But when they pronounce you brain dead ..then they don't. They do the same thing with aborted babies..some are nearly full term or full term and the reason they give for no pain medication is to have the organs in optimal shape.
I can second this. While in college, my Mom was hit by a drunk driver and spent over a month in a coma. Every day they pressured the family to pull the plug. They said she had little to no brain activity.
While changing her sheets, they dropped her and she screamed and woke up. She didn't recognize her parents or friends for several weeks. But it all eventually came back to her. (My Dad dated her before the accident, and they have adorable stories about what she remembered when he came to visit her.) Doctors said she would be mentally impaired. She finished college and got her Masters. Doctors said she wouldn't be able to walk. She ran marathons and coached softball.
It took years, but she healed 100%. Doctors don't know shit. They would have killed her if my Grandma hadn't been a tiny velociraptor.
...and it isn't painless either. No anaesthestics as they need organs clean...brain dead diagnosis faulty and people have recovered.
Scary prospect. I was on the donor list for 25 years. I took myself off 2 months ago.
I did the same once I became a Dad. Didn't want to be euthanized so some hospital could mark up my organs by hundreds of $$.
Agree in principal, but my cousin donated a kidney to my aunt, and they both got plenty of pain meds before and after.
But when they pronounce you brain dead ..then they don't. They do the same thing with aborted babies..some are nearly full term or full term and the reason they give for no pain medication is to have the organs in optimal shape.
Of course it could be they are psychopaths
You don't have to be dead to donate a kidney.
Thanks. I just called my cousin to be sure and she said she wasn't dead.
Happy to hear that. You do however, have to be dead to donate nearly everything else.
I can second this. While in college, my Mom was hit by a drunk driver and spent over a month in a coma. Every day they pressured the family to pull the plug. They said she had little to no brain activity.
While changing her sheets, they dropped her and she screamed and woke up. She didn't recognize her parents or friends for several weeks. But it all eventually came back to her. (My Dad dated her before the accident, and they have adorable stories about what she remembered when he came to visit her.) Doctors said she would be mentally impaired. She finished college and got her Masters. Doctors said she wouldn't be able to walk. She ran marathons and coached softball.
It took years, but she healed 100%. Doctors don't know shit. They would have killed her if my Grandma hadn't been a tiny velociraptor.