my grandma was declared brain dead early morning on may 30 so they had her on that machine that just keeps her heart alive. they told us that her lungs where shutting off and that her reflexses where because of the carbon menoxide. they told us we had to make a choice by taking the mask off or putting the tub in her mouth and let her heart just stop itself. on may 31 before we disconect it her from the machine I ask the dr if theirs was any chance of her waking up she said no I told her that I was talking to her and if she was able to hear me because I was talking to her and her reflexses looked like different like if she was able to hear me. she said she wasnt sure that the movement (reflexses) once again was becaUse of her carbon menoxide it was 1pm. around 3pm I started playing my grandmas music to her her reflexses looked weird to me around 4 she opened her eyes she looked at me and satstraight up with pain on her back because thats why she was their at the hospital for in the first place because a bone had broke and she was pain anyways she woke up and she s was yelling my back was hurting I told her if she knew who I was and yelled yes I told her squish my hand and nod your head yes if you have lots of pain she did both and yelled yes. I got the nurse she brought medicin but never called a doctor if your declared brain dead can this happend can someone wake up the next day and if the nurse saw her awake shouldnt she had called a doctor?
2014-11-17 10:26:06
Hi there and thanks so much for posting this question. I am not a neurologist so maybe you should post in that forum although I am going to refer you to a great article written by a neurologist about this topic: WHAT EXACTLY IS BRAIN DEATH? From the Atlantic: written by: RICHARD SENELICK - Richard C. Senelick is a neurologist who serves as medical director of RIOSA the Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio and editor in chief of HealthSouth Press the publishing arm of one of the nation's largest hospital systems. What is the difference between someone in a coma who may or may not improve and someone who is truly brain dead and may be a candidate to donate their organs? Brain death is the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain including the all-important brain stem that houses the RAS and the mechanism that controls our breathing. Dead is dead. Brain death isn't a different type of death and patients who meet the criteria of brain death are legally dead.
2014-11-17 10:26:36
