The heart usually stops beating within two to ten days, the report said. Jahis mother, Nailah Winkfield, encouraged Jahi to keep asking questions. "There's the commonly accepted view that a person is dead when all brain functions cease," Singh wrote. He relives both the happiest and the most painful moments of his career. The nerve fibres that connect the brains right and left hemispheres were barely recognizable. Ahh, but if her actual brain was removed, there is absolutely no difference as it plays no role in anything. Nailah said that nearly every day she asks Jahi, Are you O.K. Brain-Dead Girl Can Stay On Life Support, Judge Orders, Why Hospitals And Families Still Struggle To Define Death. I'm not doubting the claims of the 5 doctors, but how does it work? Last summer, a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court rejected the hospitals argument that the brain-death exam from 2013 must be accorded finality for any and all other purposes. He ruled that a triable issue of fact exists as to whether Jahi currently satisfies the statutory definition of dead. In a trial expected to last a month, a jury will decide if Jahi is alive. The doctor told Sandra and Nailah that he couldnt say for sure what was causing the blood flow. Nailah Winkfield (left) and Omari Sealey, the mother and uncle of Jahi McMath, listen to doctors speak during a news conference in San Francisco in 2014. Jahi's mother was caught early on, posting photos of Jahi on the internet, capturing close up's of decomposition. Not that one, Nailah said. I have no idea what kind of rabbit hole I'm entering Bastard MD, 2011. Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery, is seen in this family photo. Maybe I was trying to not talk about her dying but we knew; she didn't talk to us and the nurses helping my aunt said that she was in transition.I know that not everyone is religious but a I am and a woman that lost her daughter after three battles with cancer is. After a few seconds, Jahis middle finger flickered. Do you find this to be normal? A nurse wrote in her notes that the physicians on duty were notified several times over course of shift that Jahi was bleeding. Nailah had brought up four children on her own, and Jahi, her second, was her most cautious. Nailah had for months been flooded by e-mails and Facebook messages accusing her of child abuse or of exploiting her daughter for money. McMath is a 13-year-old African-American child in California. Nailah read the Bible more than she ever had, and she tried to entertain the idea that God had chosen her to suffer this way because she was resilient enough to endure it. I had really thought that I would get her a feeding tube and a tracheotomy, and she would just get up, and we would be good. In the hospital cafeteria, she saw other families whispering about her. Sandra said that she heard one doctor say, Oh, shit, her heart stopped. It took two and a half hours to restore Jahis heartbeat and to stabilize her breathing. There are so few cases like this, I really don't know if anyone knows the answer.