Boortz said that the brain stem also controls swallowing. He also said, and I don't know this to be factual, that because her cerebral cortex gone, she would not feel discomfort from thirst or hunger. Anybody know about this?
I always want to know, how in the h*ll could anybody possibly know this?
I listened to a woman on the radio yesterday who had suffered a massive stroke. In a coma for 70 days. After she came out of it had to have extensive re-hab. She said at one point they had to remove her feeding tube for six days because of some medical problem. She was not able to communicate how horrible it was starving like that. She said her husband was by her side all the time.