This has to be the absolute worst case I can remember seeing...just eating has to be a chore and how does he see? So sad this was not addressed years ago before it got to this extreme...BD
A Jehovah's Witness whose 37-year refusal to receive a blood transfusion has allowed a horrific tumor to eclipse his face has been given new hope by a British doctor who believes he can treat him without the need for a transfusion. Jose Maestre, 51, of Lisbon, Portugal, was first stricken with a facial tumor at age 14. His religious beliefs have kept him from undergoing surgery. The tumor is now 15 inches long and weighs 12 pounds, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph of London.
The ultrasound waves will coagulate the blood prior to the surgery and should allow his growths to be removed without the risk of heavy bleeding. If the treatment works, the majority of the tumor should be removed during a 12-hour operation, said Hutchinson.
Jose's condition, haemangioma, stems from abnormalities in the capillaries and veins in his face. In effect, what should be a river carrying blood back to his heart has turned into a lake, which has now expanded to obliterate the rest of his features.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/03/wface103.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
SUMMARIES OF 600 JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES LAWSUITS & COURT CASES
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Jehovah's Witnesses elders will investigate and disfellowship any Jehovah Witness who takes a blood transfusion,to say the issue is a 'personal conscience matter' is subterfuge to keep the Watchtower out of lawsuits.
ReplyDeleteMany Jehovah's Witnesses men,women and children die every year worldwide due to blood transfusion ban.Rank & file Jehovah's Witness are indoctrinated to be scared to death of blood.
FYI
1) JW's DO USE many parts aka 'fractions' aka components of blood,so if it's 'sacred' to God why the hypocritical contradiction flip-flop?
2) They USE blood collections that are donated by Red cross and others but don't donate back,more hypocrisy.
3) The Watchtower promotes and praises bloodless elective surgeries,this is a great advancement indeed.BUT it's no good to me if I am bleeding to death from a car crash and lose half my blood volume and need EMERGENCY blood transfusion.
Know this,the reason that JW refuse blood is because of their spin on the 3000 year old Biblical old testament,modern medicine will eventually make blood donations and transfusions a thing of the past.When this technology happens it won't vindicate the Jehovah's Witnesses and all the deaths that have occured so far.
The Watchtower's rules against blood transfusions will eventually be abolished (very gradually to reduce wrongful death lawsuit liability) even now most of the blood 'components' are allowed.
In 20 years there will be artificial blood and the Red Cross will go on with other noble deeds.
None of these changes will absolve the Watchtower leaders or vindicate their twisted doctrines
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Danny Haszard born 1957 3rd generation Jehovah's Witness
Its sad they won't take a blood transfusion but In my almost 20 years of working with mostly JWs they will smoke it up drink it up tell the dirtiest jokes and all have cheated on their spouses and are now divorced
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