The miracle of Haleigh Poutre

By Michelle Malkin  •  November 20, 2008 11:46 AM

Almost three years ago, I started blogging about beautiful Haleigh Poutre. She’s the miracle child who was nearly beaten to death by her barbaric stepfather. Hooked to a ventilator in a comatose state, she was then nearly condemned to death by Massachusetts medical experts and the state’s criminally negligent child welfare bureaucracy, which hastily declared her to be in a hopeless vegetative state and wanted to pull the plug on her life. Thank God, the campaign to kill her was stopped. This blessed angel has been nursed back to health by an amazing team of caring therapists. Her plight brought end-of-life issues again to the fore — issues that so many on both the left and right would prefer to ignore. The stepfather is standing trial now for child abuse. And that trial has produced video of Haleigh’s progress that will bring you to tears.

The girl the state of Massachusetts wanted to remove from life support is now writing her name, brushing her own hair, and feeding herself. Watch this, pass it on, and let it be a permanent warning against blind trust in the deadly duo of Big Nanny and Big Medicine:

Flashback: Kathyrn Lopez on the duty to always err on the side of life.

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  1. #553648
    On November 21st, 2008 at 1:50 pm, playblu said:

    That video did not make me particularly happy.

    Let me be clear: this Strickland guy should get the death penalty. He purposely injured a child to the point of death. The life she would have lead had that not happened is a world away from the life she will live now.

    No, I’m not a liberal troll. Yes, I’m mushy on this issue because of personal experiences. But I don’t think this girl’s present state is a thing to be celebrated, and I’m not sure if it were my daughter, and if I had the gift of precognition to know that she would be in this state years later, that I would be so quick to insist she be kept alive. Yes, I’m sure you’re offended by that. Ah well.

  2. #553687
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:11 pm, DagneyT said:

    I have never understood how divorced mothers can trust their children with a man who is not their father. I hold Haliegh’s mom culpable, as well as the despicable step-father!

  3. #553712
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:20 pm, kcnut said:

    God bless her i hope the guy die in a worst way then she suffered she will get past this and be more powerful then ever. She a winner and a good child.

  4. #553727
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm, Joy said:

    The left always thinks they know whose lives are worth living and whose aren’t.

    What a beautiful little girl. Her life has purpose and meaning.

    I can’t imagine anyone viewing that video without emotion.

  5. #553732
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pm, kcnut said:

    Also why cant a judge give the death sentence in a non dp state he could say the because of the crime he should die.

  6. #553734
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:27 pm, RetFireman said:

    On November 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm, DBNinKY said:

    LGM, come on – please don’t bring negativity to this story. It’s too sad and disturbing. Feel good for this little girl. She survived what would have taken out some grown men -

    I am still wondering why Michelle has allowed this chode to remain here. He has proven to be nothing but a trouble maker and has absolutely NOTHING EVER to contribute to the conversations going on at any given time. I would never be so bold as to think to tell Mishelle what to do, but this guy wore out his welcome long ago and has no reason to remain here, period.

    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:11 pm, DagneyT said:

    I have never understood how divorced mothers can trust their children with a man who is not their father. I hold Haliegh’s mom culpable, as well as the despicable step-father!

    As a man who is facing this right now, against everything I believe in, I can tell you that nothing in the world fills me with more dread and fear than this. I personal do not trust any man with my daughters, let alone someone who they may potentially be living with. I do not know of anything that could ever make me feel differently. the situation…at least in my case…should not even be occurring to begin with. But then, it all goes back to how people have made divorce and such things socially acceptable and even “trendy” along with infidelity. (See shows like “Desperate housewives” for a reference)

    Fortunately for me, I have my daughters at least 95% of the time. It is the other 5% that keeps me awake.

  7. #553798
    On November 21st, 2008 at 2:59 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Playblu: I hear and think I understand what you’re saying. Her present state is not wonderful, by any means. But, we must, MUST trust God to determine what will happen to her. Some want so bad to “play God”, but we musn’t. This is a trust issue for me. So, no I’m not offended by what you posted. It is so difficult to understand God’s perfect will for our lives. I am praying for you as of now since you mentioned you had personal experience with this.

  8. #553917
    On November 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm, pookysgirl said:

    Every time Michelle puts up something about Haleigh Poutre, I email it to my mom with a “Kleenex Alert.” Such a remarkable girl who’s been put through so much.

  9. #554055
    On November 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm, Pixel_Dust_1776 said:

    On November 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm, DBNinKY said:
    …..LGM, come on – please don’t bring negativity to this story. It’s too sad and disturbing. Feel good for this little girl. She survived what would have taken out some grown men -…..

    ……er…..I think I stated earlier that liberals love to wade in misery…instead of the other way around…to enjoy life and stand for it. They cannot logically nor rationally have a conversation. They are living oxymorons…”thinking liberals”…..does not compute.
    Rio
    Semper Fi!

  10. #554103
    On November 21st, 2008 at 6:20 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    There are indeed some people beyond Heroic.

    the state of Massachusetts wanted to remove from life support

    Massachusetts does worship the Death Cult-except when it comes to murders–Massachusetts considers them Apostles of the Death Cult.
    God Bless Haleigh Poutre and the caregivers who did such yeoman like work.

  11. #554105
    On November 21st, 2008 at 6:21 pm, ProtestShooter said:

    That’s one tough kid. Let’s hope she continues to astound – both for her sake, and I think it’s good for doctors to be reminded of just how little they know.

  12. #554153
    On November 21st, 2008 at 7:28 pm, angryoldfatman said:

    On November 21st, 2008 at 1:50 pm, playblu said:

    I’m not sure if it were my daughter…

    I highly doubt you have any children.

  13. #554297
    On November 21st, 2008 at 11:22 pm, playblu said:

    I highly doubt you have any children.

    Wrong.

  14. #554310
    On November 21st, 2008 at 11:35 pm, foxforce91 said:

    I cried when Michelle first reported on Haleigh, and not to be trite, but this reminds me of the Dropkick Murphys song “The State of Massachusetts”. The state would just rather have you die or have the problem “disappear” than address what’s wrong and potentially save someone’s life. Every time I listen to that song, now, it will be a tribute to Haleigh Poutre.

  15. #554536
    On November 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 am, angryoldfatman said:

    On November 21st, 2008 at 11:22 pm, playblu said:

    I highly doubt you have any children.
    Wrong.

    At what point would you like to starve and dehydrate them? Extended coma? Partial paralysis? A particularly bad case of flu?

  16. #554542
    On November 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 am, angryoldfatman said:

    Hey playblu,

    Too bad you didn’t get to Rick Hoyt before he grew up, huh? You could have put him out of his misery, unlike what his dad did for him.

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