-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a judge granted a temporary restraining order friday to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support after she was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in oakland , california . alameda superior court judge evelio grillo gave the family of jahi mcmath and hospital officials until monday to appoint an independent physician to further examine the girl . jahi was declared brain dead december 12 , three days after she was to have surgery to remove her tonsils . doctors at children 's hospital & research center in oakland had recommended the tonsillectomy and other procedures to treat jahi 's sleep apnea , weight gain , inability to concentrate , short attention span and other afflictions . her surgery initially appeared to have gone well , said sandy chatman , jahi 's grandmother who is herself a nurse and who saw the girl in the recovery room . but soon after surgery , jahi 's condition quickly deteriorated and she went into cardiac arrest , her family said . a scan showed two-thirds of jahi 's brain had swollen . doctors declared her brain-dead , and days later planned to take her off life support until receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the family 's attorney , christopher b. dolan . jahi 's mother , latasha `` nailah '' winkfield , who has maintained a constant vigil by her daughter 's bedside , said her daughter has responded to touching and shows other signs of life . in a meeting thursday night between jahi 's family and doctors , attorney dolan said the girl 's mother pleaded with doctors to insert a feeding tube , keep her on a ventilator through christmas and give the family 48 hours ' notice should doctors decide to take jahi off of life-support . by . eddie wrenn . in their written response to the family 's court motion friday , attorneys for the hospital said children 's hospital and research center oakland had `` no duty to continue mechanical ventilation or any other medical intervention for its deceased minor patient jahi mcmath . '' `` ms. mcmath is deceased as a result of an irreversible cessation of all functions of her entire brain , including her brain stem , '' the response said , adding , `` tragically , ms. mcmath is dead and can not be brought back to life . '' attorney dolan said the family was told by hospital officials thursday that it was `` time to come to a consensus about terminating life support . '' the attorney said the family was told , in effect , `` she is morally and legally dead , dead , dead . '' published : . 03:53 est , 21 june 2012 . hospital officials have publicly called on the family to allow them to discuss jahi 's case , citing patient privacy laws that currently prevent them from disclosing information . `` our hearts go out to the family and friends of jahi mcmath . this is a tragic situation , '' dr , david durand , the hospital 's chief of pediatrics , said in a statement . `` we want the public to know that the family has not permitted us to discuss the medical situation . we implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it -lrb- the family -rrb- has been withholding -- that would bring clarity , and we believe , some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case , '' the statement read . jahi 's uncle , omari sealey told cnn that the girl 's mother wanted to keep jahi on life support but hospital representatives informed them that long-term life support was not an option . hospital spokeswoman melinda krigel said that the hospital has no policy about terminating life support . `` we work with the family to determine when that will happen , '' she said in an e-mail . `` there are instances when the coroner may request termination , but we always work with the family to respect their wishes . '' attorney dolan said mcmath 's family has repeatedly asked doctors for the release of jahi 's medical records so he can hire an independent physician to determine whether she is legally dead . `` their response has been , ` it 's not our policy while providing care , ' '' said dolan . in a statement , children 's hospital denied the family 's assertion . `` jahi 's family has the same access to our medical records as the family of any patient at children 's . all families have the right to review the record while the patient is in the hospital , and have access to the entire record after the hospitalization has ended . '' dolan said court intervention was the only remedy to prevent doctors from terminating the life support . cnn 's mariano castillo , tom watkins and mayra cuevas contributed to this report . | . updated : . 10:07 est , 21 june 2012 . this may be smoke without a fire - or it could be we are about to get an announcement which will fundamentally change our knowledge of the universe . the physics world has been set alight with a wildfire rumour that cern will announce they have discovered the higgs boson particle - that elusive ` god ' particle which is believed to give all other particles their mass . even twitter went crazy for the elusive particle , with #higgsrumour at the top of the top trending lists on wednesday . the particle accelerator : it is within these tubes that physicists are hunting for the ` god ' particle . physics blogger peter woit , who writes . for not even wrong , started the discussions , saying that cern had . replicated last year 's study which seemed to spot the particle . this year 's result saw the same spiking as the tests last year , indicating last year 's result were not a mistake or aberration . woit write : ` to oversimplify the . situation , last year both experiments were seeing roughly a 3 sigma . excess in gamma-gamma around 125 gev . ' while woit says this is . oversimplifying matters , this may still be a but too much for anyone . without an advanced desgree in particle physics . the even simpler form is that in 2011 , . cern was hoping to see spikes in their two experiments , which would . offer evidence to support the hypothetical particle . and these spikes . did occur . woit continues : ` this was enough to . convince many people that it was highly likely that this was the higgs . however , that size excess is not completely convincing , it is not . unheard of for there to be statistical flukes of such size . ` the 2012 data that is being analysed ... is of a similar size to the 2011 data . ` if 2011 was a fluke , you expect to see nothing much around 125 gev in the 2012 data . ` if the 2011 signal really was the . higgs you expect the signal to strengthen . what i 'm hearing from both . experiments is that they are seeing an excess in the new data , . strengthening the significance of the signal . ' an aerial view of the swiss-french border , indicating the route of the large hadron collider . inside : the giant project is the most enormous piece of scientific apparatus ever constructed , and is buried 100m beneath the ground . most analysts say that any such . announcement can not be made until every figure has been checked and . cross-checked . when the new york times reported on the rumours , cern . spokesman fabiola gianotti replied : ` please do not believe the blogs . ' the collider blog 's michael schmitt added : ` as a member of the cms collaboration , i know precisely what we have . ` but my loyalty remains with my . collaboration , especially the people who are working right now to carry . out the analysis and verify the results , as well as to the people at the . top who have to chart strategy and make difficult decisions . ' a little splash in a blog is not worth the bother it would cause all these people . '
new : the family of jahi mcmath wins a temporary restraining order . the 13-year-old is on life support . doctors declared her brain dead after undergoing a tonsillectomy .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a judge granted a temporary restraining order friday to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support after she was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in oakland , california . alameda superior court judge evelio grillo gave the family of jahi mcmath and hospital officials until monday to appoint an independent physician to further examine the girl . jahi was declared brain dead december 12 , three days after she was to have surgery to remove her tonsils . doctors at children 's hospital & research center in oakland had recommended the tonsillectomy and other procedures to treat jahi 's sleep apnea , weight gain , inability to concentrate , short attention span and other afflictions . her surgery initially appeared to have gone well , said sandy chatman , jahi 's grandmother who is herself a nurse and who saw the girl in the recovery room . but soon after surgery , jahi 's condition quickly deteriorated and she went into cardiac arrest , her family said . a scan showed two-thirds of jahi 's brain had swollen . doctors declared her brain-dead , and days later planned to take her off life support until receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the family 's attorney , christopher b. dolan . jahi 's mother , latasha `` nailah '' winkfield , who has maintained a constant vigil by her daughter 's bedside , said her daughter has responded to touching and shows other signs of life . in a meeting thursday night between jahi 's family and doctors , attorney dolan said the girl 's mother pleaded with doctors to insert a feeding tube , keep her on a ventilator through christmas and give the family 48 hours ' notice should doctors decide to take jahi off of life-support . by . eddie wrenn . in their written response to the family 's court motion friday , attorneys for the hospital said children 's hospital and research center oakland had `` no duty to continue mechanical ventilation or any other medical intervention for its deceased minor patient jahi mcmath . '' `` ms. mcmath is deceased as a result of an irreversible cessation of all functions of her entire brain , including her brain stem , '' the response said , adding , `` tragically , ms. mcmath is dead and can not be brought back to life . '' attorney dolan said the family was told by hospital officials thursday that it was `` time to come to a consensus about terminating life support . '' the attorney said the family was told , in effect , `` she is morally and legally dead , dead , dead . '' published : . 03:53 est , 21 june 2012 . hospital officials have publicly called on the family to allow them to discuss jahi 's case , citing patient privacy laws that currently prevent them from disclosing information . `` our hearts go out to the family and friends of jahi mcmath . this is a tragic situation , '' dr , david durand , the hospital 's chief of pediatrics , said in a statement . `` we want the public to know that the family has not permitted us to discuss the medical situation . we implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it -lrb- the family -rrb- has been withholding -- that would bring clarity , and we believe , some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case , '' the statement read . jahi 's uncle , omari sealey told cnn that the girl 's mother wanted to keep jahi on life support but hospital representatives informed them that long-term life support was not an option . hospital spokeswoman melinda krigel said that the hospital has no policy about terminating life support . `` we work with the family to determine when that will happen , '' she said in an e-mail . `` there are instances when the coroner may request termination , but we always work with the family to respect their wishes . '' attorney dolan said mcmath 's family has repeatedly asked doctors for the release of jahi 's medical records so he can hire an independent physician to determine whether she is legally dead . `` their response has been , ` it 's not our policy while providing care , ' '' said dolan . in a statement , children 's hospital denied the family 's assertion . `` jahi 's family has the same access to our medical records as the family of any patient at children 's . all families have the right to review the record while the patient is in the hospital , and have access to the entire record after the hospitalization has ended . '' dolan said court intervention was the only remedy to prevent doctors from terminating the life support . cnn 's mariano castillo , tom watkins and mayra cuevas contributed to this report . | . updated : . 10:07 est , 21 june 2012 . this may be smoke without a fire - or it could be we are about to get an announcement which will fundamentally change our knowledge of the universe . the physics world has been set alight with a wildfire rumour that cern will announce they have discovered the higgs boson particle - that elusive ` god ' particle which is believed to give all other particles their mass . even twitter went crazy for the elusive particle , with #higgsrumour at the top of the top trending lists on wednesday . the particle accelerator : it is within these tubes that physicists are hunting for the ` god ' particle . physics blogger peter woit , who writes . for not even wrong , started the discussions , saying that cern had . replicated last year 's study which seemed to spot the particle . this year 's result saw the same spiking
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a judge granted a temporary restraining order friday to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support after she was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in oakland , california . alameda superior court judge evelio grillo gave the family of jahi mcmath and hospital officials until monday to appoint an independent physician to further examine the girl . jahi was declared brain dead december 12 , three days after she was to have surgery to remove her tonsils . doctors at children 's hospital & research center in oakland had recommended the tonsillectomy and other procedures to treat jahi 's sleep apnea , weight gain , inability to concentrate , short attention span and other afflictions . her surgery initially appeared to have gone well , said sandy chatman , jahi 's grandmother who is herself a nurse and who saw the girl in the recovery room . but soon after surgery , jahi 's condition quickly deteriorated and she went into cardiac arrest , her family said . a scan showed two-thirds of jahi 's brain had swollen . doctors declared her brain-dead , and days later planned to take her off life support until receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the family 's attorney , christopher b. dolan . jahi 's mother , latasha `` nailah '' winkfield , who has maintained a constant vigil by her daughter 's bedside , said her daughter has responded to touching and shows other signs of life . in a meeting thursday night between jahi 's family and doctors , attorney dolan said the girl 's mother pleaded with doctors to insert a feeding tube , keep her on a ventilator through christmas and give the family 48 hours ' notice should doctors decide to take jahi off of life-support . by . eddie wrenn . in their written response to the family 's court motion friday , attorneys for the hospital said children 's hospital and research center oakland had `` no duty to continue mechanical ventilation or any other medical intervention for its deceased minor patient jahi mcmath . '' `` ms. mcmath is deceased as a result of an irreversible cessation of all functions of her entire brain , including her brain stem , '' the response said , adding , `` tragically , ms. mcmath is dead and can not be brought back to life . '' attorney dolan said the family was told by hospital officials thursday that it was `` time to come to a consensus about terminating life support . '' the attorney said the family was told , in effect , `` she is morally and legally dead , dead , dead . '' published : . 03:53 est , 21 june 2012 . hospital officials have publicly called on the family to allow them to discuss jahi 's case , citing patient privacy laws that currently prevent them from disclosing information . `` our hearts go out to the family and friends of jahi mcmath . this is a tragic situation , '' dr , david durand , the hospital 's chief of pediatrics , said in a statement . `` we want the public to know that the family has not permitted us to discuss the medical situation . we implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it -lrb- the family -rrb- has been withholding -- that would bring clarity , and we believe , some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case , '' the statement read . jahi 's uncle , omari sealey told cnn that the girl 's mother wanted to keep jahi on life support but hospital representatives informed them that long-term life support was not an option . hospital spokeswoman melinda krigel said that the hospital has no policy about terminating life support . `` we work with the family to determine when that will happen , '' she said in an e-mail . `` there are instances when the coroner may request termination , but we always work with the family to respect their wishes . '' attorney dolan said mcmath 's family has repeatedly asked doctors for the release of jahi 's medical records so he can hire an independent physician to determine whether she is legally dead . `` their response has been , ` it 's not our policy while providing care , ' '' said dolan . in a statement , children 's hospital denied the family 's assertion . `` jahi 's family has the same access to our medical records as the family of any patient at children 's . all families have the right to review the record while the patient is in the hospital , and have access to the entire record after the hospitalization has ended . '' dolan said court intervention was the only remedy to prevent doctors from terminating the life support . cnn 's mariano castillo , tom watkins and mayra cuevas contributed to this report . | . updated : . 10:07 est , 21 june 2012 . this may be smoke without a fire - or it could be we are about to get an announcement which will fundamentally change our knowledge the analysis and verify the results , as well as to the people at the . top who have to chart strategy and make difficult decisions . ' a little splash in a blog is not worth the bother it would cause all these people . '
-lrb- cnn -- a judge granted friday on declared brain following at oakland, alameda superior court judge evelio grillo gave the family jahi mcmath and hospital officials until monday appoint an independent physician further the girl. jahi was declared brain december 12, three to surgery. doctors at children 's hospital & research center oakland had recommended the tonsillectomy and treat jahi 's sleep apnea, weight gain inability concentrate short attention span her surgery initially appeared gone, said sandy chatman jahi 's grandmother herself saw the recovery room but soon surgery, jahi 's condition quickly went a scan showed two-thirds jahi 's brain swollen. doctors declared her brain-, days planned take off until receiving christopher dolan. jahi 's mother, latasha `` nailah '' winkfield who maintained by responded touching shows other signs life in a meeting thursday between jahi 's family doctors, attorney dolan pleaded doctors insert, keep on through christmas the family 48 hours ' notice should doctors take jahi of by. eddie wrenn. in their written response the family 's court motion friday, attorneys the hospital children 's hospital and research center oakland `` no duty continue mechanical ventilation for its deceased minor patient jahi mcmath. '' `` ms mcmath is deceased as an irreversible cessation all functions her entire brain, including '' the response said, adding, tragically ms. mcmath is dead can not brought. '' attorney dolan the family told hospital officials thursday it time come a consensus about terminating life support. '' the attorney the family told, in effect she morally and dead, dead, '' published :. 03:53 est, 21 june. hospital officials publicly called the family allow discuss jahi 's case, citing patient privacy laws currently. `` our hearts jahi mcmath. this a tragic situation, '' dr, david durand the hospital 's chief pediatrics `` we want the public the family not permitted discuss the medical situation. we implore the family allow the hospital openly what give the necessary legal permission -- which it -lrb- the family -rrb- withholding that bring clarity, we believe, some measure deeper understanding this medical case, '' the statement. jahi 's uncle, omari sealey told cnn wanted keep jahi on hospital representatives informed. hospital spokeswoman melinda krigel that no policy about terminating life support. `` we work the family determine when that, '' in. `` there instances the coroner may request termination, we always work respect. '' attorney dolan mcmath 's family repeatedly doctors the release jahi 's medical records so hire determine legally. `` their response has, it 's our policy while providing care, ' '' said dolan in a statement, children 's hospital denied the family 's assertion. `` jahi 's family the same access our medical records any patient at children 's. all families have review the record while the patient, have after has '' dolan said court intervention prevent doctors terminating. cnn 's mariano castillo, tom watkins mayra cuevas contributed. |. updated :. 10:07 est, 21 june. this may smoke without - or we about an announcement which fundamentally our knowledge. the physics world set alight a wildfire rumour cern will announce they the higgs boson particle - that elusive ` god ' particle give all other particles. even twitter went the elusive particle, with #higgsrumour at the top trending lists wednesday. the particle accelerator : it within these tubes physicists hunting the ` god ' particle. physics blogger peter woit, writes. for not even wrong, started the discussions, saying cern had. replicated last year 's study which seemed spot the particle. this year 's result saw the same spiking as the tests last, indicating were a mistake or. woit write : ` to oversimplify. situation, last year both experiments seeing roughly a 3 sigma. excess in gamma-gamma around 125 gev. ' while woit says this. oversimplifying matters, this may still but too anyone. without an advanced desgree in particle physics. the even simpler form is in 2011,. cern was hoping spikes their two experiments,. offer evidence the hypothetical particle. and these spikes. did occur. woit continues : ` this was enough. convince many people highly this the higgs. however, that size excess completely convincing,. unheard for there statistical flukes of such size. ` the 2012 data that being analysed... is of a similar size the 2011 data. ` if 2011, you expect nothing much around 125 gev the 2012 data. ` if the 2011 signal really. higgs you expect the signal strengthen. what i ' hearing both. experiments is that they seeing an excess in the new data,. strengthening the significance the signal. ' an aerial view the swiss-french border, indicating the large hadron collider inside : the giant project is the most enormous piece scientific apparatus, buried 100m most analysts say any such. announcement can not made every figure checked. crosschecked. when the new york times reported on the rumours, cern. spokesman fabiola gianotti replied : ` please do believe the blogs. ' the collider blog 's michael schmitt added ` as a member the cms collaboration, know precisely what we. ` but my loyalty remains. collaboration, especially the people right carry. out the analysis verify, as the people at. top who have to chart strategy make. ' a little splash in a blog is worth bother it all these people. '
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a judge granted a temporary restraining order friday to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support after she was declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy at a hospital in oakland , california . alameda superior court judge evelio grillo gave the family of jahi mcmath and hospital officials until monday to appoint an independent physician to further examine the girl . jahi was declared brain dead december 12 , three days after she was to have surgery to remove her tonsils . doctors at children 's hospital & research center in oakland had recommended the tonsillectomy and other procedures to treat jahi 's sleep apnea , weight gain , inability to concentrate , short attention span and other afflictions . her surgery initially appeared to have gone well , said sandy chatman , jahi 's grandmother who is herself a nurse and who saw the girl in the recovery room . but soon after surgery , jahi 's condition quickly deteriorated and she went into cardiac arrest , her family said . a scan showed two-thirds of jahi 's brain had swollen . doctors declared her brain-dead , and days later planned to take her off life support until receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the family 's attorney , christopher b. dolan . jahi 's mother , latasha `` nailah '' winkfield , who has maintained a constant vigil by her daughter 's bedside , said her daughter has responded to touching and shows other signs of life . in a meeting a tragic situation , '' dr , david durand , the hospital 's chief of pediatrics , said in a statement . `` we want the public to know that the family has not permitted us to discuss the medical situation . we implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it -lrb- the family -rrb- has been withholding -- that would bring clarity , and we believe , some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case , '' the statement read . jahi 's uncle , omari sealey told cnn that the girl 's mother wanted to keep jahi on life support but hospital representatives informed them that long-term life support was not an option . hospital spokeswoman melinda krigel said that the hospital has no policy about terminating life support . `` we work with the family to determine when that will happen , '' she said in an e-mail . `` there are instances when the coroner may request termination , but we always work with the family to respect their wishes . '' attorney dolan said mcmath 's family has repeatedly asked doctors for the release of jahi 's medical records so he can hire an independent physician to determine whether she is legally dead . `` their response has been , ` it 's not our policy while providing care , ' '' said dolan . in a statement , children 's hospital denied the family 's assertion . `` jahi 's family has the same access to our medical records as the family of any patient at children 's . all families have the right to review the record while the patient is in the hospital , and have access to the entire record after the hospitalization has ended . '' dolan said court intervention was the only remedy to prevent doctors from terminating the life support . cnn 's mariano castillo , tom watkins and mayra cuevas contributed to this report . | . updated : . 10:07 est , 21 june 2012 . this may be smoke without a fire - or it could be we are about to get an announcement which will fundamentally change our knowledge of the universe . the physics world has been set alight with a wildfire rumour that cern will announce they have discovered the higgs boson particle - that elusive ` god ' particle which is believed to give all other particles their mass . even twitter went crazy for the elusive particle , with #higgsrumour at the top of the top trending lists on wednesday . the particle accelerator : it is within these tubes that physicists are hunting for the ` god ' particle . physics blogger peter woit , who writes . for not even wrong , started the discussions , saying that cern had . replicated last year 's study which seemed to spot the particle . this year 's result saw the same spiking
 The article discusses the case of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead by doctors after undergoing tonsillectomy surgery. Despite this, her family refused to give up and continued to care for her at home. The court eventually ruled in favor of the family, allowing them to continue caring for Jahi at home. The article highlights the controversy surrounding the definition of death and the rights of families to make medical decisions for their loved ones.