Oh gosh. For every one of the 'miracles' of full recovery from brain death, there are thousands more about people being kept alive waiting for a miracle. It di

Oh gosh. For every one of the 'miracles' of full recovery from brain death, there are thousands more about people being kept alive waiting for a miracle. It disgusts me how okay people are with mechanical respirators, TPN feeds, and the like even when there is a <.01% chance of recovery. The family says 'do everything you can.' We don't want to pull the plug, we are playing God if we decide if someone lives or dies. Except we already are playing God. This is a person that left alone to God (sans medicine) would be dead! We simple can keep a brain dead person alive indefinitely and essentially take away their option for death. As far as heart rate spiking when organ donation operations are performed? You do know this happens during normal operations. Pain medication is given not to help control your pain, but to help control this reflex. In a normal operation pain meds are technically necessary as when you are under the gas your body either doesn't experience or doesn't remember pain. The actual mechanism of action for anesthetic gas is not fully understood. My point is the pian medication is not given for the brain. yes organ donation can be shady, but that doesn't necessitate boycott.