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“Brain Dead” Teenager Awakens From Coma After a Family Friend Prays for Her
Life News ^ | May 18, 2015 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 05/18/2015 11:46:53 PM PDT by kathsua

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This story demonstrates that some doctors don't know as much about the brain as they pretend to.
1 posted on 05/18/2015 11:46:53 PM PDT by kathsua
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To: kathsua

What a wonderful healing. Glory to God.


2 posted on 05/19/2015 12:02:42 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Hey Hillary, ... liar, liar pants on fire.)
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To: kathsua

The best human expert in any field, knows nothing when compared to God.


3 posted on 05/19/2015 12:44:26 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: kathsua

James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.


4 posted on 05/19/2015 12:51:43 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: kathsua

The scenario of this article worries me. What if you are a young, healthy person who got into an accident and was rendered unconscious, but not badly hurt. You are taken to the hospital.
In the morning you wake up, put your clothes on, and go home.
BUT.
There’s an old geezer in this hospital, a man way up in his 70’s, a multi-millionaire who desperately wants a liver and/or heart transplant because he killed his own internal organs with booze & dope when he was young. And you are a genetically perfect match.
For a hefty price, the doctor gives you a shot that puts you in a “medically induced coma”. Then he tells your family that you will never wake up. And if the family is uninformed, they will sign the Donor Organ papers. Now your body belongs to THEM, even though you are still young and healthy and could have walked out of there. I’ve seen it happen, and this $#!+ worries me.


5 posted on 05/19/2015 12:59:31 AM PDT by jespasinthru (Proud Member of the Vast, Right-Wing Conspracy)
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To: kathsua

I was once in a similar fate and I owe my life to a dear friend.

In 1997, I had an appendectomy that went horribly wrong.

The doctor nicked an artery while operating.

I lost more than half my blood, so he cut me open from my chest to the pelvic bone, fixed the bleeding artery and after a transfusion I lay in a coma for 5 days.

The nurse turned on the TV while attending to me in coma. My friend was a celebrated chef and had a program, which happened to be on when the nurse turned on the TV.

Sometimes, I can’t stand her voice, so I got up and turned off the TV...

Life happens...


6 posted on 05/19/2015 1:01:25 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: jespasinthru

Maybe you’ve seen that, maybe not, but it didn’t happen here, in this case, so ....calm down. Rejoice!


7 posted on 05/19/2015 1:51:53 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (God bless 'em.)
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To: Vendome

An amazing story.

Thanks for sharing.


8 posted on 05/19/2015 1:53:01 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: Shimmer1
Sometimes, the doctors have NO clue about the end-times they predict.

God bless this little girl for reminding everyone that God is in control. Not doctors, not family, not friends, not the victim.

God is in control.

/johnny

9 posted on 05/19/2015 2:47:48 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: kathsua

Yet another reason to be skeptical of experts.


10 posted on 05/19/2015 3:46:08 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: kathsua

I hate to say it, but nothing in that article describes a test for brain death. One of the tests for brain death is to remove the patient from the ventilator to see if the resulting increase in carbon dioxide in the blood will cause the patient to spontaneously attempt to breathe. Clearly, this test was NOT done before this girl was supposedly pronounced brain dead. The fact that she was removed from the ventilator and immediately began to breathe on her own is pretty indicative that brain death was never diagnosed in this case.

I realize that it’s very dramatic to say that someone was brain dead and later “woke up.” However, in real life, that just does not happen. A person who is brain dead is dead, period. People do not wake up from brain death any more than they wake up after they’ve been embalmed and placed in a coffin.

I really dislike this purposeful obfuscation between brain dead and brain injured. Sure, it’s dramatic and makes for a good story when the supposedly “brain dead” (but in reality, comatose) person wakes up. But in reality, it confuses people, so much so that the media used the misunderstanding several years ago to describe a severely brain injured woman as being “brain dead” in order to gain public support for her murder by starvation and dehydration. Does anyone remember Terry Schindler? Would it have been as easy to gin up public support for her horrific murder if people understood what brain death really is, and that she was not and never was brain dead (until she was murdered)?


11 posted on 05/19/2015 4:00:34 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: jespasinthru

You ought to write fiction.


12 posted on 05/19/2015 4:35:09 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: BinaryBoy

It may be too late for Whitney Houstons comatose daughter.


13 posted on 05/19/2015 4:52:32 AM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: exDemMom

I have to disagree. People have died and have been brought back. Miracles do happen, and God has the power to do anything. He made this world and everyone in it, you would think this would be easy to heal someone’s head.


14 posted on 05/19/2015 4:59:46 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Vendome

“Life happens”.

So do miracles! That is amazing, Vendome. I hope you thanked your friend for her “horrible voice. LOL.


15 posted on 05/19/2015 5:10:27 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Conservative4Ever

Praise the Beauty of God’s Holyness!!


16 posted on 05/19/2015 5:14:00 AM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: kathsua

This is a couple of miles from me. Great story. And I’ll say kudos to Dan Finney at the Des Moines register for writing the original story on this last week.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/daniel-finney/2015/05/12/waukee-faith-healing-graduation/27207307/


17 posted on 05/19/2015 5:22:31 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: kathsua
This story demonstrates that some doctors don't know as much about the brain as they pretend to.

Twice in my life doctors got the diagnosis completely wrong with what was wrong with me...once it almost killed me...

Always, ALWAYS get a second opinion...

Most doctors are highly competent, but they are limited in their knowledge...

A lot of times their diagnosis are knowledgeable WAG...

18 posted on 05/19/2015 5:23:58 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: jespasinthru
I’ve seen it happen, and this $#!+ worries me.

You're seen cases where doctors were paid a hefty price and purposely killed a young person to harvest their organs...

Here's a hint...that stuff on the T.V. isn't real...

I'm not saying "brain dead" patients aren't prematurely harvested, but your scenario doesn't happen...

19 posted on 05/19/2015 5:32:32 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: exDemMom

Thank you.


20 posted on 05/19/2015 6:27:02 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Is Ted Cruz himself as mean-spirited as the FR 'Click-it or Tick-it' Cruz Contingent?)
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