Lake Elmo woman makes miracle recovery from "brain dead" (MN)

KARE11.com ^ | 2/13/08 | Allen Costantini

[Grammy]

Same kind of thing happened to my dad. He had an “event” whether diabetic or stroke we never knew. He was in a vegetative coma and I was told he would never wake up and “did I *really* want to feed him?”

I insisted that they feed him, and ten days later when I went in and said “hi dad” he answered me.

The last 2 years of his life were the best we shared.

[JoeFromSidney]

The whole idea of "brain death" is fraudulent. There is no empirical support for it, and there is no agreed definition of it. The concept was invented by doctors who wanted to justify taking organs out of still-living people. See the paper at this site: http://www.prolifetechnology.org/proceedings/2007/slides/byrne.pdf

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“The last 2 years of his life were the best we shared.”

No doubt!!

[riverdawg]

“The whole idea of “brain death” is fraudulent. ... there is no agreed definition of it.”

If

1. there is *no* EEG activity; and
2. there is no CBF (cerebral blood flow); and
3. there is no effect on the heart rate of a 1mm injection of atropine

then the patient is generally determined to be “brain dead.” If she had *all* of these indicators and then woke up, I agree that it is truly a miracle.

[Tarantulas]

What is different with what her husband was doing and Mr. Schiavo?

Terri Schiavo was in a Persistent Vegetative State for 15 years. This lady woke up from a coma after a week. That's one difference.

[traumer]

Will she vote REPUBLICAN now ??

[Mike Darancette]

Time to redo that living will.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

;-)

[ntnychik]

Terri Schiavo was put on the feeding tube in the first place by her HINO, Michael, for “convenience” sake. Somehow, with the help of some merchants of death, he has managed to get food and water defined as extraordinary medical care.

[Tarantulas]

Time to buy a lottery ticket!

[DoughtyOne]

Very good...

[bjs1779]

She’s blessed, that’s for sure. But she was lying out getting prepared to be buried. What is different with what her husband was doing and Mr. Schiavo?

If you read the article, the woman received ice chips on the lips. Michael Schiavo made sure that Terri had no such luxury when he dehydrated her to death. It was all done properly, with court orders.

[maine-iac7]

Time to redo that living will.

NO

Misconception that your 'will' will be done -

You need to do the "Will To Live" - and make sure there's a copy on hand in your records, that your doctor knows it, and each close family member has a copy.

http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/willtolive/index.html

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri Dailies

8mm

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[ConservativeTrucker]

“Good thing she isn’t married to Michael Schiavo!”

Amen to ^that!!! That man is a monster.

Billy Kess

[MountainFlower]

AMEN! God DOES answer prayers!! What a testimony and what a miracle! HALLELUJAH!

[rhema]

The story was also on the front page of today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press.