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Remember Terri Schiavo
This shows that there is part of us that exists beyond physical consciousness. Have we stumbled upon the human soul?
So, they will stop harvesting organs from “brain dead” patients immediately, correct?
I cannot imagine being trapped within only the confines of my thoughts and no way to tell the outside world I am in pain or any other discomfort.
Yikes!
A former classmate of mine made the decision to pull his wife off life support, just last night.
She had been brain dead for 5 days; and, apparently the doctors use 5 days as a measuring stick. They told him ‘it was time to make some decisions’.
He obviously loved her very much - he poured his heart out for 5 days on a blog like site called Caring Bridge. His wife’s mother and sister were there, when they ‘pulled the plug’, so I think they were in agreement.
I was astonished that 5 days seemd to be the limit...the point at which the doctors started pressuring him to remove her from the machines. But, I have no medical expertise whatsoever, and I assume the doctors know when there is ‘no chance’.
Then this article comes along...and I don’t know what to think.
This will not sit well with the death panels!
They should ask him if he’s bored.
Why didn’t we think of this sooner! It is sooo simple: Ask qwuestions and have the aptient answer by thinking in various terms, such as a math equation for yes and colors for no. The brain activity changes based on the patients thoughts. Then ask known questions: Is your name Routley? Is your name Mary? Do you know that you are in a hospital? Do you think you are in a zoo? etc.
There must be some discernible boolean state they can read (and he can positively control). They ask him yes or no questions that he and they know the answers to (do birds fly? is the sky green?) to verify the communication. Then they can ask him other questions: “Do you want to continue to live?” “Do you like the massages the night nurse gives?”
will they be able to vote?
Quick, kill him before he communicates again!
FL could have re-written it in '05 if they listened to others and not be so hell bent on starving Terry Schiavo to death to suit the courts and her evil husband. YES, she was in pain when they starved her to death, the maggots, and denied her the care she needed - along with the love of her parents/family.
This is kinda all a moot point now.
The fact that the patient is conscious, or even walking, talking, and playing chess, is irrelevant, if the care of the patient is for other reasons costing the state too much in money and health care resources, and not capable of voting for the Democrat Party.
Keep your eyes on Jesus Christ. The Babylonians have laid siege to Jerusalem and are streaming through the gates.
Too late for Terry Schiavo.
Hopefully, not too late for others.
Of course, all the ZeroCare lovers are trying to rid us of all these people and anyone near this condition.