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Terri Schiavo's brain show that the great majority of her gray matter where thinking and feeling occur has died off and been replaced by watery fluid, with no chance of growing back, neurologists said.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 ...
What will a MRI show? I can't think on one instance where an MRI would help in this case. Please explain?
Check this out:
p://codeblueblog.blogs.com/codeblueblog/2005/03/csi_medblogs_co.html
Thanks for the site.
I'm not sure what an MRI is, could someone nice explain please?
Or, even better, we can starve her to death, because we wouldn't want to live like that, and in the end, that's all that matters, right? It's all about what we want, the rights of others and the sanctity of life be damned.
"I'll tell you this rush to kill her is really unseemly."
She's been in this state for 15 years. There's no rush to kill her, there's just a bunch of people trying to drag it out for another 15 years.
When we passed Roe v Wade
Hugh Finn's daughter returns.
Actually it's probably more like the worm in a Tequila bottle.
It's called autonomy, you should know doctor.
Oh, and what are "her wishes"? Are you a telepath? Please tell us. OH WAIT scratch that what number am I thinking of? I can't wait to see your powers in action!
Let's pat ourselves on the back for each hour we can extend her agony.
What the hell are you talking about? What "agony"?
Isn't she a vegetable with no sentience or consciousness? Vegetables feel no "agony".
You wouldn't be falling into self-contradiction now would you? No, no one with as much truth on his side as you do would contradict himself so readily.
Doctors recommended, in 1993, that the feeding tube be removed.
This is hardly a rush.
hey, I care about this case. I hope you mean that in a nice way and not an antagonizing way. I like what you all are trying to do and I want to be involved. I admit I was imaature, but I shouldn't be shunned for who I am.
Hits the nail on the head, right here.
I highly recommend that CodeBlue blog link up above. An illuminating expert discussion of the scans involved.
We didn't pass Roe v. Wade, it was foisted on us out of thin air by 7 judges.
I have seen the CT scan shown. It shows hydrocephalus...really bad.
And you have the documents signed by Terri Schiavo specifying her wishes, notarized and appropriately filed? In short, all the things that make such a document legally binding? If so, you'd better get them to the proper authorities quickly so the controversy surrounding this case can be settled.
What's that, you don't have them? Well, then, it's just as I thought, you're blowing it out...
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