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How do we know she is brain-dead. She might be able to understand everything around her - and more - and is it really right to end her life for her?
She has no cerebral cortex at all -- the only thing left of her brain is the brain stem. The cerebral cortex died of oxygen starvation, was replaced by fluid, and the remaining parts of her brain were smashed against her skull by the pressure buildup. When they place electrodes on her head to measure brain activity the graph is nothing but flat lines. She is, without a doubt, brain dead.
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