"She will most likely be a vegetable if she comes out." Out of a coma that is. I remember that. It's hard to forget. I also remember hearing a loud buzzer. I wanted to turn off my alarm clock because I was having a good sleep. I later found out it was the alarm on my ventilator.
I did wake up, and I could think. Unusual.
So the vegetable thing never should have been said. One time, a nurse in a hospital told me if a person is there and they can't communicate, they give up. I understood this. I was slowly getting my ability to talk back, but it was very slow. I could easily see someone giving up. While there, I remember a patient-an older man who the nurses called "Doctor". He had had a stroke. You could see in his eyes he understood, but he couldn't talk. He would have understood "vegetable" and what it would entail. I think he gave up. He died.
So the vegetable thing never should have been said. One time, a nurse in a hospital told me if a person is there and they can't communicate, they give up. I understood this. I was slowly getting my ability to talk back, but it was very slow. I could easily see someone giving up. While there, I remember a patient-an older man who the nurses called "Doctor". He had had a stroke. You could see in his eyes he understood, but he couldn't talk. He would have understood "vegetable" and what it would entail. I think he gave up. He died.
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