American teen who had her tonsils removed which lead to massive blood loss and eventually brain damage passed away overnight. The teen was declared brain dead by doctors and wanted to remove her off life support.
Her mother fought all the way to keep her daughter alive.
Jehi McMath was 13 years old when he had been diagnosis with sleep apnea, which caused her breathing problems when she went to sleep. She would visit the Children's Hospital in Oakland to be treated.
When they removed the tonsils, adenoids and sinus tissue, something went wrong.
She was bleeding so much it led to hemorrhaging and then she went into cardiac arrest. She lost contraction in her brain and was declared brain-dead. They wanted to remove her off the ventilator.
The family said hell no. They wanted to keep her on life support.
After a month long battle, Jahi's family won. For the next five years, California wanted to issue a death certificate. The family refused the death certificate. They said that she showed signs of life.
The teen finally lost her battle. The family confirms that she had passed away.
She died of liver failure. The teen who would have turned 18 this coming month was in death with her mother Nailah Winkfield, her step-dad Marvin and her sister by her side.
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