She has had multiple EEGs, the latest in 2002, and all were consistent with PVS - the report stated "no recognizable cerebral activity" even upon inducing painful stimuli. Bambakadis disputed the term "no activity" and said he it as severely abnormal and typical of PVS.
(Note - I don't know if she is PVS or not - just showing why the judges ruled the way they have.)
*The only 2 doctors in the last 15 years (including 9 neurologists) who said she wasn't PVS after actually examining her in person were both alternative medicine docs hired by her parents:
- A radiologist, Maxwell(who couldn't accurately define PVS or distinguish it from coma in the trial)
- the neurologist, Hammesfahr, who said she wasn't PVS even before he examined her, and has very little credibility after his intentionally misleading claims of a number of things - like outright lying about being a Nobel prize nominee, for just one example. See below for more about this character.
When it comes to recovery, actually coma patients are much better off. They can wake up years later and have great recovery.
When someone comes out of a coma, but remains uncommunicative, the prognosis depends on the age of the patient, and what caused their injury. Children and those with traumatic head injuries have a better prognosis than those with an anoxic injury.
Patients who show no signs of consciousness after their eyes open usually fit the criteria for the vegetative state(VS). Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a prognostic term that refers to a chronic condition in which basic arousal (i.e., wakefulness) and life-sustaining functions (e.g., respiration, blood pressure) are generally intact, despite the absence of behavioral signs of meaningful interaction with the environment. The American Academy of Neurology recently adopted the position that the VS should be termed "persistent" at 1 month, and considered "permanent" after 3 months following non traumatic causes of unconsciousness and after 12 months following traumatic injury [27]. However, rare exceptions to this have been cited. Merck
The longest documented is 3 years.
Surely you do not take seriously the assertions of a 'doctor' who states Terri had no brain activity, then in the next two sentences states that PVS will show some brain activity, then that Terri was in PVS and he was certain of it? You're becoming a jokester with your flippy-floppy style of bait and switch. Take a look at the videos of Terri during the therapy period ... you can't trust your lyin' eyes so you choose to dismiss any doctor or any testimony that would awaken your senses ... and after reading Hammesfahr's diagnosis affidavit (he spent nearly eleven hours with Terri, as opposed to 45 minutes by the 'doctor' Greer chose to allow as THE expert), I was struck by how much more thorough he had been than the euthanasia expert Greer selected at Felos's instruction.