"Yeah, to do what? Tap dance? Do trigonometry? Sing an aria? Win a Nobel Prize? A year to *impress* a hospital employee, or else? People aren't to be treated like dogs that are required to do tricks before the judges or else be killed.
If dogs were treated like that at shows, the judges would be in jail."
EXACTLY. I'll try to find the link and excerpt where I read it and put it in my next post.
Children are more likely than adults to significantly recover from severe brain injuries, and some neurologists say they would want to wait at least a year before concluding that a child had stagnated in that state with no hope for a better life.
''I wouldn't give up before a year," said Dr. Douglas Katz, medical director of the traumatic brain injury program at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital.
from: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/27/girl_with_damage_to_brain_is_sent_to_rehab_center/?page=2
It is the second paragraph that really worries me. Will THEY decide whether or not her life is worth living after a year or so?