As I understand the MRI could be performed if the electrodes were removed. There is also another test (PET Scan) that hasn't been done and still others that could be re-administered as a final confirmation of her status. I just really don't understand why they aren't done as a matter of course...they were when I faced similar decisions in my family.
Sure, with brain surgery. In her state, do you honestly think her body could withstand it? Odds are pretty damned good that the shock would kill her... I mean, come on...
The diagnosis of PVS is critical to disconnecting the feeding tube. She had a CT Scan, but for the most part, the diagnosis were made by observation.
A PET Scan is considered the Gold Standard and that is why one was never done.
Wonder who her attending physican is?