Posted by
Billy on Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:09:15 AM
(Here is a great Thanksgiving story even though my guess is this man doesn't take part in the Thanksgiving holiday. The story should also make all of us think.)
A man thought to have been in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious
throughout the entire ordeal.
Rom Houben of Belgium was diagnosed as being in a vegetative
state after a car wreck, but doctors now know the 46-year-old man was aware of
his surroundings, heard what was being said, but couldn't respond. He has been
provided with equipment to read and type since this discovery, and with therapy,
he is now able to communicate. Bobby Schindler of Terri's Foundation reacts
to the news.
"This isn't the first time we've heard this or we've read
that something like this has happened where someone has emerged from what
doctors were saying...was a persistent vegetative state, and I think it
illustrates why we need to stop dehydrating to death these people who are
labeled in this highly subjective diagnosis," Schindler contends.
(Read more of the above story right here.)
