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Awake for only 12 days this century - 'miracle' of coma woman

Her doctors say she is in a vegetative state but that it is not persistent and that she is not in a coma. They describe her condition as "minimally conscious". Her eyes are open, but they focus on the ceiling all day and her body is rigid. She cannot walk or communicate, has no awareness and has to be fed through a tube into her stomach.

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And she awakened from THAT state -- read this article in this post, it gives more detailed, she talked, ate, even gave an interview to the local TV station.

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"Dr. Bjork said that he had been skeptical of Ms. Smith’s previous reports..."

That's why it's good to be skeptical of Dr's...

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And another article:

Woman awakens after 6 years

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4614191.html

"Bjork said he could not explain why she awoke but said it could happen again. He said it was unlikely she would show much improvement beyond similar brief periods of lucidity because of the severity of her brain damage."



This is ridiculous. The brain damage doesn't "come and go". If there really is a severe brain damage, how could she wake up, talk, be aware of her surroundings, eat, etc at all for DAYS?!

Obviously there is something else going on in at least some of the cases that are being diagnoses as vegetatives state -- and I bet she was NOT diagnosed as "minimally conscious" until AFTER she woke up.

[Sabatier]

"... Ms. Smith said she took her daughter out for her favorite foods this week — catfish, hush puppies, cake and ice cream." There you go, I knew it. The restorative power of Southern cooking.

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That is an interesting post, especially this line: "A report last year by Cambridge University researchers showed that patients who are apparently unconscious often have more brain function than previously suspected." Notice that in many of the cases of "awakening" the folks are being cared for at home where they are surrounded by loved ones. The caregivers in these situations are unsung heroes.

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A woman who has been in a coma-like state for more than six years awoke for three days this week to talk with family members and eat her favorite foods before relapsing.

I guess the family members shouldn't have told her that Mrs. Clinton might be our next president.

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Off with her. Let her starve. Obviously she is not worth letting live and all the money and time we're spending................