Nailah Winkfield, center, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, places her hands to her face before a courtroom hearing regarding McMath, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.OAKLAND, Calif. - A judge has ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.
At a hearing Friday, both sides in the case agreed to get together and chose a neurologist to further examine 13-year-old Jahi McMath and determine her condition. Another hearing was set for Monday.
The family sought the court order to keep Jahi on a ventilator while a second opinion is sought.
The family says doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland wanted to disconnect life support after Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12.
In a statement, the hospital said it could not comment on the case because it had not been granted permission to do so by the family.
The family says the girl kept bleeding profusely after the surgery then went into cardiac arrest before her death.