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re: After 15 yrs in vegetative state, patient becomes minimally conscious
Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:12 pm to member12
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.
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 5:20 pm to sugar71
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So he may now be aware & trapped inside his body?
Dear God that sounds worse than death.
Darkness.
Imprisoning me.
All that I see,
Absolute horror.
I cannot live.
I cannot die.
Trapped in myself,
Body my holding cell.
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