A sixteen-year-old girl goes into surgery and comes out unable to see, hear, eat, drink, or move because the docter didn't make sure she was breathing during the surgery.
Javona was a healthy, outgoing high school junior until she went into the operating room 10 weeks ago. Now she is blind, deaf and unable to move, think or eat on her own.
Joseph has asked the courts to appoint her Javona's guardian so she can finally pull the plug and also begin a medical malpractice action against the hospital.
Javona's parents say hospital officials have never satisfactorily explained what happened to their daughter.
Montefiore maintains her condition was caused by oxygen deprivation triggered by an "extremely rare" allergic reaction to "a routine anesthesia agent."
Javona's operation was a ventriculostomy, a routine procedure that involves boring a hole in the brain to drain cerebral fluid into a cavity.
Hospital spokesman Steve Osborne said Javona's case "was a completely unexpected outcome." He said the hospital has done an investigation, but he wouldn't disclose results
Javona was a healthy, outgoing high school junior until she went into the operating room 10 weeks ago. Now she is blind, deaf and unable to move, think or eat on her own.
Joseph has asked the courts to appoint her Javona's guardian so she can finally pull the plug and also begin a medical malpractice action against the hospital.
Javona's parents say hospital officials have never satisfactorily explained what happened to their daughter.
Montefiore maintains her condition was caused by oxygen deprivation triggered by an "extremely rare" allergic reaction to "a routine anesthesia agent."
Javona's operation was a ventriculostomy, a routine procedure that involves boring a hole in the brain to drain cerebral fluid into a cavity.
Hospital spokesman Steve Osborne said Javona's case "was a completely unexpected outcome." He said the hospital has done an investigation, but he wouldn't disclose results
