in death."

Not believing in death is very unchristian like, shouldn't your bible beating start any minute now?

Hudson hasn't seen her son in more than a month, but says she believes she communicates with him telepathically.
How can i be hard for her to say goodbye, if she has barely took the time to say hello[/B]
regardless, he's her son and no matter how little she's interacted with him it's not easy to watch your own child die. she loves him and had plans for him to live.

anyway that's really sad. if the mother doesn't want them to take him off life support i don't think they should.

regardless, he's her son and no matter how little she's interacted with him it's not easy to watch your own child die. she loves him and had plans for him to live.

anyway that's really sad. if the mother doesn't want them to take him off life support i don't think they should.
i agree w/ you on the principal of the matter, that's her son and it's hard regardless, but she still needs to make some sort of effort... if she belives in telopathically commuinciating w/ him (sp?) then she should feel like he knows if she's there or not.

either way, i'm still glad it's not me, i'd probably just roll up in a ball and die

3.How can you all be so callous? You are acting like you support euthanasia
of infant children.


This is no longer an infant. An infant can use its own organs to live. This baby is a robot. So yes, I guess I do. This kid won't have a life even if it does live. That to me is not fair.