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LisaL

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19. If he were officially declared brain dead, they wouldn't be planning to run more brain wave tests on
Sun May 6, 2018, 10:08 PM
May 2018

him.

Not even sure what to say except thank goodness! StarryNite May 2018 #1
yes! Demovictory9 May 2018 #44
I think since he "came back to life" you just have to say THANK YOU... onecent May 2018 #2
Brain dead is dead. longship May 2018 #3
The mother was told he was brain dead -- which is the standard for organ donation. pnwmom May 2018 #4
It's kind of confusing but I don't believe LisaL May 2018 #5
She said earlier he had had "no brain waves"; but they cancelled the "final" brain wave test, pnwmom May 2018 #13
If they were still planning to do more tests then he didn't have an official diagnosis of LisaL May 2018 #18
They were telling her he was brain dead. And they also told her that if they took him off pnwmom May 2018 #21
If you take a brain dead person of a ventilator they heart stops, because a brain dead person can LisaL May 2018 #23
They were making the heart start-up again by shooting him up with adrenaline. pnwmom May 2018 #25
What does that have to do with him becoming a vegetable if taken off ventilator? LisaL May 2018 #27
When the mother questioned the doctor about the doctor's clinical diagnosis of brain death, pnwmom May 2018 #32
Then the doctor didn't believe him to be brain dead. LisaL May 2018 #34
In my view, the doctor was merely acknowledging the imperfect and imprecise pnwmom May 2018 #36
Well, they were wrong, weren't they. longship May 2018 #7
What conditions? He isn't in vegetative states, he can talk and walk. LisaL May 2018 #8
Then he was decidedly not brain dead as was reported in OP. longship May 2018 #16
You don't understand how variable these determinations are. pnwmom May 2018 #38
The important thing is that you have the opportunity to tell others they goofed. LanternWaste May 2018 #50
And you know that how? mr_lebowski May 2018 #10
I know that because of what the mother wrote on her FB page. pnwmom May 2018 #14
If he were officially declared brain dead, they wouldn't be planning to run more brain wave tests on LisaL May 2018 #19
It would make sense that they'd take more than one brain scan pnwmom May 2018 #20
there is a set of steps that must be taken before someone is officially declared brain dead. LisaL May 2018 #22
Why does this matter???? They told the parents he was brain dead. They had a brain scan pnwmom May 2018 #24
Seriously? LisaL May 2018 #28
No, I don't think that. But if they had done the final brain wave test the night before, pnwmom May 2018 #31
I believe they have to wait a certain period of time after a traumatic brian injury before declaring LisaL May 2018 #33
You are right about steps taken.... CatMor May 2018 #29
He has brain damage, sounds pretty severe. LisaL May 2018 #30
I didn't realize that because the article said.... CatMor May 2018 #35
Watch his video. He is walking and talking now, and he is making sense when he talks. pnwmom May 2018 #37
I know that he is walking and talking. LisaL May 2018 #39
i was answering someone else. You're right, he didn't come out unscathed. pnwmom May 2018 #41
I'm sorry about your husband, and grateful to him and to you for his being an organ donor renate May 2018 #51
Thank you so much ....... CatMor May 2018 #53
She seems to have Jesus on the brain... Baconator May 2018 #49
+1... SidDithers May 2018 #6
They correctly reported that she was asked to sign the organ donation papers, pnwmom May 2018 #9
Maybe there's not quite the association with 'official brain-death' and 'being asked to sign papers' mr_lebowski May 2018 #12
It probably says apparent brain death because, obviously, he's alive now. pnwmom May 2018 #15
The thing people take issue with is the click-bait headline, where it says 'brain-dead' ... mr_lebowski May 2018 #26
But wait this is a FOX NEWS report. Right? I'd first verify that this really even happened. The Wielding Truth May 2018 #40
This came from People magazine. Fox also covered it and put the video on TV. pnwmom May 2018 #43
Oh, People Magazine? Well, never mind kcr May 2018 #47
There is no one standard of brain death. Different states have different standards, pnwmom May 2018 #48
I believe he will get the chunk of skull back sarah FAILIN May 2018 #11
Oh no!!! LeftInTX May 2018 #17
Here is a video sarah FAILIN May 2018 #42
A clinical neurologist responds. longship May 2018 #45
If he was alert & talking, he wasn't ever brain dead Bucky May 2018 #46
Oops. Sorry. This was two days ago, and I wasn't the first or even the tenth to post what I posted. Iggo May 2018 #52
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