Does this Dr. Byrne have a book to sell, or something?
Isn’t it a bit odd that a physician who has not even examined the patient claim that she is not dead when the physicians who did examine her have made that determination?
One article linked on another thread said that in an experiment back in the 1960s (IIRC), a corpse was kept on artificial support for 26 days before cardiac arrest finally occurred. I find myself morbidly wondering how long before the heart in this corpse gives out. It has been 24 days since she died.
I feel for the family, I really do. But this drawn out and continued maintenance of cardiac and minimal organ function in a corpse is beyond macabre. Is it just denial going on here, or is there a more serious psychological issue with the family?
In a declaration filed with the federal action by Jahi's family, Dr. Paul Byrne, a pediatrician who has questioned the definition of brain death, said he visited Jahi's bedside and observed her responding to her grandmother's voice and touch with a squirming movement.
people always think “proper nutrition” can somehow reverse major organ failure...
.they'll be forced to keep her hydrated and fed..
..why keep her on a vent if you don't intend to give her nutrition.
...they'll be forced to run periodic labs to check on electrolyes and she will almost assuredly have multiple bouts of pneumonia, and bed sores, and urinary tract infections, all of which will need to be treated perhaps in a hospital with expensive IV antibiotics.....
once you start down the road to "saving" a person already ruled as not having any brain activity, where do you stop?....
God gave us human bodies...we weren't met to live forever here on earth...
They can go months and not have cardiac issues...as long as the body is fed and hydrated. The girl probably has brain stem autonomic function though...else the body would go hay wire.