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I acknowledge the point, but whether it is reflex or valid brain activity in a vegetative person is up for debate. Regardless, a vegetative state is never a qu
by OutOfHere 2y ago
I acknowledge the point, but whether it is reflex or valid brain activity in a vegetative person is up for debate.
Regardless, a vegetative state is never a qualifiable reason for harvesting organs! The person is still alive. At the very least, the person should naturally be allowed to die. If they have family, their permission also matters.
P.S. Ambien (zolpidem) is a well studied drug to help treat a vegetative state. There may also exist other such drugs.
- kstrauser 2y agoI agree with that and didn’t mean to argue against you. Just, from personal experience, looking around doesn’t have to mean “hey guys, what’s up?” I’d give all the world to make it so.
- OutOfHere 2y agoWas the person you know even given zolpidem or a similar attempted treatment? It could take a while though for it to work.
- kstrauser 2y agoIt would not have been helpful. She’d been deprived oxygen too long and critical anatomy was no longer functional. That’s the kind of thing I’m totally willing to discuss in detail in a more private setting, but that’s about as far as I’ll go here. Except to add, fuck lupus. Miss ya, sis.
- tessierashpool9 2y agoit might very well have meant just that. i think that is also the point of who you respond to. eeg is a very primitive method to measure what is going on in the brain.