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29. I stand corrected

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 09:10 AM

Dec 2013

Although a years-long "persistent vegetative state" is, to the layman, not that different from being brain-dead.

IMHO, in both cases, it was ghoulish.

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Jahi McMath: New York facility is 'last hope' for girl declared brain dead, family say [View all] LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP

This is getting gruesome. Squinch Dec 2013 #1

Yes - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #5

Yes. I think it's because we are not allowed near it. Squinch Dec 2013 #7

Had a similar situation in my family. Archae Dec 2013 #17

Hmm, so "the Jesus" isn't the last hope? nt valerief Dec 2013 #2

what is this all about? keeping her "alive" for whose sake? let her go peacefully! secondwind Dec 2013 #3

She is already dead and it is a corpse cosmicone Dec 2013 #12

How do you know this? LovingA2andMI Dec 2013 #19

Her race is not even an issue. cosmicone Dec 2013 #22

+1 nt Javaman Dec 2013 #30

This is so lame and spiteful Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #32

All direct and independent evidence cosmicone Dec 2013 #39

No, you can't keep a person with a dead brain stem's heart beating Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #42

Unfortunately, some of us went to medical school cosmicone Dec 2013 #43

Kinda cynical. More like guilt and denial tblue Dec 2013 #25

I really feel for this family and there is nothing worse Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #4

They're having a very hard time letting her go. QuestForSense Dec 2013 #15

so the 2nd facility backed out in part because it's doctors also refuse to "treat" magical thyme Dec 2013 #6

Children's referring to a "deceased body" isn't helping. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #31

agreed. they should stick to the language of "irreversibly brain dead" magical thyme Dec 2013 #36

It seems intentional because the terminology was used repeatedly in the statement. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #38

apparently not. the same judge that agreed she is irreversibly brain dead granted another extension magical thyme Dec 2013 #45

There is a no "last hope" Feral Child Dec 2013 #8

I also am getting the idea that this family refuses to accept their child's death Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #9

Terry Schiavo was not brain-dead cosmicone Dec 2013 #13

I stand corrected Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #29

They want to transfer her PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #10

The logistics of this seem problematic to me. Mz Pip Dec 2013 #11

She's dead - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #14

It's not like they have her on ice. Mz Pip Dec 2013 #16

True - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #18

Well, if the brainstem is dead the body will die regardless. Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #35

I'm done with this tale of the macabre. SCVDem Dec 2013 #20

I wish they would stop calling it a routine tonsil sugery MiniMe Dec 2013 #21

That's because information is coming from only one side Retrograde Dec 2013 #23

the problem i see is that the mother says when she started bleeding they did not get anyone JI7 Dec 2013 #26

"The mother says" Retrograde Dec 2013 #41

Agree MiniMe Dec 2013 #28

Any medical procedure carries risk. My sister coded during a colonoscopy riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #24

There is no hope. Iggo Dec 2013 #27

For everyone who is so scornful of these parents, can you at least TRY Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #33

Yes, it would be terrible!!! n/t Drew2510 Dec 2013 #34

Yes, the lack of empathy is astounding! n/t Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #37

Thank you. Having worked with people in these situations, there is nothing wrong with taking uppityperson Dec 2013 #44

Who is going to pay for this ? warrant46 Dec 2013 #40