Family asks doctors to wait for prayers to work
FORT WORTH — A North Texas family is racing to stop a hospital from amputating a patient's foot, saying the procedure violates their religious rights.
The situation is now so tense that Angela Wright's husband has been barred from the hospital where she is being treated.
Wright had her first heart attack two months ago. Her family immediately began calling prayer groups, asking fellow Christians to appeal to God.
They kept praying through five more heart attacks.
"It's everything," said Dwight Wright. "It's the reason my wife's still here, I believe."
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FORT WORTH — A North Texas family is racing to stop a hospital from amputating a patient's foot, saying the procedure violates their religious rights.
The situation is now so tense that Angela Wright's husband has been barred from the hospital where she is being treated.
Wright had her first heart attack two months ago. Her family immediately began calling prayer groups, asking fellow Christians to appeal to God.
They kept praying through five more heart attacks.
"It's everything," said Dwight Wright. "It's the reason my wife's still here, I believe."
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