Not-so-persistent vegetative state
Just WOW! A doctor prescribed a sleeping pill to alleviate spasms in a young accident victim who had been in a Persistent Vegetative State for five years. Shortly after taking the medicine, the patient began talking to his mother. The effects appear to be temporary, but was a merciful blessing to these families! Years of caring for a loved one in a coma can potentially be substituted for a daily dose of medicine. Hallelujah!
Here’s another article from The Guardian.
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See also What do you mean by brain-dead? from earlier this month.
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September 13th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Extremist,
What sort of Law do you practice (i.e. criminal, trial, etc…)?
I met a person last week who is finishing his last year of law school at Cornell University and is interested in either the FBI or practicing international law in the D.C. metro area. So, I was just curious what sort of law you practice.
My brother-n-law is an attorny in Indiana and work with elderly and disabled people on social security.
I am not sure if you are aware of this but Emory U. actually has a dual program where the student earns both a Juris Prudence degree and the Master of Divinity degree (I think the U. of Chicago also has one). I am not sure of the connection between the two diciplines, except for people like us who believe moral authority is grounded in a higher authority (God) than simply human wisdom.