Dominic Burford wrote:
The article specifically states that the recovery process described
would not have applied to Terry Schiavo:
Quote 1:
"but doctors said the same cannot be hoped for people in a persistent
vegetative state, such as Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman who died last
year after a fierce right-to- die court battle."
Quote 2:
"The nerve fibers from the cells were severed, but the cells themselves
remained intact," unlike Schiavo, whose brain cells had died, said Dr.
James Bernat, a neurologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New
Hampshire, who is familiar with the research"
In effect, no treatment or surgery was used. The nerve fibres grew back
by themselves because they were still intact, albeit severed. But nerve
regrowth is (according to the article) very slow, and does not often
occur in the brain. Hence the twenty years for this recovery. He had
almost certainly been recovering since his accident, but it took this
long for the effects to be seen due to the reasons above.
Hi Dominic!
Still, this indicates hope, even if these particular doctors can't see
it. Who knows what is inside until AFTER they kill the person? Hope
preserves life, euthanasia is only despair.
Regards,
Pete
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