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Girl ‘brain-dead’ after Uber shooting gives thumbs-up before organs harvested
NY Post ^ | 02.22.16

Posted on 02/22/2016 8:37:48 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

A 14-year-old girl wounded during the shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Mich., was declared brain-dead and about to have her organs harvested when she suddenly showed signs of life, according to a new report Monday.

Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told ABC that the girl's family said Bronson Methodist Hospital was preparing to remove the girl's organs for donation when she squeezed her distraught mom's hand.

The girl squeezed her mother's hand again when the mom asked if her daughter could hear her, Hinz said.

She also gave thumbs-up signs with both hands when a doctor asked her to give him a thumbs-up if she could hear him, Hinz said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: brain; dalehinz; dead; jasonbriandalton; jasondalton; jeffgetting; kalamazoo; kalamazoocounty; michigan; paulmatyas; uber; victim
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Good thing her last name wasn't Schiavo
1 posted on 02/22/2016 8:37:48 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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Organ-happy doctors.


2 posted on 02/22/2016 8:39:28 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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Jeb is available to help starve her to death.

L


3 posted on 02/22/2016 8:39:54 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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The involuntary muscle memory thumbs up...lol.


4 posted on 02/22/2016 8:40:28 PM PST by corlorde
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Indeed! This is the frightening part of donating organs. Who doesn’t want to help out other people, but that was almost a tragedy for the family. What if the mother hadn’t been holding her hand? Prayers for all those involved in this cruel tragedy.


5 posted on 02/22/2016 8:40:35 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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It makes you wonder how many organs are harvested from others who are just “mostly dead”.


6 posted on 02/22/2016 8:40:57 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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Doctors do not know everything. A horrible death was averted here by the grace of God.


7 posted on 02/22/2016 8:41:18 PM PST by txrefugee
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There’s still plenty of time to abort her though.


8 posted on 02/22/2016 8:42:10 PM PST by tinyowl (A equals A)
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I was talking to the director of a funeral home in Norfolk, VA.

I sort of casually asked if they ever had any wake up. He replied that they had one just the week before. They called an ambulance and took him to the hospital.

It does make you realize that they are not as perfect as some of them claim at determining when a person is brain dead or just dead at all.


9 posted on 02/22/2016 8:42:25 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Well she sure as hell wasn’t brain dead!

The so-called “doctor” should be de-licensed.


10 posted on 02/22/2016 8:43:58 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Only MORONS elect to be organ donors.


11 posted on 02/22/2016 8:44:58 PM PST by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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First time i have smiled all day


12 posted on 02/22/2016 8:45:09 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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The human organ trade is the second biggest travesty.


13 posted on 02/22/2016 8:45:18 PM PST by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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How...convenient.
14 posted on 02/22/2016 8:45:40 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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The way the headline read, I thought they went ahead with the organ harvest anyway!


15 posted on 02/22/2016 8:46:04 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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George Carlin had a routine on that. “The paramedics see organ donor on your license, you think they’re going to try to save you. ‘Don’t give him any oxygen, he’s got that liver we’ve been looking for!” It’s on YouTube, but I didn’t link it because of language.


16 posted on 02/22/2016 8:46:56 PM PST by Rastus
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Wow... they don’t even wait for you to flatline before they start taking your organs? That’s really cold.


17 posted on 02/22/2016 8:48:53 PM PST by Cementjungle
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I’m on the fence regarding organ donation after reading material from a prolife group a few years ago. Organs must be harvested while the person is still alive-at the moment a person dies an enzyme is released that makes the organs unusable. How can we be absolutely sure the patient will never recover? This story is just one more that makes me wonder if we are playing God.


18 posted on 02/22/2016 8:49:21 PM PST by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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My goodness they are calling this the “Uber shooting”?

Suppose the shooter ate SPAM, would they call it the “SPAM shooting”?

Why is Uber such a target in a one off event like this?

The answer: Uber is new and only the media can tell you whether it is safe.

The reality: the media is the last place for education for safety. Science is much better.


19 posted on 02/22/2016 8:49:50 PM PST by cicero2k
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Paging Igor.


20 posted on 02/22/2016 8:52:06 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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