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Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain
KRT Wire ^ | 3.23.05

Posted on 03/23/2005 6:07:27 PM PST by 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Terri Schiavo's brain show that the great majority of her gray matter where thinking and feeling occur has died off and been replaced by watery fluid, with no chance of growing back, neurologists said.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.

(Excerpt) Read more at grandforks.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: schiavo; terri; terripalooza; terrischiavo
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To: msuMD

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.


21 posted on 03/23/2005 6:17:25 PM PST by Keeley Finn
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To: Mr. Lucky
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.

22 posted on 03/23/2005 6:17:39 PM PST by MarMema ("America may have won the battles, but the Nazis won the war." Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall)
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To: ambrose

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........


23 posted on 03/23/2005 6:17:59 PM PST by The Coopster
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To: ambrose

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


24 posted on 03/23/2005 6:18:39 PM PST by MadelineZapeezda (If you right click on Ward Churchill's image, the word a$$hole should come up!)
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To: ambrose

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


25 posted on 03/23/2005 6:19:13 PM PST by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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To: ambrose
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.

26 posted on 03/23/2005 6:19:30 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: The Coopster

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.


27 posted on 03/23/2005 6:19:50 PM PST by Keeley Finn
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To: feedback doctor

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


28 posted on 03/23/2005 6:20:37 PM PST by La Enchiladita ("I try to speak for those who have no voice. Terri Schiavo has no voice." - Patricia Heaton)
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To: Blake#1

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


29 posted on 03/23/2005 6:20:47 PM PST by Daisy4
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To: ambrose

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


30 posted on 03/23/2005 6:20:57 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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To: EGPWS

ROTFL, but see my post 13.:)


31 posted on 03/23/2005 6:20:58 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (He's (Bush) ruining everything we worked for. ~Aging communist, who lives at a "Red" nursing home.)
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To: ambrose

"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.


32 posted on 03/23/2005 6:21:10 PM PST by lotusblos
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To: EGPWS

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.


33 posted on 03/23/2005 6:21:26 PM PST by Keeley Finn
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To: msuMD

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


34 posted on 03/23/2005 6:21:31 PM PST by tomahawk
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To: Daisy4

Teddys brain probably resembles an olive.


35 posted on 03/23/2005 6:21:34 PM PST by AirForceMom
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To: msuMD
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.

36 posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:13 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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To: ambrose

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


37 posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:22 PM PST by Petronski (If 'Judge' Greer can kill Terri, who will be next?)
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To: AirForceMom

hehe I like olives


38 posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:37 PM PST by Keeley Finn
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
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.
39 posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
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To: McGavin999
>>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

40 posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:56 PM PST by Muleteam1
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