In an attempt to better understand this situation I have done some more reading on the subject.

The University of Miami’s Ethics Program has a great deal of information including this Timeline which is of interest to anyone who wants a fuller view of the situation–indeed, while fairly simple, it is one of the more helpful bits of info I have seen.

Matthew Yglesias notes this post by Rivka (who has “a doctorate in clinical psychology” and has “completed a year-long practicum in clinical neuropsychology”) on some of the medical issues. Rivka, in turn, points to Alas (a Blog) which has posted a copy of Mrs. Schiavo’s CT (which, in turn, comes from the U of Miami site noted above). The CT shows what appears to be extreme brain damage (and the Miami site labels it as “showing extensive cortical regions filled with spinal fluid”). I am not a medicial doctor, but that can’t be good.

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1. Terry Schiavo Update VII
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   WASHINGTON Mar 19, 2024 — Congressional leaders hoped a deal reached Saturday would clear the way for a brain-damaged woman to…

   Trackback by Pajama Hadin — Sunday, March 20, 2024 @ 8:57 pm

2. I wonder why no one has performed an MRI, which would seem to be much more accurate than the CT in showing brain activity?

   Comment by bryan — Monday, March 21, 2024 @ 7:43 am

3. One of the things that does bother me is the lack of an MRI, but the CT appears to indicate a substantial problem. And, according to the timeline, there was an attempt at treatment and therapy early on–one would think that the doctors in question must have been convinced of her state to engage in brain therapy.

   Comment by Steven Taylor — Monday, March 21, 2024 @ 7:46 am

4. Terri Schiavo Roundup
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   Trackback by Outside The Beltway — Monday, March 21, 2024 @ 2:12 pm

5. [...] brain damage early on, but it wasn’t much discussed in the media for some reason. As I blogged quite a while back, that a CT of her brain showed that much of her cerebral cortex was liq [...]

   Pingback by Pros and Cons » Terri Schiavo’s Brain Damage — Wednesday, June 15, 2024 @ 8:59 pm

6. [...] biology and some technology, it was possible to keep her body functioning. I figure that if your cerebral cortext is filled with spinal fluid, you are gone. However, some feel that life [...]

   Pingback by PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » Schiavo Revisited — Wednesday, June 15, 2024 @ 9:23 pm

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