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After 15 yrs in vegetative state, patient becomes minimally conscious
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:08 pm
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After 15 yrs in vegetative state, patient becomes minimally conscious
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After lying in a vegetative state for 15 years, a 35-year-old male patient in France appears to have regained minimal consciousness following months of vagus nerve stimulation, researchers report today in Current Biology.
The patient, who suffered severe brain damage in a car crash, had shown no signs of awareness or improvement before. He made no apparent purposeful movements and didn’t respond to doctors or family at his bedside. But after researchers surgically implanted a device that stimulates the vagus nerve, quiet areas of his brain began to perk up—as did he.
His eyes turned toward people talking and could follow a moving mirror. He turned his head to follow a speaker moving around his bed. He slowly shook his head when asked. When researchers suddenly drew very close to his face, his eyes widened as if he was surprised or scared. When caregivers played his favorite music, he smiled and shed a tear.
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:10 pm to member12
How fricking cruel to keep a 20 year old on life support for 15 years.
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:11 pm to member12
wow, I hope this poor guy hasn't been locked in a mental prison this entire time.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:12 pm to member12
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The patient, who suffered severe brain damage in a car crash, had shown no signs of awareness or improvement before. He made no apparent purposeful movements and didn’t respond to doctors or family at his bedside. But after researchers surgically implanted a device that stimulates the vagus nerve, quiet areas of his brain began to perk up—as did he.
His eyes turned toward people talking and could follow a moving mirror. He turned his head to follow a speaker moving around his bed. He slowly shook his head when asked. When researchers suddenly drew very close to his face, his eyes widened as if he was surprised or scared. When caregivers played his favorite music, he smiled and shed a tear.
So he may now be aware & trapped inside his body?
Dear God that sounds worse than death.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:16 pm to member12
His eyes will grow even wider when he sees his hospital bill.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:17 pm to member12
Pretty incredible case. But I can't understand why you would keep someone in a vegetative state on life support for 15 years
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:21 pm to member12
He's sure in for a rude awakening.
ETA : was thinking about this earlier...how utterly confused I'd be at the World.
ETA : was thinking about this earlier...how utterly confused I'd be at the World.
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:35 pm to member12
My favorite nerve the vagus nerve
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:37 pm to member12
quote:I thought this thread was going to be about Al Gore.....
After 15 yrs in vegetative state
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:51 pm to member12
Imagine waking up after 15 year come.
We had a black president?!?!
Now a reality TV star is president?!?!?!
I can get nude pics and meet chicks her are dtf all through my cell phone?!?!?!?!?!?!
We had a black president?!?!
Now a reality TV star is president?!?!?!
I can get nude pics and meet chicks her are dtf all through my cell phone?!?!?!?!?!?!
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:55 pm to member12
Damn... Can you imagine waking up and thinking it is still 2002?
Posted on 9/25/17 at 6:00 pm to member12
I have always wondered what vegetated state people think, if anything.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 6:03 pm to member12
Vagus, baby. Vagus.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 6:03 pm to member12
Whose the one that breaks the news that Donald Trump is now President. They better catch that on camera.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 6:31 pm to member12
I was on life support for six weeks and it took a few more weeks for my head to clear enough for me to be able to think clearly. One of the therapists that came in told me to get a notebook and write anything I could remember. This was in November of 2010. The first thing I wrote was Texas Rangers!
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 9/25/17 at 7:05 pm to member12
28 and so gladi Went ahead and did my advanced care directive / living will . No tubes or anything. Just let me go if the time comes
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:19 pm to member12
His family is not keeping him alive for him they are doing it for themselves. Very selfish of them. Let him pass. Should have let him die a long time ago. It is about quality of life not quantity of years.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:33 pm to member12
quote:and immediately became one of the better posters on the OT
After 15 yrs in vegetative state, patient becomes minimally conscious
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 9:48 pm
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