re: But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER
Marcia:
A very interesting story, and I'm glad things worked out for you and your mother. Thats quite a lineage you have! Probably a tougher person than I am!
However, I have to point out, the two stories are apples and oranges. I'm willing to bet astronomical odds that Your mother never was in a diagnosed PVS. There is also a big difference between healthy brain tussue being 'pushed aside' by tumor, and vast areas of brain dying, also a difference in a trauma to the brain suffered over time and a mass loss of brain tissue from a single trauma.
The situation that TS was in is dramatically different.
Davin L.