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Thread: "Car crash victim trapped in 'coma' for 23 years was conscious"

  1. 11-23-09, 05:55 PM #1
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    "Car crash victim trapped in 'coma' for 23 years was conscious"

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...-coma-23-years


    wow, that would reeaally suck. after 23 years of that i would feel lucky to not be completely insane.
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  2. 11-23-09, 06:12 PM #2
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    All I say is "Wow"
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    That's what you get with nationalized health care.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mountainman View Post
    That's what you get with nationalized health care.

    Ya here, in the US, cost would have been so great to keep him alive, that they would have pulled the feeding tube and let him die, a long time ago.
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    That and incorrect amputations!

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  6. 11-24-09, 09:18 PM #6
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    Read about that this morning and could just think, "wow, that would really suck." I can't even imagine how frustrating that would have been (not so speak of the condition the poor guy is still in).
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  7. 11-24-09, 10:28 PM #7
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    Some of those family members better how they didn't discuss pulling the plug around him. HE KNOWWWWWS.
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