You bring up a good, but unanswerable point. The child was undeniably dead. But I wonder, if the physical shell is not allowed to fully die, could that entrap the soul? Prevent it from departing to heaven?
I wonder that in relation to the many cell lines we use in research. The Hela cells, for example, are still going strong, even though the original cell donor died in the 1950s. Where is her soul?
I believe the soul has long departed the body and gone to eternity. Only God knows the exact moment of death - but we leave many people on extended life support with no hope or recovery and they are not dead .... just miserable
It’s interesting over the last several years hospitals have allowed family members to stay in the patient room during a code blue. Overwhelmingly when the family sees what really happens in a code they are horrified and beg us to stop. I dont think most people comprehend just how much misery we can inflict at the end of life....