Man Awakens After 12 Years in a “Vegetative State,” Says “I Was Aware of Everything”

lifenews.com ^ | 1/12/15 | Sarah Zagorski 1/12/15

[RnMomof7]

Thank God this young man did not have parents that gave him over to “hospice “ ... they woud have dehydrated him to death and ask for your donations to do it

[rhoda_penmark]

“Libs are aware...”
No they aren’t.

[Cicero]

I guess I missed the part where somebody was trying to kill him.

"His doctors told his parents, Rodney and Joan Pistorious, to bring him home and let him die. "

[usconservative]

I used the term “somewhat unique” only in the context of her medical condition, regarding brain atrophy, shrinkage of her brain and core functions, not all of which is fully understood by the medical community.

I deliberately stayed away from the personal aspects you described, which BTW I’ve been thru with the death of my younger brother. Unless you PERSONALLY have been through it, you’ve no idea the pain families go through.

Protesting? Please. I wish it was just that simple.

[usconservative]

My only response to your accusatory post is you were not in my position, you don’t know the facts and you don’t know how the outcome developed.

Murder? Wow. Your own circumstance is just that. Your own. I wouldn’t presume to know all the facts in your case, much less have the unmitigated gall to call you a murderer. Other words after your post? Yup. Murderer isn’t One of them.

Do try and have some compassion for the situations you aren’t 100% privy to. And the next time you hurl such an accusation my way you can bet the farm I’ll be subpoenaing FR’s IP address records that correspond to your nickname and suing you for everything you have for libel.

Do yourself a favor and NEVER post to me again.

[Starstruck]

Thank you for what you did. I believe that the Terri Schiavo case was the last straw for the country formerly known as the United States. The government’s depravity was fully on view and all the air seeped out of the Republican balloon.

You mean it wasn't when Reagan signed the California Abortion Act in 1967?

[usconservative]

You and I won’t argue the point that Terri Schiavo was in no danger of dying until the government stepped in.

I absolutely agree with that. I think Jeb Bush and the State of Floridas interference in a family matter was inexcusable and IMO is the single biggest issue why I cannot vote for him.

Yes, Terri’s husband was a real piece of work. She deserved far better than his plans for her, and God Bless her family for all they did to save her from an excruciating death.

My commentary was deliberately limited to the science (and lack of still) around our own understanding of the human brain, how it works, and how it can seemingly heal itself.

I posted earlier in this thread about a young girl from the church my family belongs wh suffered a horrendous accident and had been pronounced brain dead by a hospital, only to wake up thirty days later. I hope you read that post. The thing is, we have no idea why some people seem to recover from really horrible brain injuries, and others don’t. So much we don’t know yet. I wish science would hurry up.

[Albion Wilde]

What a beautiful story!

[BykrBayb]

I didn’t accuse you of anything. I simply pointed out the fact that I chose not to commit murder long before I was faced with the opportunity to do so. I have no idea if you chose to kill anyone for having a brain injury. For the sake of discussion, I’ll take your word for it. But I won’t pretend that killing someone for having a brain injury isn’t murder. If that bruises your conscience, take it up with God.

First you said only those who have been faced with the decision have the right to voice an opinion. Now you say only those who agree with you have the right to voice an opinion, and you threaten legal action against Jim for providing the forum, and against me for choosing life. Do you threaten Jim with legal action every time somebody says something you disagree with, or am I special?

I’m not going to make it a point to avoid posting to you. If you’re going to hang out with the grownups, you need to put on your big girl panties.

[sarasmom]

Do you have a coherent point to make?

Because I have not been able to see it, going back through all your posts on this one thread.

“I think Jeb Bush and the State of Floridas interference in a family matter was inexcusable and IMO is the single biggest issue why I cannot vote for him.”

That's a very ignorant summation of the entire case.
The “family matter” was the husband wanted the courts to order his disabled (and no longer wealthy wife,since he had wasted the money that was supposed to be used to pay for her care) be executed by intentional starvation and dehydration.
Her parents wanted to care for her, at no expense to him.
He had two children with his girlfriend, while Terri was in nursing homes, but for some reason pretended he was her faithful,loving husband.

He prevailed in the courts and public political arena, mostly due to people such as yourself.
So very wrapped up in your own private personal angst, and absent the ability to apply any common sense or logic towards another.
You've been here for a long while.

Were you one of the many FReepers who actively advocated for Terri Schiavo’s execution?

[tired&retired]

A few months ago I attended a psychiatry grand rounds at Duke University Hospital on this subject. They were able to communicate with people in a coma using MRIs and brain patterning to elicit responses.

One interesting question raised related to the competency for the individual in a long term coma to answer for themselves.

The research involved performing MRIs on a group of people when they were thinking of standing in place and hitting a tennis ball. They then did the same thing on the group with them imagining running around the tennis court but not hitting the ball.

They compared the two MRI patterns and found definite differences. They then asked the subjects to alternate every 30 seconds between the two thought images and monitored the differences.

Next they asked a question and said that if the answer was “YES” the subject should imagine standing in place hitting a tennis ball and if the answer was “NO”, they should imagine running around the tennis court without hitting the ball.

This yielded definite yes or no responses to questions.

Next they began asking questions to patients in a coma while in an MRI and found they could get “Yes” or “NO” answers from them by reading the MRI pattern.