and miracle hardly begins to describe it, imo. however, it seems to me that there are no words to describe what has happened. i also think (and hope) that part of the miracle from this is an even greater knowledge and understanding of spinal cord injuries and how to treat them. that others may some day walk after an injury because what was learned in this case. i am in awe.
i quoted the doctor, you tried to discount it. sounds like you got caught not shying away from the title.
Oh wait nevermind I misread your post. I responded to the "prayers answered" post. I know it was a miracle.(i know it was just stupid to say anything in the first place, for that I apologize)
They have been testing this method out, chilling the body, on people who suffer strokes and head trauma. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19318124/
Warning: a new thread may be needed in FSA. However, my wife and I were talking about "miracle" v. "medical advancement" last week in the pool on vacation. Man, that makes us sound boring. Oh hell with it, y'all know how NLMD gets down. Anyway, she's of the miracle set that sees divine intervention in such things. I tend to think when medical technology and know-how are involved, it's more a miracle that we actually discovered a treatment. I guess it's a fine distinction, but at the time, it really got my mind off of how bad my eyes and nose were burning from the high chlorine concentration in the pool. In fact, I posit that it WAS a miracle that NLMD could swim the length of the pool with eyes open with such a concentration AND still manage to spot the guy with the forethought to bring a cooler of beer to the pool from over 20 yards away.
new technique works for scientifically understood reasons = miracle. inevitable medical advancement, as humanity builds upon accumulated knowledge = miracle. right treatment? first time doctor was really quick to ice him down? yeah right. try "magic jeebus" as an answer, jerkwad. my question: how many times will this new procedure be performed until it is no longer a miracle. personally i still consider aspirin to be a miracle, and after it kills my headache i bow to mecca. hell, i scream allah ackbar when i use indoor plumbing and maintain a modicum of sanitation, thus miraculously avoiding many diseases that killed people in droves hundreds of years ago before they discovered the miracle of cleanliness.
i think that sort of thinking really belittles the years of effort put in by doctors. that is a lie from the medical industry, always trying to take credit. i bet what really happened is that a lightning bolt knocked a tub of ice onto the patient.
I can't imagine one second being in great physical condition and the next second having the come to grips with the fact that you might never walk again. It's great to finally hear some good news about his medical status. LSUGrad00 has a phobia of public pools that don't smell like chlorine. One summer in college LSUGrad00 was dating a chick and she wanted to go to blue bayou. I submitted because I was way out kicking my coverage with this girl and would do pretty much anything she asked. Anyway we do the water slide thing and she decides she wants to go to the wave pool. we get in the wave pool and swim out in the middle and I notice something isn't right. The water is.... salty.... all I could think of was how high the urine content of a pool have to be to make the water salty. Anyway I can smell the chlorine I feel safe that there are enough chemicals in that pool to kill whatever some nasty little bastard decides to deposit in there.
