Jahi McMath Update: Set to Receive High School Diploma

Nrdsb4
Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:10:31 +0000

I’m curious- how long can they keep her organs going through artificial means? Anybody know?



A boy who experienced brain death was maintained on life support for 20 years. After his heart stopped, his autopsy revealed what his mother refused to acknowledge. His brain had disintegrated into a glob of nothing. But he had a strong heart.

Long survival following bacterial meningitis-associated brain destruction - PubMed;



This report describes the brain autopsy of a boy who at age 4(1/2) years experienced an episode of fulminant Haemophilus influenzae type b bacterial meningitis, resulting in massive brain destruction and the clinical signs of brain death. However, medical intervention maintained him for an additional two decades. Subsequent autopsy revealed a calcified intracranial spherical structure weighing 750 g and consisting of a calcified shell containing grumous material and cystic spaces with no recognizable neural elements grossly or microscopically. This case represents an example of long survival of brain death with a living body.