by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
After two weeks and no change Ryan Finley took his wife Jill off life support and suddenly she awoke. Imagine being 31 years old and having to make the agonizing decision to discontinue the life-support keeping your comatose spouse alive. Now imagine that spouse...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
A Virginia family was shocked but relieved when their mother, Val Thomas, woke up after doctors said she was dead. Mrs. Thomas, 59, while being kept breathing artificially, had no detectable brain waves for more than 17 hours. The family was discussing organ donation...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
A teenage girl who had been stuck in a coma after a catastrophic car crash miraculously woke up just as doctors were about to declare her brain dead and harvest her organs. A teenage girl who had been stuck in a coma after a catastrophic car crash miraculously woke up...
