To: Jaidyn
She was artificially kept alive... I would offer a point of clarification here. Just like in the story above where the mother makes the mistake of saying that her son "was kept alive" after brain death. It's just not quite accurate. The body isn't "alive" other than the sense that they are artificially keeping fluids flowing and organs mechanically functioning so they don't start to decompose
before they can be transplanted. But if the brain is dead, they're dead.
46 posted on
02/23/2009 4:58:30 PM PST by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
She was artificially kept alive... I would offer a point of clarification here. Just like in the story above where the mother makes the mistake of saying that her son "was kept alive" after brain death. It's just not quite accurate. The body isn't "alive" other than the sense that they are artificially keeping fluids flowing and organs mechanically functioning so they don't start to decompose before they can be transplanted. But if the brain is dead, they're dead. Of course, she was dead, but my using the term "artificially kept alive" meant she was dead, but as you said, kept mechanically functioning to keep ready for the organ removal.
47 posted on
02/23/2009 5:03:00 PM PST by
Jaidyn
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