Eileen Barrington SC, for the hospital, said the woman had told doctors that she was refusing a transfusion of whole blood or red blood cells but would accept platelets or plasma.
I think the real question is: Did she think platelets and plasma were "fractions"? She very easily could have. When my father had a bleeding ulcer several years ago, both he and my sister thought that plasma was one of the things they could take. I honestly think that we ex-Witnesses are far more familiar with what the Borg allows and what they don't allow, as opposed to what the average Witness is.
If she survives, she'll eventually find herself sitting in front of the 3-man kangaroo court to explain her actions. If she made a 'mistake' thinking plasma was allowed, she'll be given a severe tongue-lashing for not being 100% familiar with their ever-changing doctrine on blood, but will not be DF'd. If she caved and chose the plasma knowing it was not on the list of 'approved' fractions, at the very least they'll probably publically reprove her. She could also easily be given The Axe since it was widely reported in the papers, but that could come back to bite them in the ass with all the negative publicity that would generate.
Either way, her husband sounds like an asshole of the first order.....
