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I've been following the story of the teenage boy in Alabama who was pronounced brain dead. His parents had just signed the paperwork for organ donation when all of a sudden he began to respond. He has now said that while he was unconscious (my confusion is that he was supposedly brain dead) he walked along a field and he believes he was in heaven. Then later his mom says the color of his eyes has changed and that is a sure sign he was reborn. I am shaking my head in confusion and wonderment. Was he really not brain dead and the doctors called it incorrectly? Can a brain dead person return to a state of near normalcy after 15 minutes of being in that state? I know he wasn't in "heaven" but if he was dreaming would that not indicate he could not have been brain dead? What do you think of this news story?

AmelieMatisse 8 May 7
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Remembering a dream at the beginning or end of unconsciousness is not uncommon nor are slight changes in eye color especially with glaucoma my eyes are much less blue than ten years ago....after the application of electronic sensors to various spots on the skull I ALSO DO NOT TRUST busy er staff to doubt every micro step in triage pressure

Yes remembering while unconscious but they said he was brain dead.

@AmelieMatisse are "they" competent infallible or will this patient join the miracle industry of allegations

@GreenAtheist well may be his parents will compare him to Jesus rising LOL

@AmelieMatisse xian book stores and xian radio is big cult business the kid must be Elmer Gantry reincarnate

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It would really help if you would post a link.

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I think he met God..

I would ask why God put him in that predicament in the first place.

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Our brains are composed of three basic layers and the inner most part is the most primitive - our reptilian remnant brain.

It's this part of the brain that is responsible for suspended animation states. This sometimes activates when people fall into frozen lakes or rivers. Life saving mechanisms from our ancient DNA kick into autopilot inducing a kind of life saving coma.

Eyes can also change colour. One man involved in the immediate aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, who was exposed to high levels of radiation witnessed his eyes change from brown to blue almost overnight.

And as for visions. The pineal gland, especially when deprived of oxygen during near death situations excretes a hallucinatory compound thought to elicit lucid dream type experiences.

I still have an open mind, but I'm guessing there's a scientific explanation.

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