DeclinetoState
01-09-2006, 12:37 PM
JERUSALEM, Jan. 9, 2006 — It's been a fairly impressive turnaround for the ailing Israeli prime minister.
Many here feared that Ariel Sharon was close to death on the weekend — unlikely to survive a massive stroke and three brain operations in three days.
But today, his doctors say he may very well survive.
He is breathing on his own, though doctors have kept him attached to a respirator as a precaution.
More crucially, he is beginning to respond to stimuli. As doctors slowly have reduced the sedatives that have kept him in a medically induced coma, he has moved his right hand and leg. His doctors say that the more the sedative is reduced, the greater the movement, a sign they say that his responses are conscious and not involuntary.
More at http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1486460&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
They'll probably still have to get a new PM.
Many here feared that Ariel Sharon was close to death on the weekend — unlikely to survive a massive stroke and three brain operations in three days.
But today, his doctors say he may very well survive.
He is breathing on his own, though doctors have kept him attached to a respirator as a precaution.
More crucially, he is beginning to respond to stimuli. As doctors slowly have reduced the sedatives that have kept him in a medically induced coma, he has moved his right hand and leg. His doctors say that the more the sedative is reduced, the greater the movement, a sign they say that his responses are conscious and not involuntary.
More at http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1486460&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
They'll probably still have to get a new PM.