Pulling the plug on grandma

[genlock]

BRUSSELS (AP) - A man who emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state says he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed, his mother said Monday.

Rom Houben, 46, had a car crash in 1983 and doctors thought he had sunk into a coma. His family continued to believe their son was conscious and sought further medical advice.

Professor Steven Laureys of Belgium's Coma Science Group realized that the diagnosis was wrong and taught Houben how to communicate through a special keyboard, said Dr. Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, who is on Laureys' team.

Rom used the device to tell a reporter for the German magazine Der Spiegel that: "I screamed but there was nothing to hear."

[Jet Black]

Remind me to sign my Do Not Rescusitate statement.

[genlock]

I would hate to lay there, listening to family and doctors discussing when to pull the plug, and not be able to speak up.
I wonder if that girl in Florida that all the legal fuss was made about, was like that.
The circumstance of the guy in England should put a stop to some of these cases at least.
BTW: I want the plug pulled on me in a similar situation, just don't let me hear you discussing it.

[Jet Black]

Dont' worry, Genlock. Obamacare is here, and the Government can absolutely guarantee they will not have you on the machines for more than six to seven hours, tops. All hail the New Messiah, he has saved us from freedom in medical care!

[genlock]

109:8, I know that one.

I hope it comes quick. I hate to sit on the ice floe waiting for the polar bear too long.

[Jet Black]

You know, Genlock, I like you more all the time.