ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A court has granted a family more time to find a life-saving solution for a metro Detroit teen on life support.
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak was scheduled to discontinue life-saving treatment for 16-year-old Titus Cromer Jr., on Monday, Oct. 28 at noon.
Cromer Jr. was granted a temporary restraining order by an Oakland County Circuit Court Monday morning.
Cromer Jr., has been on life support for several days, according to his family's attorney Jim Rasor.
It's unclear how much more time Cromer's family will have with the temporary restraining order. The family has also declined to disclose how Cromer Jr. ended up in the hospital.
"We will abide by the order that was entered by the court earlier today," Beaumont Hospital responded in a statement Monday. "We empathize deeply with families in these kinds of very difficult circumstances, but privacy laws prevent us from discussing the particulars of a patient’s care without the family’s explicit permission. We are committed to supporting the family in a compassionate, ethical and legally appropriate way."
This is the second instance in just weeks that a metro Detroit family has petitioned the court to request more time for a young boy to remain on life support.
Bobby Reyes, 14, died at U of M's Mott Children's Hospital. The Reyes family also fought against physicians' diagnoses and argued Bobby was showing signs of brain activity. Ultimately, a Washtenaw Circuit Court judge lifted a temporary stay on the decision to remove Bobby's care, stating he didn't have jurisdiction over the case because it had to be filed in a state court.
