The body responds to trauma in different ways. It is hard to make a value judgement in a case like this.
I would think that there is a fairly clear cut method in this day to determine that this case is like thousands of others and those folks were unrecoverable.
I do feel bad for her parents, I cannot imagine having to toss in the towel on one of my children as such a tender age.
But to hear the hospital spokes-nitwit, you would think that they should have sent her to the organ ghouls, and the balance to the morgue within minutes, instead of giving the family time to make their peace with the reality of their situation. I would think that by now, we can be fairly certain that this poor girl has gone over to the other side.
No question. It’s hard to make a judgement, even if we had the real facts of the case. Newspaper accounts are frequently inaccurate and the hospital surely needs a new community relations department if not a new end-of-life protocol.
I’ve been surprised at the lack of agreement in criteria used to decide if a person is ‘brain dead’ and the movement in this country to make organ donation the default condition. I was surprised at all the pending legislation at the state level that assumes agreement on the part of its citizens to be donors unless they formally opt out. Perhaps some of our freepers can confirm that. (LOL - autocorrect just changed freepers to creepers)