I take back what I said about learning to think about what you're reading. You need a remedial class in READING if we have both read the same materials on the fireman in N.Y. His doctor decided AFTER he woke up and started talking that he had only been "near" PVS; prior to that, for 10 yrs., he was diagnosed as being in PVS, which was also what court appointed MD's said was Terri's diagnosis. Also, he has had a feeding tube for 10 years. If this is not clear enough, don't bother me any more and I promise I will just ignore all of your future posts regardless of topic.
Find one, just one, article where it says he was diagnosed by a doctor as PVS for 10 years. And if you cannot, then stop comparing him to Terri.
"Joseph Fins, a professor at the Weill Cornell Medical Centre in New York, said that Mr Herbert appeared to have been in a “minimally conscious state”, rather than a “persistent vegetative state”."
-- timesonline.co.uk
"Also, he has had a feeding tube for 10 years."
Wrong again, Bucko. From the same source:
"When he regained consciousness, his speech was slurred, he was unable to eat without help and he was nearly blind. He could no longer remember how old he was or what his job had been and was unable to recognise family members."