Link to CT scan: http://www.miami.edu/ethics2/schiavo/Schiavo_links.htm
Decent load of links to both sides of the Schiavo case, court documents, Florida law, and information about things like living wills.
Zabiega probably didn't see this CT scan (I don't know how long it's been in the public domain). I'm ignorant on matters of the human brain, but my girlfriend was a neurobio major at a prestigious university, so I've been running questions by her. She thinks that an MRI is more sensitive to detecting brain damage than a CT scan, so in a normal case of light damage a doctor might not see something on a CT, but the MRI later reveals problems.
Like the NRO article states, it usually takes massive damage to show up on a CT, but my girlfriend's of the opinion that the damage shown in Terri's CT meets that requirement, and is obvious and extensive. The ventricles have swelled to the point where they're taking up a big chunk of what used to be the cortex. I've been following things more from the legal side, and the level of damage wasn't being questioned by the Schindlers as much as the potential to repair or reverse that damage with experimental treatments.
An MRI would reveal more information about the state of the brain, but it's not necessary to answer the basic question of whether or not a large chunk of her brain has been replaced by cerebro-spinal fluid.
- Still hoping that whatever happens either way, it's what Terri would have chosen.
Me too.
Dr. Cranford says PVS patients have no constitutional rights.(I guess he means they are non-persons)
According to his way of thinking, she has no right to be starved.
Michael isn't defending Terri's wishes. Michael is defending his own wishes..