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Which is what the brain does. but most importantly, in a coma, even though that person is in a state of semiresponsiveness, looks like a deep sleep, theres a potential for recovery in a coma. brain death is different. as you said in the beginning, brain death theres zero flow to the brain. theres no oxygen being -- coming to the brain or being consumed. theres no electrical activity. and most importantly for families to know, theres no potential for that brain function to ever come back. its com...

You the same jerk jahi mcmath dead? and i also want you to take into considers that most of the medical community believe what professor just said, once that brain activity -- full cessation, complete cessation that that person is legally dead. >> professor veatch is absolutely correct, for decades in our country and indeed, most countries around the world, people who meet these criteria are considered legally dead. theres no doubt would about that. and i think that the hospital is quite justifi...

With death, the same if your heart stops. brain death means a total loss of brain activity. now, to determine it, doctors will do several things. a physical exam, for example, shine light into the pupils and see, do they dilate, move, construct? gently rub the eyeball with cotton and see if the eye reacts that way. sometimes theyll put icewater into the ears and see if the eyes move in a particular fashion. these are all tests of the brain stem. theyll also do something known as an apnea test. t...

>> yes, very different cases. six different doctors have determined she has no brain activity. shivo and other cases are persistive vegetative states have to do with brain activity that is stunted and not going to continue beyond that state. but here you dont have a vej tv state. you have a dead individual who is giving signs of life because the machine is allowing her lungs to breathe. >> the family has to obtain transportation and another location to put her. and in order to do the transport t...

Hospital everybody in this community, all of the friends and family and family all are grieving because this is and ir reversible and sad situation. >> joining me now, "san francisco chronicle" reporter henry lee. lets start generally on whats your sense of whats going to happen? >> in a little more than six hours, childrens hospital of oakland will be able to remove the ventilator from jeni and they have a court order that allows them to do so. the family is still holding out hope. they want he...

File suit if it goes through that path. as far as keeping her alive, it does take money. there is no need to provide services medically to a deceased person and many facilities have opted out. if you need a feeding tube and there needs to be surgical procedures for transport, well, we arent willing to accept that if indeed this is a deceased body. >> its disturbing. i have three children and ive had to put two of them under general anesthesia for simple things and its scary to any parent out the...

Do my any of this. >> there are some cases where it happens but it is true in this particular case had a she is showing month functions, brain activity or other body functions. all show you can understand the familys shock and horror after a tonsillectomy, wanting to everything they could. we follow the showdown we expect in court on monday and we will bring you to our viewers as w l well. thanks to both of you. >> thank you. >> jamie, there is going to be supreme showdown phonily on the nsa. wh...

Mcmath, you see her there, you see her there declared brain dead. her parents dont want her to be pulled, the feeding tubes to be pulled, but they are going to have to make a decision. so, jennifer, what standing does the family have? how -- can they keep her alive? well, if brain dead can they insist that the feeding tube stay in? >> well, it is a tragic situation. at the outset. any parent would feel for this family without a doubt. but they are trying to keep her alive. but the problem is the...

You see her there declared brain dead. her parents dont want her to be pulled, the feeding tubes to be pulled, but they are going to have to make a decision. so, jennifer, what standing does the family have? how -- can they keep her alive? well, if brain dead can they insist that the feeding tube stay in? >> well, it is a tragic situation. at the outset. any parent would feel for this family without a doubt. but they are trying to keep her alive. but the problem is the doctors are declaring her ...

Breaking tonight the family of the teen declared brain dead after complications from a routine surgery just out speaking in a news conference moments ago. trace has the latest. >> you have to remember that this 13-year-old has under gone three brain scans. they have all shown no brain activity at all. what happened is a court up in bay area ruled as of 5:00 next monday childrens hospital in oakland can take her off life support at 5:00 p.m. well now the family comes out saying they think they ha...