Posted on 03/29/2005 9:45:05 PM PST by flixxx
TRANSCRIPT Updated: 4:04 p.m. ET March 29, 2005 The overwhelming majority in the medical community say Terri Schiavo has close to no brain activity and has no chance of regaining awareness. Dr. Ronald Cranford, who actually examined Terri Schiavo in 2002 and testified to her condition, joined "The Abrams Report" on Monday. Cranford is the assistant chief of neurology at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis as well as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics. Below is the transcript of their conversation.
DAN ABRAMS, HOST: You're one of the few people who has actually examined Terri Schiavo and you're hearing all of these people who are coming on from the sidelines saying, "She's has been misdiagnosed," et cetera. How confident are you in your diagnosis and why?
DR. RONALD CRANFORD, UNIV. OF MN NEUROLOGIST: I'm extremely confident. I think at the time of the trial in 2002 there had been eight neurologists who examined her. And of those eight neurologists total, seven of them said beyond any doubt whatsoever Terri is in a vegetative state. Her CT scan shows severe atrophy or shrinkage of the brain. Her EEG is flat and there's absolutely no doubt that she's been in a permanent vegetative state ever since 1990. There's no doubt whatsoever, Dan.
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I'm sorry you have a problem with my post, but my statement stands.
Okay. Then based on the tone of your posts here, I'll assume you were in favor of it being pulled since you're too cowardly or dishonest to say so outright.
Why are you going back to a post made days ago?
What's wrong with that? I came across the thread late. Duh.
I did not give an opinion of what should have been done.
Contrary to most of you here, I realized it was not my place to do that.
First of all that "duh" is pretty childish.
Secondly, what's wrong with you coming back to this thread? The girl is gone. Why are you rehashing this?
Did you get addicted to the hateful name calling of the past couple of weeks and were just looking for someone to attack? Or are you just unable to move on?
I got my answer.
Don't post to me again.
Thanks.
No, you didn't get your answer and I will be happy to pretend you no longer exist.
I could be wrong..you could be wrong..we both could be wrong.
It seems that no one is giving us the truth about anything anymore!
You are absolutely right. This story has gotten so complicated.
Cranford is a member of the board of directors of the Choice in Dying Society, which promotes doctor-assisted suicide and euthanasia.
He was also a featured speaker at the 1992 national conference of the Hemlock Society. The group recently changed its name to End of Life Choices.
Firstly, the slices of the opposing CT scans are obviously on 2 different planes. One can tell by the shadow of the cavity at the top of Ms. Schiavo's (?) scan. Secondly, yes, it is a severely atrophied brain but there is a sliver of cortex left. Thirdly, one has to wonder about the artifact floating in the ventricle. Cranford claims it is her thalmic implant (apparently dislodged?), but it looks surprising like a ventricular shunt. There is nothing in the published medical record to indicate that Ms. Schiavo ever had a shunt (though she probably should have), therefore, we may not be looking at the real 2002 CT of Ms. Schiavo.
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