{"id":371,"date":"2007-06-20T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T12:40:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-06-20T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T12:40:30","slug":"i-couldn-t-see-my-dying-partner-a-miami-hospital-reacts-slowly-to-recognizing-lesbians-as-a-couple-during-traumatic-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/06\/i-couldn-t-see-my-dying-partner-a-miami-hospital-reacts-slowly-to-recognizing-lesbians-as-a-couple-during-traumatic-ordeal\/","title":{"rendered":"I couldn&#8217;t see my dying partner: A Miami hospital reacts slowly to recognizing lesbians as a couple during traumatic ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, a Washington state family with two moms was living a great life.<\/p>\n<p>But after nearly 18 years together, one was stricken with a brain aneurysm and died.  The family says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theolympian.com\/news\/story\/138169.html\" target=\"blank\">the way they were treated by a Miami hospital<\/a> compounded their shock and grief.<\/p>\n<p>From Olympian:  &#8220;Even after a friend in Olympia faxed the legal documents that showed that Pond had authorized Langbehn to make medical decisions for her, Langbehn said she wasn&#8217;t invited to be with her partner or told anything about her condition. She said she wasn&#8217;t allowed to see Pond again until a priest arrived to give . . . Last Rites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Langbehn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/435\/story\/145222.html\" target=_\"blank\">told The Miami Herald<\/a> the social worker&#8217;s name &#8212; Garnett Frederick.<\/p>\n<p>Frederick, 54, &#8221;strongly denies making the comments,&#8221; says the hospital&#8217;s VP of public relations, Robert Alonso. Alonso says Pond was at <cite>Ryder Trauma Center<\/cite>, where doctors delivered &#8221;immediate emergency clinical interventions&#8221;. That accounts for any delay in Langbehn seeing Pond, Alonso says.  &#8220;We have a very liberal visitation policy. As soon as it&#8217;s humanly possible and appropriate to bring in visitors, we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We contacted the hospital and <a href=\"#https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/415\" target=\"blank\">received a response within minutes<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Jan runs a <a href=\"http:\/\/thelpkids.com\/\" target=_\"blank\">great website<\/a> dedicated to her family, which of course still includes Lisa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familypride.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/triumph-over-tragedy-the-langbehn-pond-familys-story.html\" target=_\"blank\">She blogged for <cite>Family Pride<\/cite> recently and shared her heartbreaking story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, a Washington state family with two moms was living a great life. 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