[msuMD]

That's the point, PETS,MRIs and CTs don't predict outcome in PVS.

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Where is the CodeBlueBlog sources?

[TigersEye]

What PVS? Don't try and sell me that hogwash. And don't give me the "it's a complicated medical diagnosis" crap either. Did you read the legal definition of PVS in FL statute? That is the only definition that counts. It doesn't take a degree to apply that definition to Terri and see she's not PVS.

Where is the CodeBlueBlog sources?

One more time: Here is a direct link. It's not all at the top either. There is significant posting below with links to discussion by other docs.