( CNN ) -- The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath hopes to transfer the girl to another facility . A judge has concluded that Jahi , who suffered complications after tonsil surgery , is brain dead . `` Yesterday we spent Christmas together as a family -- doing a lot of prayers and trying to have some fun , hoping for a miracle , and looks like we may have gotten our miracle . We found out that someone is willing to take Jahi away from Children 's Hospital to a facility nearby here in the Bay Area to treat her , '' Jahi 's uncle , Omari Sealey , told reporters Thursday . `` So right now , we 're asking Children 's Hospital to work with us to make that possible , '' he said , referring to Children 's Hospital & Research Center Oakland . Sealey declined to identify the other facility . Jahi was declared brain dead by doctors at the hospital on December 12 , three days after tonsil surgery . The case has drawn national attention and sparked protests from some local leaders who say the hospital should have provided better care . When routine surgeries go wrong . On Monday , a judge appointed Dr. Paul Fisher , chief of pediatric neurology at Stanford Children 's Hospital , to evaluate Jahi as an independent expert . Fisher testified Tuesday that Jahi meets the criteria for brain death . Alameda Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo previously ruled that the hospital must hold off on any decisions regarding discontinuing life support until December 30 , and the judge encouraged both sides to work together . Family attorney Christopher Dolan told reporters Thursday that Jahi would need to have tracheostomy and gastrostomy tubes put in before she could be moved . `` The most logical people are the ones in the hospital where she 's sitting who have the ability to do that . If they refuse to do that , and insist upon moving towards this deadline of pulling the plug , then we 'll just continue to do what we 've been doing , '' he said . In response to the family 's statement , the hospital `` will allow a lawful transfer of Jahi 's body in its current state to another location if the family can arrange such a transfer and Children 's can legally do so , '' wrote hospital attorney Douglas C. Straus in a December 27 letter to Dolan . `` Children 's is willing to cooperate in this regard even though Judge Grillo has confirmed that Jahi is deceased and that statutory patient transfer procedures do not apply here , '' Straus wrote . The hospital asked the family 's attorney for the name of the facility that would accept Jahi , a transportation plan for her , and consent from the Alameda County coroner for the `` transfer since we are dealing with the body of a person who has been declared legally dead , '' Straus wrote . The family will also have to `` find a physician that would be willing to operate on the body , '' said hospital spokesman Sam Singer . In an earlier response to the family , Children 's Hospital Chief of Pediatrics David Durand noted that the judge did n't authorize a transfer to another facility . `` Judge Grillo was very clear on Tuesday December 24 . He ruled Jahi McMath to be deceased and instructed the hospital to maintain the status quo . Judge Grillo did not authorize or order any surgical procedures or transfer to another facility . `` Children 's Hospital Oakland does not believe that performing surgical procedures on the body of a deceased person is an appropriate medical practice . Children 's Hospital Oakland continues to extend its wishes for peace and closure to Jahi McMath 's family , '' he said . CNN 's Dan Simon , Catherine E. Shoichet , Michael Martinez and Carma Hassan contributed to this report .
NEW : Family must find a doctor who 's willing to operate on body , hospital says . 13-year-old Jahi McMath suffered complications after tonsil surgery . She was declared brain dead , and a judge has agreed with that . The family wants to transfer her to another Bay Area facility , uncle says .