Jahi is that California teenage who was declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery,
Her family members have released videos which they say prove she's still alive.
In the two clips released on Friday, the 13-year-old is seen lying in her bed at a New Jersey hospital, moving on command.
In one clip, her mother, Nailah Winkfield, asks her to move her leg and the girl's foot jerks in reaction. In the other clip, her mother asks her to move her arm, and the girl's hand grips an object before relaxing.
McMath's family have been fighting with the state of California ever since December, when the girl was declared brain-dead following a routine tonsil surgery at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, California.
At the time, three doctors agreed she was legally dead and applied to turn off her life support machine.
But McMath's family refused to accept the prognosis and eventually won an injunction preventing the hospital from switching off the ventilator, and transferred the teen to a undisclosed facility in New Jersey willing to keep her alive.
Now they're petitioning the court to reverse the death certificate, using the videos as evidence of Jahi's life.
We at TBW have Jahi in our prayers, there's absolutely noin God can't do!
We at TBW have Jahi in our prayers, there's absolutely noin God can't do!
Watch these very emotional vids.below.
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