{"id":4624,"date":"2006-09-02T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2006-09-02T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/09\/02\/virtually-brain-dead\/"},"modified":"2006-09-02T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2006-09-02T17:34:18","slug":"virtually-brain-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/09\/virtually-brain-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtually brain dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Michelle Malkin<\/a><\/p>\n

Child abuse victim Haleigh Poutre, once deemed to be "virtually brain dead" by medical experts, continues to improve and is even speaking a few words, her biological grandmother said this week.<\/p>\n

Sandra Sudyka, of the Feeding Hills section of Agawam, angered over the state Department of Social Services apparent termination of her and her daughter’s bimonthly visits to Haleigh at her Boston hospital, said she has decided to speak publicly of her granddaughter’s condition.<\/p>\n

"She was doing well," Sudyka said of the last time she saw Haleigh on July 18. "She was bright-eyed and smiling. She is always responsive to us."<\/p>\n

DSS had asked Sudyka and Haleigh’s biological mother, Allison Avrett, not to disclose the 12-year-old girl’s condition to the media.<\/p>\n

"I decided since they broke the deal, I am going to talk. People should know how well she is doing," Sudyka said. Avrett declined comment this week.<\/p>\n

DSS spokeswoman Denise Monteiro declined comment yesterday. DSS officials have said, however, that Sudyka’s and Avrett’s visiting privileges have been suspended and not terminated.<\/p>\n

DSS took custody of Haleigh nearly a year ago after her adoptive mother and stepfather, Holli A. and Jason D. Strickland, of Westfield, were charged with beating her.<\/p>\n

Doctors initially reported that the battered and emaciated Haleigh was in a vegetative state due to a sheared brain stem. Social services sought to end life support systems, a plan approved by the state Supreme Judicial Court on Jan. 17, before improvements in Haleigh’s condition were known.<\/p>\n

"They don’t want people to know how she is doing after they wanted to pull the plug," Sudyka said. <\/p>\n

That is certainly good news. The fact that DSS had a deal to not disclose the girl’s improving condition just shows that cover up is more important for than truth. Just whatever happened to "where there is life there is hope?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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