Hope - that in spite of everything that's happened to the guy, he will eventually come out of things OK.
They're not faking anything, I think. In all likelihood its a desperate hope that he's there and not some very badly damaged shell. So they look and see a random movement as "proof" that he's conscious and able to fully communicate. Their expectations put meaningfulness into what may entirely be random nerve firings. One thing I wonder a bit is if beyond everything and he is "normal" how normal would be be - imagine trapped in your body, you cannot move, or do anything except state at the wall. How long would someone stay sane in that situation. A bit of personal disclosure here. When I was quite young, my eldest brother was in a coma which he never came out of. So I think I kind of understand what the parents are going through. Its a very forlorn hope and I really hope I never have to go through anything similar again. I have a living will set up already requesting that if I am in such a situation, that any and all support be terminated. This includes removing all food and water. That all said, apparently he may be able to respond to yes /no questions by tapping a button with his foot. if so then he can interact with the outside world, and you can set up a modified BLISS system to help him communicate. larry On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, fair enough. > > I'm still interested to know your thoughts on this though: > >> As far as evidence, well you're right. I would ask you this though: In > this >> case specifically, after all these years, what would be the family's > benefit >> to faking it? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309150 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
