What about the neurological evidence? Or that she's been in a persistent vegetative state for almost 15 years now. The parents are sadly deluding themselves thinking that any recovery is possible. The available research show that recovery is all but impossible after only a few months. After that the part of the brain that makes us, us, decays and is irretrievably lost.
larry On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:47:22 -0600, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hehe, *she* may have trusted her husband, but I don't. Not that anyone > is asking me, but that's my opinion for what it is worth. I think he > is just tired of dealing with a wife that is inconveniently not dying. > I think he would rather it was all over so he can concentrate on his > current family. > > Dana > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:40:03 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > But John there are also some very fine reasons not to believe him. > > > However the case goes, this case teaches us all to make our wishes > > > known, because as we saw in an earlier thread, not all of us would > > > want that plug pulled. > > > > > > > She did make her wishes known: she told her husband what she wanted > > and left it at that since that's the law. That's the frustrating > > thing for me - neither my wife or I have "our wishes" stated because > > we trust each other to take care of things and the law says we can do > > that. > > > > Why is the assumption in this case that she didn't trust the law or > > her husband, but failed to take action on that mistrust? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148474 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
