[Calpernia]

>>>"There has never been a documented case of someone recovering after having been in a persistent vegetative state for more than 3 months.

This statement alone by Cranford is libel.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well the weasel-word is "documented." This means someone wrote it up in a journal. The vast majority of family doctors would be too busy to bother.

[FITZ]

But look at the way "persistent" could be used or misused. If someone recovers then they would say they were not in a "persistent" state after all --- it proved to be only "temporary" Persistent would mean they never come out --- so it could only be used on those who after years --- until they died a natural death, never came out.

[shhrubbery!]

>>>"There has never been a documented case of someone recovering after having been in a persistent vegetative state for more than 3 months." This statement alone by Cranford is libel.

Cranford is being Clintonian. It depends on the meaning of the word, "recovering," you see.

IIRC Cranford was practically dumbfounded by the Patti White Bull case (the woman who "woke up" after 16 YEARS in a vegetative state) -- Cranford's quotes indicated he was trying to fudge his way out of admitting he'd been wrong.