EXTREMELY BORED

I just read an article about a man who at the age of twenty three was in a severe car crash that left him in a coma. twenty three years past and the doctors scan his brain to find that it was fully functional all along. The man was paralyzed and unable to let his condition be known to those that constantly surrounded him.

How the hell do you live for 23 years completely unable to do anything but think? After all this time he now has some sort of special keyboard that allows him to type what he wants to say. The guy seems legitimately happy to boot! I'm sure it can be gathered by the way I'm approaching the subject that I don't think I could handle it.

In the article it was also stated that doctors have had a lot of trouble properly diagnosing people in what seem to be comas. Apparently a large number of patients that are diagnosed as being in a vegetative state are actually in a minimally conscious state. Who knows how many more are out there just like this man who has had to sit and listen to everything going on around him without ever being able to communicate? I think that the test that was performed on this man that revealed that he was misdiagnosed should be conducted on anyone who might be in a vegetative state just to be sure. I'm sure that doing that will cost a lot of money and more often than not would be a waste of time, but for the people who might be awake- It has to be worth it. If I was in that situation I would hope to at least have the chance to tell my family I love them and that I want to move to Oregon so that I could be Euthanized.