Drug Overdose - Brain Damage Lauren Marie crys when mom says she'll keep her alive

The Alliance Defense Fund has reached a favorable settlement in a lawsuit that pitted a divorced father and mother against each another over whether their 24-year-old daughter should live.




Lauren Richardson sustained a severe brain injury in August 2006, according to an Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) press release. The doctors then declared she would be in a "persistent vegetative state."

ADF attorney Matt Bowman tells OneNewsNow Lauren's mother was fighting to have Lauren's feeding tube and water discontinued, but she had a change of heart. "The miracle in Lauren Richardson's case is that both of her parents came to realize that life should be protected," he explains. "It's inherently valuable, and just because Lauren has a severe disability doesn't mean that her life is not valuable."

Lauren's mother became a born-again Christian and visited her daughter at her hospital facility, which Bowman believes was quite eye-opening. "And then an amazing thing happened," he notes. "She told Lauren that Lauren would be cared for, and Lauren started crying, and they cried together and she realized that her daughter was really there and was really responding."

Lauren was also responding to pain, music, family members' voices, touch, and assisted exercise. The parents have agreed to settle the case and share joint guardianship of Lauren.

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[MadeToBeUnique]

Thank you for sharing!!

[CheekyThrill]

"She's a beautiful girl, it's so sad" uh yeah because if she weren't beautiful it wouldn't be as sad? That's what I thought. Just checking. She isn't so beautiful now, is she? Maybe people shouldn't judge someone's worth based on their looks. With boys/men who die or have something tragic happen to them, you always hear of their other qualities, with girls/women it's always "she was so beautiful". So sad.

[jimmyshitbags]

okay suppose she wasn't brain dead, say she actually does still have thoughts and is aware of herself and her condition. isn't that far, far worse than being brain dead? knowing full well what a hopeless situation she is trapped in?

if she isn't brain dead, in my opinion, that is even more of a reason to pull the plug. I hope if it was me that my parents would pull the plug immediately.

[oTRoFl4wL3ss]

@CheekyThrill Wow kid could u be more heartless I can't stand people like u who play devils advocat and pull anything negative from a video , it is sad , she was beautiful . And the story of her still having a child and her died fighting to keep her alive .

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

I think the bigger story for me is the awarding of custody to the mother with no rights for the father. Sexist bullshit.

[powerofultra]

I think it's just in most people to feel bad for someone who is attractive. I've noticed everyone usually feels bad for attractive girls. Attractive or not I really for bad for this girl. This is a nightmare for anyone to be in this position.

[deemarie95]

Someday those people who are such strong believers in murdering men and women who are severely disabled will realize that it is wrong. Don't judge as though you are God, you are not God. Most people are worried about the expense to keep people who are suffering, alive..these people are incredibly more than unkind..they are evil.

[PointlessComedy]

@CheekyThrill I can;t agree more with you, it may be blunt but you say it how it is and there is NOTHING WRONG with that.

[winterstellar]

It doesn't matter for the girl, she's gone already anyway if she's vegetative.

[sammi9551]

my borther is in the same exact situation! this is appaling to me! he overdosed on heroin 8 mnths ago and they said he is in a vegetative state.we raised money to put him in a hypoberic chamber to bring dead brain cells back to life and he already has come a long way! He is not even technically in a vegetative state in my opinion now! we are also looking into even more treatments for him and we will NEVER give up! he is in there and he fights everyday.

[zaxtor]

I'm for euthanasia for terminal disease because is better be dead than suffering and dying anyway of a horrible disease. If I would be in PVS I'd choose not to live.

People who exaggerates and abuse their emotions to keep someone alive longer when they're in severe pain, terminal illness and dying sickens me.

If someone keeps someone with a terminal illness so they suffer more they don't give a crap about the person suffering.

PS Sean Hannity is still a bigot racist.

[GeneralGrenpzyke]

selbst schuld, was nimmt man auch drogen... das ist ja auch schädlich , und man WEISS das man davon krank wird.. aber NEEEIN..