“We were devastated, being in Mexico we couldn’t go visit, we couldn’t go to look [for a new facility], no one could go to the hospital because as he was in the COVID wing, we couldn’t visit. So what were we to do?” said Cobos-Portillo’s brother Arturo.

Cobos-Portillo’s nephew Uriel called Texas Right to Life on a Wednesday and Cobos-Portillo’s ventilator was scheduled to be removed on Sunday. There wasn’t much time and it didn’t matter that his family did not want his life-sustaining treatments removed.

“A doctor started to get arrogant with me; he told me that he wasn’t asking for my permission,” Arturo stated. “He told me that he was going to go to a committee and that they were going to disconnect Jose… The doctor told me that Jose had run out of options and that he only had one week left. So he was going to go to the committee and we would have to disconnect him. One of them claimed that I accepted that they would disconnect him; we never wanted that. It was so difficult for us, we were here in Mexico, and he was alone in the U.S., hospitalized in Amarillo. There wasn’t anything that we could do and it was so difficult, the whole family was suffering with that uncertainty.”

Even though they were in Mexico, the family attempted to speak with the medical team. Arturo is his brother’s medical decision-maker and tried to take part in calls to listen to the ethics committee meetings, but he speaks little English and no interpreters were provided for him. Coupled with immigration paperwork and insurance red tape, the family stood little chance of saving Cobos-Portillo without help from Texas Right to Life. The day after Texas Right to Life was contacted, the organization sent lawyers to speak with the hospital’s lawyers and the 10-day countdown clock was stopped.

READ: MIRACLE: Mom wakes from COVID coma the day life support was set to be removed

“[M]y brother Arturo met a very good lady named Katherine Pitcher who talked with the hospital and told them that if they wanted to disconnect me, they would face consequences. I had already had eye movements and responses at this time,” said Cobos-Portillo.

The family was given an indefinite amount of time, and after receiving care of three more months, Cobos-Portillo was able to return home to Mexico in February. Though he attends physical therapy twice a week and uses oxygen, he is off of the ventilator and back to his life.

The Texas 10-Day rule nearly killed Cobos-Portillo, who had come to America legally to support his family.

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“We were devastated, being in Mexico we couldn’t go visit, we couldn’t go to look [for a new facility], no one could go to the hospital because as he was in the COVID wing, we couldn’t visit. So what were we to do?” said Cobos-Portillo’s brother Arturo.

Cobos-Portillo’s nephew Uriel called Texas Right to Life on a Wednesday and Cobos-Portillo’s ventilator was scheduled to be removed on Sunday. There wasn’t much time and it didn’t matter that his family did not want his life-sustaining treatments removed.

“A doctor started to get arrogant with me; he told me that he wasn’t asking for my permission,” Arturo stated. “He told me that he was going to go to a committee and that they were going to disconnect Jose… The doctor told me that Jose had run out of options and that he only had one week left. So he was going to go to the committee and we would have to disconnect him. One of them claimed that I accepted that they would disconnect him; we never wanted that. It was so difficult for us, we were here in Mexico, and he was alone in the U.S., hospitalized in Amarillo. There wasn’t anything that we could do and it was so difficult, the whole family was suffering with that uncertainty.”

Even though they were in Mexico, the family attempted to speak with the medical team. Arturo is his brother’s medical decision-maker and tried to take part in calls to listen to the ethics committee meetings, but he speaks little English and no interpreters were provided for him. Coupled with immigration paperwork and insurance red tape, the family stood little chance of saving Cobos-Portillo without help from Texas Right to Life. The day after Texas Right to Life was contacted, the organization sent lawyers to speak with the hospital’s lawyers and the 10-day countdown clock was stopped.

READ: MIRACLE: Mom wakes from COVID coma the day life support was set to be removed

“[M]y brother Arturo met a very good lady named Katherine Pitcher who talked with the hospital and told them that if they wanted to disconnect me, they would face consequences. I had already had eye movements and responses at this time,” said Cobos-Portillo.

The family was given an indefinite amount of time, and after receiving care of three more months, Cobos-Portillo was able to return home to Mexico in February. Though he attends physical therapy twice a week and uses oxygen, he is off of the ventilator and back to his life.

The Texas 10-Day rule nearly killed Cobos-Portillo, who had come to America legally to support his family.

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