Actually, you can totally notice these when you drive through, because they only leave a few trees' worth of depth. I've been told that the logging companies have to leave a certain percentage of trees per acre, and so they leave these horrible "fringes" to comply. Don't know if that's true or not. And yes, the smaller road is a logging road, where they access and haul out.
Trying to link this Terri Schiavo (sp?) is a great disservice. BTW, this woman in the report was in a coma state, and not PVS. Terri Schiavo had radiological (CT) evidence of a large portion of her brain simply being gone from her brain damage and this case has no such mention.
Trying to compare the cases is like apples to oranges. I am very happy that she has recovered, and I know that other occasionally do. Like the doctor in the piece said... something like for every one of her there are hundreds who don't awaken and live in nursing homes the rest of their lives with no significant recovery.
If there's a reasonable chance that I won't be able to wipe my own ass or read or write or create or communicate when I'm "recovered" from an event such as this, I'd rather have my loved ones err on the side of withdrawing care and letting me die than allowing me to lingering in a state of persistent dysfunction.
I used to work nights at UCSF and the Blue Angels were the bane of my daytime sleeping about once a year for a week. Not only do they do the show almost every year, but they practice for a few days ahead of time. No earplugs can keep out the noise of your hillside home being buzzed by jet fighters somehow.
Portland's Urban Iditarod was last weekend.
Trying to compare the cases is like apples to oranges. I am very happy that she has recovered, and I know that other occasionally do. Like the doctor in the piece said... something like for every one of her there are hundreds who don't awaken and live in nursing homes the rest of their lives with no significant recovery.
If there's a reasonable chance that I won't be able to wipe my own ass or read or write or create or communicate when I'm "recovered" from an event such as this, I'd rather have my loved ones err on the side of withdrawing care and letting me die than allowing me to lingering in a state of persistent dysfunction.
2006 Soap Box Derby in Portland OR... before they wiped out.