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Originally posted by honeychile
In some hospitals, if not most, when someone is brought into the ER under trauma conditions, they are automatically intubated, and given a feeding tube. My father was technically DOA, but was still given the tubes. It was only when we noticed that blood was backing up in his breathing tube and the precursor to lividity was starting that we realized that there was no hope - even though there was still the tiniest bit of brain activity (we'll never know how much, since we didn't push for an MRI or PET scan).
I've had several clients who have had their tubes removed, have done well for a while, then needed one or the other back again. People can live with ng tubes for many years, and still eat, besides.
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*nods* Well good for those people! Seriously if that were the case with Terri, I'm sure that after 15 years the doctors have tried to get the woman to swallow, feed herself, etc. I highly doubt that they've just let her lay there and not tried to get the woman to speak or eat. I still stand by that I haven't seen an article or person produce a video of poor Terri eating or doing things that would prove that she has a steam of continued consciousness. Do you really think 40 doctors are wrong on this? I'm sincerely curious.
RUgreek yeah I saw the episode tonight! I laughed when it said in Kenny's will "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T PUT ME ON NATIONAL T.V. IN THAT STATE." All the Southpark characters were like "Oops!" lol.
I'm sure Terri feels the same, she was a pretty young woman.