Janet Aldrich Update
Press Release by We the People
Following a dramatic 8-day, round-the-clock roller coaster ride of a battle, Janet Aldrich is happily home with family, and not in Lahey Hospital on a ventilator.
A team of friends, family, medical and legal professionals worked tirelessly to have Aldrich’s medical choices honored, and to have her released from the Lahey Hospital where she believed she was being discriminated against because of her healthcare choices, and thereby medically kidnapped.
Protestors gathered for days, and the hospital was inundated with calls after the #SaveJanet story became public. As a result, and unbeknownst to Janet or her family, the hospital listed her as private, which meant concerned callers were told there was no one there by that name. When pressed, they promptly hung up. Remarkably, this even happened several times to her own son, Lt. Col. Mark Aldrich, and her close friend and colleague John Abrahamsen, both of whom are Janet’s healthcare proxys!
This misrepresentation led callers to wrongfully believe that Janet was either released, or worse yet, had died, sparking rumors to that effect. A week ago, Mark was told that his mother only had 12 to 24 hours to live if she did not go on a ventilator. She held steadfast in her refusal to be put on a ventilator despite repeatedly being pressured to do so to survive, right up until the last night she was in the hospital.
The family first requested, and then sought an emergency injunction for, the option of treatment with the America’s Frontline Doctors protocol for COVID-19. But, a court order was not obtained and Lahey refused. See original article here.
Janet and her family are extremely grateful for all who united, overcame strings of obstacles, and negotiated solutions to get her home.
Thank you to everyone who helped and supported Janet through this ordeal. Here’s hoping this intrepid reporter’s face off with the grim reaper results in a miraculous recovery, and she is once again back on her omnipresent beat again!