Posted on 01/01/2014 8:51:34 AM PST by Drew68
The last hope for Jahi McMath to be kept on a ventilator may come from a former Long Island hairdresser who runs a brain-injury treatment center dedicated to Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman whose case sparked a fierce nationwide end-of-life debate.
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Unborn children have brain activity, this child does not. Her brain is in the process of decomposing, and it will soon liquify and drain out of her nose. Horrific but true. Your example is pathetic at best.
Doctors don’t agree with you which is why women can have abortions for any reason. Its pathetic to ignore the similarity between abortion and this case.
Have you examined this child to make your diagnosis? No? Then I’ll ignore your conclusions.
” Btw, unborn children aren’t considered alive as well...abortion must ok then too right?”
My point, life is precious from the unborn to the sick patient. If the option is to keep a seriously ill patient alive one does.
Brain dead is a bit different than seriously ill.
Abortion is murder.
Get real.
I’ve had to make that decision and it’s amazing how long someone keeps breathing after the ventilator is removed but it is obvious when the person dies. That spark of life has left and now you’re only looking at a dead body and it happens in the blink of an eye.
It’s not an experience you ever want to go through.
That spark of life is one of God’s greatest creations.
Its rare that i disagree with the majority of FRiends but they declare so many “brain dead” that i dont trust anyone anymore.
i will always side with life when there is any doubt. none of us know anything other then alot of people that may have caused her calamity are saying she is brain dead.
btw terry was NOT brain dead.
I don’t know that, that is why I formed the rules issue as a question. What I do know, based on several close family members in the medical profession, is that patients’ families are their worst enemies. My mother-in-law was working the rehab floor when a gastric bypass patient was brought McDonalds by his mom. They were caught, but the mom kept the bag in her purse and was sneeking him bites. My mother-in-law discovered it by the smell.
Yes. My son (who unlike this poor soul is very thin) snores so badly so I did some quick Internet research on childhood sleep apnea. As it turns out, tonsil and adenoid removal is the first protocol. I was shocked that a c-pap mask was step number two if the surgery fails to cure the problem. Why would docs risk anesthetize somebody so small (increased risks) and then cut things out of them?
I hear you, and know what you say about family members’ potential to be the patient’s worst nightmare. That’s why hospital staff have to man-up and enforce rules, especially those in ICU. Lifestyle/Behavior have always accounted for most of our health troubles. UK social workers are actually taking fat kids out of their home and putting them into foster care due to the pathological behavior of their parents. Are you in favor of that for children in the USA? We all gotta die from something, sooner or later. Terrible that it was this child, but where does the Nanny State rank in our freedom to be self-destructive?
“Doctors don’t agree with you which is why women can have abortions for any reason. Its pathetic to ignore the similarity between abortion and this case.”
Ummm, yes doctors do. It’s actually a medical fact. Also brain activity has nothing to do with infanticide. It is pathetic that you keep trying to push the similarity.
“Have you examined this child to make your diagnosis? No? Then I’ll ignore your conclusions.”
Have you examined this child to make your diagnosis? No? Then I will also ignore your conclusion.
That’s why I am 100% against the govt. & employers being the “intermediary” for our routine personal medical insurance. Let us all get our insurance based on our own risk factors and let that personal responsibility start rising or suffer the consequences. Insurance is not supposed to cover every little ache & pain, but that’s what it has devolved into - I also am in favor of govt.-funded clinics for those who cannot afford insurance. Providers can work off their loans at these clinics. For those who have a costly disease that needs a lot of medical intervention, there should be special services for those people once they have exhausted their private insurance.
BTW, I know I am overweight at my tender age of 66, but BP is normal, Blood sugar and cholesterol are fine, my diet is pretty healthy, but not much exercise due to my own attitude. Weight/BMI alone should not be the benchmark, just one factor in many. Heredity/Genes also has an impact. I know many people who would be considered in shape with hereditary heart problems and bad joints from excessive exercise. Never run unless someone is chasing you, I always say. ;o)
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