X-Message-Number: 22722 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:19:29 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #22712 - #22720 About Terri Schiavo: (who was discussed here in the Australian news, too, and with more detail). There is a simple test which seems not to have been applied and would (for some) settle the issue of What's There in Terri Schiavo. Give her an MRI of her brain... or what's left of it. For instance, late stage Alzheimer's patients show a dramatic brain shrinkage. If her brain isn't shrunken, then some hope exists that she might someday be revived. If it is badly shrunken, then she's no longer there and can be considered already dead. It sounds as if she only has her lower brain centers working, if that. An MRI of her brain would tell us just what's there and what's missing. Would it quiet everyone? No. But it would help settle the issue of whether or not her recovery would ever be possible. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22722