From miracle to malpractice:
Her attorney, John Crongeyer, said Tuesday that Nonnie began having doubts about her daughter’s medical treatment while she was in a coma because “she kept getting different answers from different doctors.”He said Nonnie Hawkins decided to file a lawsuit against the hospital and Nash after she got a copy of the autopsy that said her daughter died because of damage to arteries in her neck that cut off blood supply to her brain.
Jennifer Copeland, a spokeswoman for DeKalb Medical Center, said: “The doctors and the staff of DeKalb Medical Center were nothing short of heroic in the level of care and compassion given in this case. As caregivers who dedicate ourselves to sustaining life, we grieve with Nonnie Hawkins on the loss of her daughter. But we celebrate that despite tragic circumstances, Ms. Hawkins’ body was sustained for 115 days so that a beautiful child could enter the world.”
