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What may take place affecting her prognosis. that's the truth when it comes to brain death, we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> it is. i know you've done some reporting on this as well, people who have cox and seemingly recovered from comas, this is different. and terms matter here, people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be? a persistent vegetative state. there is no brain activity. the higher brain functions as well as the lower brain functions which control...

Years later is not the choice i was going to make. >> she was in a persistent vegetative state. they felt this is what she would want. as difficult as it was, they felt that was the right choice. >> reporter: the family's lower, richard fried, said dr. lily geier with island dentistry for children, when she went in for a dentist appointment, she left with permanent brain damage. >> it was very sad, their only child, totally unnecessary. this was a perfectly normal, healthy, maybe unusually bright, full of life child. >> reporter: he says finley was getting ten different procedures, four which ...

Girl to a treatment facility. doctors to shivo was in a persiste persistent vegetative state and the family was involved in a battle. jahi mcmath is on a ventilator and the hospital is referring to her as deceased body. >> no one is denying the family right to keep her on life support and the court said this

That is what i am going through. i don't want december 30th at 5 o'clock to come. >> let's talk to alex little. is the judge likely doing the right thing? >> i think so. this is a tragic situations and every's heart going out to the family. the judge is making the right call. but the judge is determined that she meets the legal definition of dead. but this case is heart wrenching. >> and we want it make clear, because we get e-mail saying about what shivo. and she wasn't brain dead but a persistent vegetative state.

Remains in critical but stable condition in a pretoria hospital. president jacob zuma made the comments amid rampant speculation and other conflicting reports about the 94-year-old's condition which has led to confusion. nbc's ron allen is in pretoria, south africa, with the latest. good day to you, ron. >> here the hospital in pretoria, the crowds continue to arrive at the hospital offering their prayers, singing hymns and paying respects to nelson mandela. the official word from the government is he remains in critical but stable condition, although very little detail has been released about...