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Posted on 03/29/2005 9:45:05 PM PST by flixxx
TRANSCRIPT Updated: 4:04 p.m. ET March 29, 2005 The overwhelming majority in the medical community say Terri Schiavo has close to no brain activity and has no chance of regaining awareness. Dr. Ronald Cranford, who actually examined Terri Schiavo in 2002 and testified to her condition, joined "The Abrams Report" on Monday. Cranford is the assistant chief of neurology at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis as well as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics. Below is the transcript of their conversation.
DAN ABRAMS, HOST: You're one of the few people who has actually examined Terri Schiavo and you're hearing all of these people who are coming on from the sidelines saying, "She's has been misdiagnosed," et cetera. How confident are you in your diagnosis and why?
DR. RONALD CRANFORD, UNIV. OF MN NEUROLOGIST: I'm extremely confident. I think at the time of the trial in 2002 there had been eight neurologists who examined her. And of those eight neurologists total, seven of them said beyond any doubt whatsoever Terri is in a vegetative state. Her CT scan shows severe atrophy or shrinkage of the brain. Her EEG is flat and there's absolutely no doubt that she's been in a permanent vegetative state ever since 1990. There's no doubt whatsoever, Dan.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Is anyone here claiming Terri is a Mensa candidate? There are people who have had most of their brain literally blown away who are nonetheless able to live productive lives even if they're not the smartest people around. I see nothing in the CT scan that would prove there would be no possibility of improvement if Terri were actually allowed continuing treatment by people who wanted her to improve.
See post #6. jbstrick is way ahead of you.
I am not making any judgments about "starving" anyone.
"You just aren't willing to acknowledge the truth"
What is the truth? Is it possible to judge PVS patients from CT scans?
There are all sort of people out there and here, saying all sorts of things.
The scan is there in front of you.
The black and white scans are not both Terri's. Only the one on the right.
The "save Terri" crowd believes with all their heart that Terri would wake up and ask for a Big Mac if only she had a little speech therapy. They don't believe the brain actually controls the body.
She had lots of therapy in the early years without improvement.
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Michael will not allow a test that will show Terris brain activity. Guess there's something he'd rather people not know, aye?
Dr. Ronald Cranfords diagnosis has been disputed by Dr. William Hammesfahr, who said, "I spent about 10 hours across about three months and the woman is very aware of her surroundings. She's very aware. She's alert. She's not in a coma. She's not in PVS."
Hammesfahr added, "With proper therapy, she will have a tremendous improvement. I think, personally, that she'll be able to walk, eventually, and she will be able to use at least one of her arms."
Yes, actually it is. Giving Terri a PET scan would be a complete waste or resources. The PET scan is helpful to narrow down specific areas of damage in the cerebral cortex....but when the cerebral cortex is gone, it's pointless.
The Montessori Method was first used on children who were born with literally half a brain that many had given up on. The brain is a fascinating organ.
That doesn't answer the question of why the skull seems thicker in the scan on the right than in the one on the left.
First, you can't make a diagnosis from a CT scan.
Second, you can't determine prognosis from a single scan.
Third, you only see one level. This is a sampling problem.
Fourth, you dont have the clinical history.
Fifth, she has yet to get treatment because of subhuman bastards.
Sixth, why is the pineal shifted?
No kidding. I've been amazed at the normally intelligent freepers who are just blind to the facts right in front of them.
Are you telling me that you can't see the big difference between the scan you posted and Terri's?
You can't be serious.
"America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one."
The Terri S. case has shown this to be a big joke, don't you think?
She was showing improvement while she received therapy. Had she shown none, the malpractice jury probably wouldn't have awarded as much as it did.
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