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Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along
Daily Mail [UK] ^
| 23rd November 2009
| Allan Hall
Posted on 11/22/2009 5:51:33 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Repeal The 17th
Don't know if that was a Twilight Zone or an Alfred Hitchcock, they guy let out a single tear and they realized he wasn't dead.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:18:25 PM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Repeal The 17th
That was death.
The twilight episode claimed even after death you retained consciousness, hearing, and pain sensing abilities for a certain period of time...a few days or so.
I think. It was a long time ago.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:18:34 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Pray for Obama...Psalms 109:8)
To: The Phantom FReeper
I would love to ghjost write a book for one of these folks, to let the world know yet again the perspective of one locked in to inert but conscious.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:20:29 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
To: Repeal The 17th
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:20:38 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
To: BallyBill
“...the guy let out a single tear and they realized he wasn’t dead...”
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That’s the one I’m thinking about.
The guy was paralyzed and everyone thought he was dead
but just as the autopsy was about to begin,
the attendant noticed a tear running down his cheek.
To: EternalVigilance
How is he speaking now if he’s paralyzed?
To: EternalVigilance
Under the Democrats’ Mengelecare, this guy would have had his plug pulled long, long ago.
To: Sherman Logan
OMG, you are not kidding...
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:29:15 PM PST
by
never4get
(We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:30:58 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: goseminoles
read the article......he has a special computer he taps out on to communicate....not sure how he taps though.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:30:58 PM PST
by
tioga
To: EternalVigilance
One of the first things your taught in nursing school is the hearing is the last sense to go, so don't say anything when taking care of a comatose patient that could be detrimental to them....
Something for all to remember when visiting a patient in the hospital that may be in a coma...I took care of little 7 year old dying of brain cancer and as I talked to him while taking care of him, I swear he smiled at me...When I told his mother she said he smiles at her when she holds and rocks him...but he never came out of the coma. Died several weeks later......REMEMBER THIS WHEN VISITING PATIENTS....
To: thecabal
Should have starved him to death, it would have been the humane thing to do. /sActually, in this case, it would be what I would've wanted.
To: Sherman Logan
>Remarkable he retained his sanity. I dont think I could.
I was thinking along the same line.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:34:16 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: EternalVigilance
He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said. The same is true for those coming out of anesthesia. Hearing returns FIRST!!!! Be very careful what you say around patients. They might be able to hear and understand.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:35:18 PM PST
by
Jemian
To: never4get
Nope. I’m not sure I could last much more than a week under such circumstances.
As somebody said here, a truly nightmarish scenario.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:36:09 PM PST
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: Jemian
I have heard of patients waking up under anesthesia but they couldn’t speak or move only hear and FEEL. How terrible to go through surgery being able to feel it but not respond.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:42:22 PM PST
by
christianhomeschoolmommaof3
(Best thing about Cash for Clunkers is that 90% of the Obama bumper stickers are now off the road.)
To: Big Giant Head
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:43:06 PM PST
by
Marie Antoinette
(Proud Clinton-hater since 1998.)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:45:28 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Obama makes Bush his blame czar. --Mark Steyn)
To: EternalVigilance
Makes me think of the book, “Johnny Got His Gun.” The novel still haunts me.
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:46:28 PM PST
by
peggybac
To: EternalVigilance
a nightmare for certain.
I have asked the wife & all the kids to stare at eyes, ears, toes, everything and look for
... -— ...
If they can get that, I’m good to go (an old school “know code” ham)
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posted on
11/22/2009 6:52:09 PM PST
by
ASOC
(Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui)
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