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Coma victim conscious for 23 years

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Deathmage, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. Deathmage

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    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/24/2751424.htm

    Anyways: this is pretty much the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone. It's like a nightmare come true. 23 years of isolation, of staying basically in the same bed, of not being able to talk to anyone, of watching people give up to you when you want to scream I'm still here. I think I'd go insane from that. It's terrifying to think how many of those victims were, or are, still conscious, although now that they have those machines, future victim might have a better chance of communicating their wishes. So that's a good thing...

    Any thoughts? What would you say if you were hocked up to that machine and was able, for the first time in 23 years, to actually communicate to someone?
     
  2. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

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    I agree it would be torture to go through that. I also agree that while something like this occurs veryy infrequently, it probably isn't the first time it has happened - it's just the first time that we've realized that they weren't really in a vegetative state.

    The real problem was that he was misdiagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state and not paralyzed. The main reason I think this is very rare is most people when they are paralyzed are not completely paralyzed like this guy. Even severe forms of paralysis where you are paralyzed from the neck down, you'd still be able to talk. I'd say that the vast majority of people who have been diagnosed with being in a persistent vegetative state actually are.
     
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