Schiavo's 'Dr. Humane Death' Got 1980 Diagnosis Wrong http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=%5CSpecialReports%5Carchive%5C200504%5CSPE20050412a.html AKA (http://www.antiwrap.com/?681 )
.... Cranford expressed similar certainty about another patient he declared to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) in 1980, former Minneapolis Police Sgt. David Mack. ''Sergeant Mack will never regain cognitive, sapient functioning,'' Cranford said six months after Mack was shot while serving a search warrant on Dec. 13, 1979. ''He will never be aware of his condition nor resume any degree of meaningful voluntary conscious interaction with his family or friends.'' Based on Cranford's unequivocal diagnosis of Mack, the officer's relatives removed him from a respirator in August 1980 "because his family felt he should be allowed to die rather than exist in such a state," according to published reports. But Mack did not die. On Oct. 22, 1981, 18 months after Cranford declared Mack's case hopeless, doctors at the advanced care facility where Mack was being treated noticed that he was awake. The Associated Press described Mack's recovery. "A policeman considered 'vegetative' after being shot in the head in 1979 has come out of his coma and, although doctors caution he may never recover fully, he is spelling out some of his desires: 'TALK. WALK. SKI. DOG,'" the news report stated, explaining that someone would point to letters displayed in alphabetical order on a board while Mack nodded "yes" or "no" until the correct letter was reached. Asked how he felt about his recovery, Mack smiled and spelled out "SPEECHLESS!" "Doctors say Mack has recovered about 95 percent of his intellectual capabilities," the news account continued, "and can understand everything said to him." .... On 4/12/05, William Bowen wrote: > but the parents don't have to "take him to task" for abuse. They > merely have to make mention of it, subtly even, to get the word out > that he's got happy fists. > > And there are plenty of people willing to believe that he's an abuser > simply because of the accusation, I daresay they're salivating over > the possibility. Oh there's xrays, oh there's evidence he's hiding by > denying the autopsy. Oh, he's okay'd the autopsy but it doesn't really > prove he's not guilty of abuse. He's controlling her after all these > years! The parents love her, but Schiavo is trying to take the easy > way out by "murdering" her. > > 'cause he fits the profile. > > Well, shit, lot's of people fit the profile. The profile is pretty > friggin' broad. > > Accusations in this country make it so, don't kid yourself. Schiavo is > guilty until proven innocent and even if that happens, you'l still > hear the whispers. > > Look at O.J., acquitted, but everybody "knows" he did it. Don't they? > Oh yeah, acquitted doesn't mean innocent. Got away with murder. > > and Schiavo hasn't been "accused" of anything, has he? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153675 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
