Guest guest Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 My sincerest sympathies. We all want to be sure that the decisions we make in cases of possible brain death are based on accurate and complete information so that we don't spend the rest of our lives second guessing. The advice you got to see M. Ayres and others was exemplary. As the survivor of a severe brain injury (and declared dead), son of a hemiplegic stroke survivor (revived), and neuro/biofeedback to the elderly, I have a very personal as well as professional interest in the subject. Though on a respirator and appearing to be in a coma, a dear professional military friend who suffered a stroke was able answer questions for me by crooking his thumb once, twice, or three times until he succumbed to pneumonia. Would that there was a succinct summary of current research and experiences available that we could refer to. Perhaps the article Is Anybody In There? in the Scientific American MIND magazine (Dec06/Jan 07 - Vol 17, #6, pg 10) will help provide science with a method of differentiating between comas, persistent vegetative states, etc.. For example, I still would like to know if an EEG or qEEG was done on Terri Shiavo (sp) and what the results were considering the autopsy results of a significantly damaged/diminished brain. Peder H. Fagerholm, PhD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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