{"id":206130,"date":"2019-07-08T23:04:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T04:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206130"},"modified":"2019-07-09T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:55:44","slug":"tragedy-vincent-lambert-dehydrated-parents-give-up-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tragedy-vincent-lambert-dehydrated-parents-give-up-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy: Vincent Lambert is being dehydrated, parents give up hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years, Vincent Lambert’s parents have fought for his right to live. But after a devastating legal setback<\/a>, in which courts ordered he could legally be starved and dehydrated, they have finally admitted defeat and are instead committed to spending as much time as they can with their son before he dies.<\/p>\n

Lambert was a nurse until he was in a car accident in 2008, which left him quadriplegic and in a “semi-conscious” state. While some have described him as being in a persistent vegetative state, Lambert can breathe on his own, sleep and wake up<\/a>, respond to some voices, swallow<\/a>, and breathe on his own. He does not need machines to keep him alive, but does need nutrition and hydration — like all people do — which for him, is delivered in a special manner. He is not ill, nor is he at the end of his life.<\/p>\n