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   From: tiredofspam123@comcast.net   
      
   mha@TheWorld.com (Martha H Adams) wrote:   
      
   >The last I heard, some four or six days after the drowning event, the   
   >girl was showing signs of voluntary movement.  I'm afraid the rest of   
   >the story is, the oxygen deprivation to her brain broke its   
   >developmental chain; and she's going to mature into a retarded adult.   
   >This will of course, not make the news.   
      
   It never does.  The news media has no interest in reality.   
      
   >I recall an episode in ER   
      
   Please don't believe a single thing you see on that show.  It is pure   
   fantasy.   
      
   >Was it really so nice this child survived?  I'd sure like to think so   
   >but I'm glad I'm not involved in this.   
      
   No, it probably won't be so nice.  Being so young, it's hard to say how much   
   brain function she'll recover, and it would be wonderful if she continued   
   her miracle performance, but it's unlikely she'll survive the long-term as   
   anything more than a devastating expense and a sad example of modern   
   medicine's ability to keep all the organs functioning except the one that   
   counts.  I pity her, her parents, and all those involved with her care.   
      
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