Summary
Eighteen-year-old Nevaeh Crain died from sepsis after Texas’s abortion ban delayed critical medical intervention during her pregnancy complications.
Despite multiple ER visits and severe symptoms, doctors waited to confirm fetal demise before acting due to the state’s restrictive laws. Crain endured intense pain and deteriorating health over multiple hospital visits, ultimately suffering a miscarriage and passing away from internal bleeding.
Medical experts believe timely intervention could have saved her. Her mother, Candace Fails, is pursuing legal accountability but faces significant legal hurdles under Texas’s stringent emergency care standards.
Well its a white person this time, so maybe people will actually give a shit
This is considered a human sacrifice by the GOP. They are intentionally letting women die. I don’t know what dark god they pray too but this needs to stop.
Vote them to oblivion!
Whatever, Texas, you voted you got it.
A 18 year old absolutely didnt vote, not that it makes a difference you bloodthirsty fiend
Did they, though? Do we know how Nevaeh Crain and Candace Fails voted? Would that somehow make it okay?
The fact thay people who have done nothing to support these policies can still be killed by them is PRECISELY the problem.
Sepsis is no joke!
Story time: Awhile back my youngest daughter (7 at the time) got pneumonia and it landed her in the hospital. Unfortunately the bacteria causing the pneumonia got into her blood, which is what sepsis is, an infection in the blood. Another unfortunate occurrence was that the doctor’s did not know what was happening, so her sepsis went untreated and she went into septic shock.
Septic shock is when your body basically says “we’re really fucking sick so we’re taking all the blood out of our limbs (lowering blood pressure dramatically), to help protect the vital organs, so we have some chance at surviving this”. So it goes without saying that septic shock is not a very good sign, and intense critical care is required to survive it.
Once the doctors figured out what was actually happening they had us flown to the PICU at the children’s hospital in the city.
When we arrived at the new PICU they immediately put her in a medically induced coma, then it was pure madness for the next 48 hours. Literally round the clock care. So many doctors, nurses, specialist coming in and out at all hours of the day and night.
The doctors recommended we sign a DNR because it got that close at times. We signed it because we couldn’t bare the thought of her last moments being horribly painful when she had been through so much already. Plus if she did survive the cardiac arrest it would likely just repeat itself because she still has a ranging infection killing her. Those were some really scary days. I’m not a religious man but I can certainly see how religion would be comforting to folks in those moments.
Two weeks later my daughter was brought out of her medically induced coma. She had survived septic shock, was no longer septic, but she still had pneumonia and was requiring a ventilator to breathe. The entire stay took 4 months between the PICU and the Rehabilitation Hospital.
Unfortunately the tissue damage to her hands and feet, due to her body pulling the blood into her torso, was so significant she ended up having both feet and her right hand amputated. She lost the very tips of her thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger on her left hand, other than missing those fingertips the left hand was fine, thank goodness for that.
So yeah. Sepsis is no joke. See a doctor if you are feeling really sick or if you are sick for more than a few days. Take all of the antibiotics they give you, and monitor your vitals (temps, respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure) as best you can with what you have available at home. If something isn’t right call your doctor or go to the ER.
I am absolutely awestruck by the amount of bravery and critical thinking under stress that it must have taken to understand that you needed to sign a DNR for your 7 year old. Most parents in your situation would barely be able to add up 2+2, let alone comprehend enough of what the doctor was saying to make that kind of decision.
I’m also so happy for all of you that you wound up not needing that DNR. I hope she’s adapting well to her life with those limitations, but often children that age have enough neuroplasticity to work it out. She’s also certainly got parents who know how to put their own emotions aside and make sure she gets the care she needs, so under the circumstances she’s got a lot going for her. <3
She was murdered by republicans, and the murder weapon was their shit legislation
Why are American conservatives such a bunch of loonies? Conservatives in other developed countries allow abortion in cases of clear danger to the health of the mother and/or the fetus/baby. American conservatives is as bad the Taliban.
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Many countries around the world that are seemingly more religious have far less restrictions. Texas’ restrictions are absolutely draconian by comparison.
Looking at the two countries I live in, for example:
Portugal is a very catholic and traditional country. And yet abortion is legal for any or no reason up to 10 weeks, plus up to 24 weeks if the mother’s health is impaired (need not be life threatening).
Argentina’s population is like 75% Roman Catholic, many of them rather devout, and yet they allow abortion up to 14 weeks without any restrictions.
In both countries, these laws enjoy widespread support and are not considered controversial; the local conservative parties have zero interest in touching it.
I hope there’s a Very Special Hell for religious nutjobs.
Tomorrow (November 5th) is Election Day. Go vote. And get informed and vote in every election, local, State, and Federal thereafter. If you don’t, this will continue to happen. The States have this power only because we, the citizens of those States gave it to them, or worse yet, said nothing as they took it for themselves.
If you don’t vote, then don’t go complaining later if the result isn’t what you want.
Neveah
She went… back to heaven
Worst. Name. Ever.
All right, Texan Republicans. You have your moderately attractive blond white girl sacrifice to rally behind. You can do something about this now.
How many women do the Republicans have to kill before everyone else is too outraged to let it go on?
probably the same as the number of school shootings before there will be any meaningful action
pro-life is just an ironic name. they’re very pro-death. death penalty, gun violence, poisoned waters, preventable diseases, disproportionate deaths from a pandemic, suicide due to mental health problems, social pressures and ostracization… name a cause for death, they’re in support of it.
There is no limit. At some point The Onion will make an ironic story about it that gets reposted every time a woman getting killed by anti-abortion policies makes the news.
“Since her death, Fails has sought legal action to hold the hospitals accountable.”
Wrong target. You go after the politicians who passed the law that killed your daughter.
What are you talking about?
Are you saying that instead of suing the hospital, she should start up a PAC to go after hundreds of Texas state politicians…?
Because if you meant sue them for wrongful death, they are exempt. So even if they are more directly culpable and her daughter’s death, she cannot bring direct legal action against them for that.
Criminal action. They directly killed her daughter.
You are aware that legislatures cannot be held directly criminally responsible for the laws they pass, right?
I’m not disputing that their actions killed their daughter, I’m trying to explain to you that they cannot be held legally responsible in the manor you’re suggesting.
Shouldn’t stop anyone from trying. The press alone would be worth it.
There wouldn’t be any press…
No lawyer would take the case. Hell, a lawyer might even get sanctioned for even attempting to file it.
This isn’t like an uphill legal battle where there’s a process that can draw attention. It’s a non-starter.
Pretend you file a lawsuit by filling out a form online, but whenever you try and submit this lawsuit, it goes to 404 not found. You’re suggesting they spend thousands of dollars, for a 404 error.
However, suing the hospital, is a very long and drawn out legal process… So if your goal is to bring attention to the issue, well there you have it.
If you close down all the hospitals with lawsuits, the politicians will be held accountable. One would hope, at least.
We are the shithole country.
Yeah, this is the sort of thing I’d expect to see in some 3rd world backwater.
Soon women will be wearing hijabs like in iran 😐 what a fucking stupid population we have.
They’re more likely to lack tools facilities and equipment and maybe training; I doubt there are many who would actively block something that they had readily available.
Unless they were also under the control of psychopaths / sadists / sociopaths.
Do something about it and vote. We all have to do our part
all god’s plan or some shit
One of the reasons I hear for these draconian, inhumane laws is that we should be having more children to sustain the (subtext: white) population. I just only just realized they will do the exact opposite.
Poor woman. What a tragedy.
