[DefeatCorruption]

A very sad story. Bittersweet situation for this family.

[decimon]

Ping

[ClearCase_guy]

It works if you're just mostly dead.

[Darteaus94025]

Does it work on dummycrats?

[Talisker]

There are roughly 200,000 patients in the United States trapped in the borderlands between consciousness and oblivion. Until recently, most doctors believed that recovering from this condition was not possible. Vegetative states were considered permanent after three months if the injury was caused by oxygen deprivation, or one year if it was caused by blunt trauma. And since minimally conscious patients did not fare much better than those who were vegetative, most doctors did not bother to draw the distinction.

More apologetics and fuzzy edging to enable torturing patients like Terri Schiavo to death. Congratulations, Jeneen Interlandi, you're now not just a NY Slimes hack, you're also a deliberate enabler of mass murder. Make sure it gets on your resume' - to paraphrase Rahm, you don't want to let any slaughters of the helpless go to waste.

[SuziQ]

Amazing how some drugs have such opposite effects on comatose or minimally vegetative patients!

[Museum Twenty]

Thank you for posting this, and other articles.

After I read an article, I often look to see who posted it, and often, recently (at least), it has been you!

I remember a vanity the other day when The Mods had taken down a couple of items; I am glad to see you are persevering.

Just my opinion, but there seems to be a lot more signs of stress around here lately. I expect it will get worse; I hope, come next November, folks’ moods will improve.

[Mister Da]

I don’t believe I would want to live that way. I would not want to be such a burden to my family, either.

[hinckley buzzard]

the sort of counterintuitive effects of Ambien--a sleeping pill--on comatose patients have been reported for some time now. I dont know that they are fully understood, but if I were involved with such a patient I would be hounding the docs to assess the time and dose for a trial.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Having been dead for a minute or two (cardiac arrest), then in two comas, pneumonia, and brain seizures for 6 days, I awoke without any major damage and started watching Fox TV in order to focus my eyes.

I was literally written off for dead because the doctors thought that my body/brain had suffered too much damage. I was a mess and they still don’t know what caused me to collapse. Fooled them, I did, but I don’t blame them for their diagnosis. I beat long odds with the help of immediate and professional medical help and the prayers of my family.

Each family in this situation will have to make a decision as to when to let a loved one go, but don’t be in too much of a hurry. That’s why I’m still here. My family wasn’t in a hurray.

Good luck to all who have family members in these coma-type conditions. SOme will make it back if you give them enough time.