re: Legal battle over right-to-life of Lafayette man in vegetative state

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Opinions/takeaway points:

A suicide attempt should always equal a DNR. It’s the purpose of the initial act (suicide), and anyone resuscitating is going against their wishes

If going thru a separation or divorce, make sure to designate a power of attorney who is not your estranged whore wife

If contemplating suicide attempt to get necessary rehab/detox, don’t do it in jail if it’s opiods. Maybe something life threatening like alcohol with seizures/delirium tremors, but not opioid withdrawal, which obviously sucks but is not life threatening.

Someone who says HBO will be effective three years out from an anoxic brain injury is a snake oil salesman who probably is trying to drum up business to pay off his hyperbaric oxygen chamber. It’s not like an ankle ulcer from pvd

Dr Phil still sucks

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Josh was never resuscitated. He never stopped breathing.
The majority of people who survive a suicide attempt are grateful they survived.
I am in contact with several people who are doing hbot for their loved one with an anoxic brain injury and it is helping. Josh's current condition is from lack of any type of stimulation not from the original injury. If he would have been given therapy and treatment early on he most likely would be in a better condition. Nobody can guarantee how he would respond now.
My point is it was recommended he do about 2 months of hbot. Isn't his life valuable enough to give him the 2 months of treatment to know with absolute certainty how he responds? The money was already donated to pay for it.