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Man Wakes From Coma Just Before Plug Is Pulled
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Posted on 02/17/2009 4:01:58 PM PST by Chet 99
A California man, who spent four days in a coma and was about to be disconnected from life support, is now on his way to making a full recovery.
Mike Connellys family had just given doctors permission to turn off the machines keeping him alive when his stepson noticed a tear slide down the side of his face, the North Coast Times reported.
Moments later, another family member was shouting that the 56-year-old was responding.
"He said Mike was responding," the stepson told the newspaper. "I didn't believe him, but I went back in there, and it was true. You would say his name, and he would turn his head toward you. It was a miracle."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coma; euthanasia; moralabsolutes; prolife; terrischiavo
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:01:58 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
Dang, I seem to remember something similiar in a Twilight Zone or Dark Side episode.
2
posted on
02/17/2009 4:03:49 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristopherson)
To: Chet 99
Pretty soon, they will be required by law to bash their brains in if they wake up.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:03:51 PM PST
by
Soothesayer
(The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
To: Chet 99
4 days? Someone was anxious to cash his insurance in...
4
posted on
02/17/2009 4:04:00 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Chet 99
4 days? Must not have liked him too much.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:04:16 PM PST
by
AndrewB
To: Chet 99
Must have been a bit of an awkward family reunion after. I’m all for grace and all but I’d be tempted to use that fact whenever I wanted something from then on.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:04:35 PM PST
by
chargers fan
(Bring on Next Year!)
To: pissant
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:04:40 PM PST
by
AndrewB
To: Chet 99
Only 4 days and they were going to pull the plug? They must be REALLY pissed that they aren’t getting his inheritance.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:04:57 PM PST
by
Soothesayer
(The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
To: autumnraine
And didn’t SNL try to do it to John Belushi in a skit?
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:05:16 PM PST
by
MarkeyD
(Way to go Michael Steele! MS for President!)
To: wagglebee
To: AndrewB
Many people have a Living Wills that direct the plug to be pulled when the doctor declares it hopeless.
11
posted on
02/17/2009 4:05:51 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
12
posted on
02/17/2009 4:06:29 PM PST
by
bgill
To: Chet 99
Wait a minute! I'm not dead yet!
13
posted on
02/17/2009 4:07:13 PM PST
by
AndrewB
To: Chet 99
I guess timing truly is everything.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:07:30 PM PST
by
fortunate sun
(Undermine Obama with every thought, word and deed.)
To: autumnraine
I recall one where someone would wake up once a certain knock on the crypt door was made.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:08:03 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(The earth is bipolar.)
To: autumnraine
Same thing on LOST - some couple got bit by a spider that knocked them out and they started waking up right as they were getting buried alive.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:08:15 PM PST
by
MahatmaGandu
(Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
To: Soothesayer
LOL - in addition to having having an anesthetist they will have a assassinist on staff for those too stubborn to die.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:09:26 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(A Representative Republic - gone now. Foolish people.)
To: Salvation; fatima
To: MarkeyD
Yeah! I was just thinking of that skit and how I might look it up on youtube. I remember Belushi coming to, crossing his arms across his chest and saying in an accusing tone,
as if to little children “WERE YOOOOUUUUU TRYING TO PULL THE PLUG ON ME?????!!!
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:12:26 PM PST
by
supremedoctrine
("One was drawing funny faces, but his own was grave"--Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica)
To: Chet 99
Darn, Present Obama’s health care (let people die, it's too expensive to keep them alive) plan hasn't kicked in yet.
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posted on
02/17/2009 4:14:13 PM PST
by
Syncro
(Ti Ming -- Use Librally)
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