[Pan_Yans Wife]

I would wonder about her ability to get up. I think her muscles have atrophied so very much, from lack of rehabilitation, that she will be unable to do so. I assume your nephew received rehabilitative care.

[PleaseNoMore]

He was denied therapy by his father for 10 years. It is only in the past 8 years that he has had any rehabilitation. His father fought tooth and nail and even gained custody of him for those ten years. He said that the therapy was too painful for Chuck. His mom regained custody and he began receiving some therapy, as much as she could aford. To be honest, most of the improvements he has made are the result of a tireless and dedicated mother. Chuck now feeds himself and just last month he said "mama" for the first time in 18 years last month.

[PleaseNoMore]

BTW, Chuck was "brain dead" and his mom "pulled the plug" after we all got together and discussed doing so. It was the most heartwrenching thing I have ever been part of. The agony of it all was literally suffocating us all in that room. They pulled the plug and he began breathing on his own within seconds. He was put back on life support but the machine only assisted him. Later he was weaned from it. He also had a feeding tube but that was later removed after his mom, on a whim, gave him some soup one day and he swallowed it. While not identical to Terri the similarities are there. Never underestimate the human will to live and recover.