To: concerned about politics
There have been only a few reported cases in which minimal cognitive and motor functions were restored three months or more after the diagnosis of a persistent vegetative state due to hypoxicischemic encephalopathy; in none of these cases was there the sort of objective evidence of severe cortical damage that was present in this case, nor was the period of disability so long. Having viewed some of the highly edited videotaped material of Terri Schiavo and having seen other patients in a persistent vegetative state, I am not surprised that family members and others unfamiliar with this condition would interpret some of her apparent alertness and movement as meaningful.
That's why, you should read the ENTIRE paragraph on his basis.
To: Bigturbowski
He can't be resting entirely on the objective record of evidence if he includes statements like: hypokalemia brought on by an eating disorder.
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04/21/2005 3:18:00 PM PDT by
Askel5
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