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In reply to the discussion: Girl at center of debate over brain death dies, mother says (Jahi McMath) [View all]Hekate
(90,642 posts)9. I know, hence my statement about the slow decay of the body...
Last edited Fri Jun 29, 2018, 12:49 PM - Edit history (1)
Eventually the cells outside the dead brain just refuse to regenerate -- which no doubt was the origin of Jahi's "intestinal issue."
Uck. I read about a similar case years ago. The mother kept tending the body, and would take it to the ER from time to time. One time the esophagus was clogged with dead cells, said the author of the other case.
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Girl at center of debate over brain death dies, mother says (Jahi McMath) [View all]
TalenaGor
Jun 2018
OP
I can't believe they were still doing surgery on her body, five years after she legally died, at
LisaL
Jun 2018
#10
I feel sorry for the girl, who was saddled with a "we know better" family
RhodeIslandOne
Jun 2018
#33
such a sad case. and fuck the lawyers and others who used this family to push their agenda
JI7
Jun 2018
#3
What they did with that poor dead girl's body for 5 years is a horror show. nt
SunSeeker
Jun 2018
#11
The mother may have been feeling a great deal of guilt and was grasping at straws.
Kaleva
Jun 2018
#20
Because there is a lot of expense to maintain a brain dead person on life support without any hope
LisaL
Jun 2018
#36
The girl at center of debate over brain death has BEEN dead since December 2014
rocktivity
Jun 2018
#18