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I've been heckling my husband about advanced directives and getting a will done just in case something happens to either one us. We have two young daughters and there needs to be a legally binding plan in place. We're actually only domestic partners in our state, thus gaining access to all his...

Marlise Muñoz, they believe, had suffered from a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in the lungs. Robyn Benson died from a brain hemorrhage - an artery in the brain bursting. They are very different things.

I come from a family with quite a range of medical backgrounds, and I've considered over the years going into nursing. I was just discussing it with my husband tonight and said "I'd do it, but boogers and lung butter is my limit. Also I hate math." ... he rolled his eyes at the math part...

I use Lightroom, yes. My imports from my SD card show the capture date and time, lens used, shutter speed, ISO ... everything. The stuff I e-mailed to myself from my phone and imported into Lightroom show no data except the "created" time (time I downloaded it to my computer). When I look...

Well, if you look on the Muñoz case from Texas the husband said his wife's bones cracked when moved, and the smell of his wife had been replaced wit the smell of death. She was pronounced brain dead about 2 weeks before Jahi McMath, so I wouldn't doubt that the same conditions have or will be...

I like this... "Everything that I've been through these past 2 months just hit me like a ton of bricks." So self absorbed. :facepalm:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/fort-worth-hospital-will-end-life-support-for-marlise-munoz-242083601.html I'm glad to see the hospital did not appeal and cause this family more trauma. ETA: I'm likely late to the party and didn't read all the way back. :blush:

Not sure if this has been mentioned - but if someone doesn't set the time and date on the device used to record then it might come up with a wonky date like that. Older P&S cameras and video cameras are notorious for that. I'm not sure about METADATA from an iPhone photo/video. I could open...

:floorlaugh: I shouldn't laugh at his stupidity, I shouldn't. I can't help it though. CD: "Brain death is just a disability!" Judge: :slap:

Since insurance doesn't pay for dead people they are not obligated to pay. And since the government cannot give precedence to any one religion over another I think using tax dollars is out. So that leaves the family to pay in full. If they want to ignore a diagnosis by medical professionals...

BBM. The hospital *didn't* want to turn off support though because they felt that honoring the fetus over the deceased person was what the law stated they were to do.

I think I might get what you are saying... It's been mentioned that the hospital misinterpreted the law. If that is the case - intentional or not on their part - it needs to be addressed and verbiage changed so it's not ambiguous. Is the choice of disconnecting the pregnant woman going...

I'm not sure if cases have been cited upthread, but have there been any where the woman was brain dead as early on in the pregnancy as MM where the infant was still normal?

You were making speculations that we already know are simply not plausible in this specific case, and then accusing others of not understanding what you were saying and splitting hairs. So pardon me for calling out devil's advocacy that is no longer really valid.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/health/pregnant-brain-dead-woman-texas/ :anguish::anguish::anguish: Her loved ones should never have had to be put through this. Opinions about the pregnancy aside - this is beyond disrespectful to Marlise and her memory. This is what her loved ones will...