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In reply to the discussion: Mother signs organ donation papers for brain dead son. A day later, he wakes up. [View all]LisaL
(44,973 posts)39. I know that he is walking and talking.
But since he had to have multiple surgeries and is having seizures he didn't come out of this unscathed.
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Mother signs organ donation papers for brain dead son. A day later, he wakes up. [View all]
pnwmom
May 2018
OP
The mother was told he was brain dead -- which is the standard for organ donation.
pnwmom
May 2018
#4
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
When the mother questioned the doctor about the doctor's clinical diagnosis of brain death,
pnwmom
May 2018
#32
The important thing is that you have the opportunity to tell others they goofed.
LanternWaste
May 2018
#50
If he were officially declared brain dead, they wouldn't be planning to run more brain wave tests on
LisaL
May 2018
#19
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
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
Watch his video. He is walking and talking now, and he is making sense when he talks.
pnwmom
May 2018
#37
I'm sorry about your husband, and grateful to him and to you for his being an organ donor
renate
May 2018
#51
Maybe there's not quite the association with 'official brain-death' and 'being asked to sign papers'
mr_lebowski
May 2018
#12
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