"FORT WORTH — A North Texas family is racing to stop a hospital from amputating a patient's foot, saying the procedure violates their religious rights.
The situation is now so tense that Angela Wright's husband has been barred from the hospital where she is being treated.
Wright had her first heart attack two months ago. Her family immediately began calling prayer groups, asking fellow Christians to appeal to God.
They kept praying through five more heart attacks.
"It's everything," said Dwight Wright. "It's the reason my wife's still here, I believe."
Angela Wright remained at Baylor All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth Friday as the toes on her left foot blackened. Family members say doctors want to amputate, possibly going as far up as her knee.
That evaluation has led to a showdown. Family members say prayer needs more time to work, and an amputation would violate their religious rights; doctors say the amputation is medically necessary."
Now, let me get this straight.
She had a heart attack.
They delayed treatment to give prayer time to work.
She's had 5 more heart attacks in the interval
Now her toes have blackened, presumably due to lack of circulation.
And the prayer is keeping her alive???????
Now, you might justifyably ask yourself why, if God gave her the heart attacks in the first place, they think that they can change his mind???
You might also ask if they really think that prayer is having any effect at all considering the 5 additional heart attacks.
You might also wonder a bit about the kind of sense of humour this God fellow has.
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