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A Texas appeals court ruled Friday that a hospital must keep a 17-month-old girl on life support pending a trial addressing the merits of the law doctors invoked to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

The legal battle over a North Texas baby’s life has taken another turn. The family for Tinslee Lewis filed a motion to allow a new doctor to treat her. Lewis was born with a rare heart defect and has been on life support her entire life, doctors argue the treatments are causing unnecessary pain and suffering.

More than two dozen physicians from Cook Children’s physicians share why they wear their masks in a new social media video.

Fort Worth pediatricians say they have treated four local children for what they believe is the mysterious inflammatory illness related to COVID-19.

Fort Worth pediatricians say they have treated four local children for what they believe is the mysterious inflammatory illness related to COVID-19.

One of the youngest victims of coronavirus in North Texas is out of the hospital, but not before several other family members fell ill.

Doctors at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth say stress from the coronavirus pandemic may be linked to the six cases of child abuse they saw this week, one resulting in death.

A world of support is flowing in for a young North Texas boy recovering from an emergency brain surgery. Hawkins Null, 7, of Argyle was diagnosed at three months old with a chronic condition known as hydrocephalus, a build-up of fluid in the cavities deep within the brain. The excess fluid is known to increase the size of the ventricles,…

Oral arguments in the Tinslee Lewis appeal are now scheduled for next week. Trinity Lewis, baby Tinslee’s mother, has been awaiting a court decision as Cook Children’s Medical Center planned to end the 11-month-old baby’s life support after no other medical provider could be found. Doctors at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth insist the child is in pain and...

An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Fort Worth mother who does not want a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for her 1-year-old daughter. Texas’ Second Court Court of Appeals is considering the case after a lower court said Cook Children’s Medical Center could remove Tinslee Lewis from life support. The appeals court has said...

An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Fort Worth mother who does not want a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for her 1-year-old daughter.

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning. A court of appeals will decide whether the baby must remain on life support as her case plays out. “I see a fighter. I see a girl that...

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning.

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning.

A mother awaiting a court decision in her battle against Cook Children’s Medical Center’s plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment. “This situation takes away my job as a mother and lets other people who don’t even know her decide whether her...

A mother awaiting a court decision in her battle against Cook Children’s Medical Center’s plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment.

A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in a case centering around whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition. On Thursday, Judge Sandee Bryan Marion extended the temporary restraining order until Jan. 2, 2020, in Tinslee Lewis’ case. Marion heard arguments from attorneys representing Lewis’ family and Cook Children’s…

A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in a case centering around whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition.

A judge is considering whether a Texas hospital can remove a 10-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s opposition. The mother of Tinslee Lewis testified Thursday that the infant is “sassy” and enjoys cartoons. The family is seeking an injunction to block Cook Children’s Medical Center from ending Tinslee’s life-sustaining treatment.