We have been criticized in the past for being tin-foil conspiracy nuts for suggesting the label "brain dead" may be another way of saying the doctors found some valuable parts to transplant. I am sure that was not the case here, I think. But it does make me pause.
Would the "brain dead" label have been affixed to him at the same moment if he had no usable parts?
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Wichita Falls, TX (AHN) - A man declared brain dead was found to still be alive four hours after, just as the family was getting ready to pay their respects and say goodbye. The man, 21-year old Zack Dunlap, was found still alive as his cousin Dan Coffin dug a fingernail under one of Zack's own, causing Zack to pull his arm away and lay it down on the other side of his body. The nurse, who was at the time already pulling him out of life support, agreed that the movement was not mere reflex, and alerted the doctors. Specialists told the parents that Zack would probably have profound brain damage, preventing him from having an active and normal life. However, five days after, Zack was found with his eyes open, and eventually walked out of the center and went home. According to NBC, Zack was pronounced dead after a head injury sustained from a November ATV accident that found him flying off his vehicle, landing headfirst and facedown on the asphalt. Thorough examination and attempts at treatment done by medical specialists resulted in a lack of brain activity, therefore giving the parents the options of keeping Zack on life support, or pulling the plug. "We didn't want him as a vegetable," said father Doug Dunlap. "We didn't know what he was going to be like. They said he was brain-dead and there would be no life, so we were preparing ourselves."...............
Texas Man Declared "Brain Dead" Found Alive Four Hours Later
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