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Ned
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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999
time: 21:30
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Could this have helped Terri? A PVS firefighter was given a new drug and suddenly "woke up" for 14 hours.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/cond...y.ap/index.html
"Herbert went without oxygen for 10 minutes after being trapped under a collapsed roof while fighting a house fire in December 1995. He spent more than two months in a coma, was blind and had little, if any, memory. In the past several years, his condition had sunk to a near persistent vegetative state, Ahmed said.
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"For the once robust firefighter, 10 minutes without oxygen had turned into nearly 10 years without seeing or speaking.
His wife refused to give up. His doctor had an idea.
Certain medications had shown promise in Dr. Jamil Ahmed's more recently brain-damaged patients, drugs normally used to treat Parkinson's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression. He gave them to Herbert.
Three months later, on Saturday, something clicked in Herbert's brain. He started talking. Not only talking, his doctor said, but talking sensibly. Even making people laugh.
For the next 14 to 16 hours, until he fell into a 30-hour sleep early Sunday morning, Herbert chatted with his wife, Linda, his four sons and other family and friends, catching up on what he'd missed.
Miraculous?
"I think so," said Dr. Ellen Reilly, Herbert's attending physician at Father Baker Manor nursing home, where he has lived the past seven years."
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Ned
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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999
time: 21:30
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quote:
Originally posted by chegitz guevara
No. The firefighter, while brain-damaged, was speaking again soon after his accident, then slipped into a coma. The late Mrs. Schiavo had no brain to recover. Don't confuse a coma with PVS, Ned.
While this is great for the firefighter's family, it should be noted that when people wake up from long-term comas, they frequently slip back into them within a few months. |
Che, thanks. But both brain injuries occurred for the same reason: lack of oxygen. Thus it does appear that one can recover, to a degree.
As to Terri, she did talk after she regained consciousness. She continued to talk throughout. That was never contested. It was just that it was never "reliable" - which is exactly the same problem this firefighter seems to have.
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