So, the common school of thought out of Sweden is that if you take the brainstem and the midbrain out of commission and numb the hippocampus and then stop the thymus you can, in effect, allow a terminal patient to go to sleep...for good.
But, here's the problem with that model.
There is a patient in hospice tonight who has been given enough drugs to kill a mule. He's got the heart of an Ox, the bones of a Giant, and the heart and lungs of a true Hero. He also has everything working even though he's mostly dead.
What keeps him alive, you ask?
Well, he's in Alpha. His pituitary gland is still functioning. His pineal gland is still sensing. And the danger in this model is...since consciousness actually resides in the pre-frontal cortex...there is very little they can do to make it stop without a full lobotomy.
So, here's the bottom life.
It is a lawsuit.
He's a veteran.
And Novant just went out of business...
Welcome to Bowman Gray Medical.
You might not love our methods.
But, you'll live.
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