Organ Donor Awareness Week: Brain damage "irreversible"

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Friday, February 21, 2003

Brain damage "irreversible"

The latest news on Jesica Santillan is that her brain damage - from cerebral edema, plus previously-unannounced hemorrhaging - is "severe and irreversible." Doctors feel that this is caused by all that time she spent on life support before her second transplant. Put plainly, it doesn't look good. Sign in to see full entry.

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