High school refuses to honor a student’s ‘do not resuscitate’ medical order

GILBERT, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) – A high school is refusing to honor a student’s “do not resuscitate” medical order even though the student’s doctors said that CPR would likely do more harm than good.

Gilbert Public Schools leaders said they want nothing to do with 17-year-old Rigo Jackson’s DNR because they cannot stand by and not try to save a student who goes into cardiac arrest.

While no parent wants to plan for their child’s life to end, parents like Susie and Brett Jackson, who are raising medically complex children, have no choice but to plan for that part of their reality…

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