Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain

KRT Wire ^ | 3.23.05

[ambrose]

Posted on Wed, Mar. 23, 2005

Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain

BY BOB LAMENDOLA

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Scans of Terri Schiavo's brain show that the great majority of her gray matter where thinking and feeling occur has died off and been replaced by watery fluid, with no chance of growing back, neurologists said.

About 70 to 90 percent of Schiavo's upper brain is gone, and there's also damage to her lower brain that controls instinctive functions like breathing and swallowing, said three Florida neurologists who viewed 12 of her CT "computed tomography" X-ray scans Tuesday and Wednesday.

"This is as severe brain damage as I've ever seen," said Dr. Leon Prockop, a professor and former chairman of neurology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, upon viewing the scans.

[Keeley Finn]

I'm glad to hear you say that and I agree with you that it should be a personal decision. I hope everyone is considering a living will.

[MarMema]

Well then, the state must kill her by all means. We cannot be expected to have people living among us who do not meet the criteria of the master race.

Thank you. You said it better than I just did.

[The Coopster]

Bottom line folks, regardless of where you stand:

Get your wishes in writing, so that you and yours won't be subjected to this pathetic circus........

[MadelineZapeezda]

So when shall we expect Dr. Kevorkian to be released from jail?

[LauraJean]

So what, even with that much allegdly missing she is smarter then Teddy Kennedy

[EGPWS]

Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain

If this is reason to remove sustenance from a living person these day's, I sure am glad I'm not a liberal in America.

[Keeley Finn]

I agree. I qwish my dad had done that. I know I have, even though my wishes would be different from his. I feel sorry for Terri's family though.

[La Enchiladita]

... that is much more accurate ... thanks, doctor...

[Daisy4]

There has never been an MRI. Michael would not allow it. It might prove him wrong.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Yes, it's perfectly fine to kill a person if their brain gets damaged.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

ROTFL, but see my post 13.:)

[lotusblos]

"This is as severe brain damage as I've ever seen,"

So what! Let's keep her alive against her wishes so we can tell each other how good we are. Let's get arrested in front of the cameras so the world will know how good we are. Let's pat ourselves on the back for each hour we can extend her agony. Oh God I'm going to heaven for being so good. Thanks Terri.

[Keeley Finn]

I am not a liberal, just an dvocate for the fact that different people may want different things. I hope for Terri that this is what she wanted. It isn't what I would want.

[tomahawk]

Unless you heard her say her wishes, you don't know her wishes.

[AirForceMom]

Teddys brain probably resembles an olive.

[Dr. Frank fan]

The right decision has been made....her decision.

You can pretend that you know that if it makes you feel better, but you do not.

[Petronski]

The same sh!tty CT scans she had in the early-mid 90s?

[Keeley Finn]

hehe I like olives

[DoughtyOne]

LOL Cut that out! It's not nice to make fun of the impaired.

What I was referring to, is the occasional incidence of missing brain tissue. I cannot remember the name of the disease now, but in some instances people have had cat scans done that showed only a minimal amount of brain in the peripheral regions of the skull. However, up until these brain scans were done, nobody would have know these people were any different than the average person. They functioned normally. They appeared to have average, above or below intelligence just like the general populace.

Neurologists can't explain that. It's hypocrisy of the highest order for them to pretend they fully understand how the brain works and what Terry's absolute condition is.

[Muleteam1]

>>I'll tell you this rush to kill her is really unseemly. ...... When, just when, did we become a country that values life so little?<<

It's almost as if Terri knows the real story on Vince Foster's death. In all seriousness, something is indeed not right here.

Muleteam1