If You Could Only Say 3 Things Before You Died...

[Lightning Strykez!]

Woman in vegetative state awakes, slips
March 7, 2007 06:43:18 PM PST

A woman who went into a vegetative state in November of 2000 awoke this week for three days, spoke with her family and a local television station before slipping back on Wednesday. "I'm fine," Christa Lilly told her mother on Sunday — her first words in eight months. She has awakened four other times for briefer periods.

"I think it's wonderful. It makes me so happy," Lilly told television station KKTV-TV. She also got to see youngest daughter, Chelcey, now 12 years old, and three grandchildren.

Her neurologist, Dr. Randall Bjork, said he couldn't explain how or why she awoke.

"I'm just not able to explain this on the basis of what we know about persistent vegetative states," he said.

A vegatative state is much like a coma except her eyes remain open.

"The good Lord let me know she's alright, he brings her back to visit every so often and I'm thankful for that," said Minnie Smith, her mother and caregiver after Christa slipped back into the vegetative state.

I saw this story on Yahoo.com and it got me to thinking: Since one cannot control their brain functions in a situation like this, you are really at the mercy of your body...it boils down to synapses at that point, as well as other factors. So the time to communicate with your family would be restricted; the time limit to do so unknown.

The fact is, what happened to Ms. Lilly could happen to any one of us...and although it's a sobering thought, it does give one pause for reflection. If you could only tell your loved ones three (3) things--three things that had to be passed on quickly before your mind drifted into oblivion forever--what would they be?

Your thoughts?

 

[The Amazing Lee]

1. That I'll always love you even if I can't always tell you I do.

2. Thank you for everything that you have done for me, I'm sorry I couldn't be like all the other boys and girls.

I can't think of a third.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

"Not like this"

 

[Canadian Rider]

1) "I hate you all and please die soon."

2) "April FOOLS!"

3) "Ha! I got the last word!"

 

[November Rain]

you know what, i probably wouldn't say anything...

I don't try not to put myself in positions where my feelings are left unsaid.

if anything, i would probably apologise to anyone i've caused heartache over the years, that's about it.

 

[PyroChamber]

Being that my famliy sucks my three things are simply..

1. **** you!
2. **** you!
3. And **** you!

 

[November Rain]

ha, you wish 3 people are going to be standing over you when you die...

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

God I hate people that say stuff like:

"The good Lord let me know she's alright, he brings her back to visit every so often and I'm thankful for that," said Minnie Smith.

So I guess the Good Lord just wants the millions of other families, where the loved one never speaks, to continue to worry and grieve in lonliness and doubt.
Mmmmkay.


As for the thread question, I don't think any of us could say as we can't imagine what our state of mind would be in such a situation.
Most people who wake up don't even know what happened or have any conception of the passage time, so they sure wouldn't realize that this waking statement may be their last chance to communicate.

If I knew that I had a moment and would then drift away I'd tell my loved ones to tell all my other loved ones that I love them more than anything and that if I get to a Schiavo state, I don't want to be killed, but rather, I hope they'll point me toward a TV playing cartoons all day.
I'd also tell them not to watch while the nurse is sponge bathing me!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

if anything, i would probably apologise to anyone i've caused heartache over the years, that's about it.

The heartache of having to clean up your bowel movements over the years

 

[Demon Within]

what is rosebud..........(dead)

 

[redmarvel]

1. I love you
2. Look after my Jabberwock
3. Be careful

 

[Canadian Rider]

wow. And red makes my goofy post look silly.

Jabberwocks. Aye. The Jabberwocks.

Good stuff there.

 

[November Rain]

The heartache of having to clean up your bowel movements over the years

heartache?

pssh, i **** roses...

you should see the queue outside my toilet on valentine's day...

 

[Cmill216]

"Bush.....he's......the......" *flatlines*

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

God I hate people that say stuff like:

So I guess the Good Lord just wants the millions of other families, where the loved one never speaks, to continue to worry and grieve in lonliness and doubt.
Mmmmkay.

Heh...that's a really good point. Never thought about it that way.

Hmmmm....*scratches goatee*

 

[black_dust]

Tape me 24!

 

[Kyalesyin]

"Mum, thanks for saving my life, and I'm sorry."
"Look after yourself baby"

And then for once, I'd shut up and let my Stef have the last word. Assuming that is that my mother and my wife would pre present when I died.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Never thought about it that way.

I'm surprised to hear that.
A really bad one was after 9/11.
Some people were in the building and survived, and I heard many of them in interviews say things like, "This is proof there's a God 'cause an angel saved me that day. There's no way I could've survived under that rubble.
But I prayed to God, "Please don't let this be the end!", and this is proof that God answers prayer, 'cause here I am!"

So, Don't you think nearly every single PERSON in the building prayed that same prayer?

The only conclusion is, these people believe that:

1) They are chosen by God, with some innate "higher purpose" on Earth, so the other 3,000 people were comparatively meaningless in the "Grand Scheme"...so God didn't see any good reason to intervene and save them.

or

2) The other 3,000 people were wicked sinners and God wouldn't answer their prayers, but he liked the people who survived.



MaLaRkY

 

[SWAT]

1. What did I ever do to you...*Dead*
2. Save the cheerleader, *whisper*save the world*whisper*
3. Pull the plug!

 

[CyberFaust]

1. i feel better
2. love you bla bla bla
3. holly christmas batman, look *points in the distance* it's superman *everyone looks away* made you look! *dies*

 

[swifty]

eat my shorts!

 

[ShadowBoxing]

"Not Like This"

"Not Like This"

"Like THIS!!!!"

 

[Immortalfire]

1. I love you all.
2. I don't know anything about the noodle incident.
3. Goooooooooooooooooo DAWGS!

 

[Papa Burgundy]

1) i dont know how to put this...

2) im kind of a big deal

3) people know me

 

[TwoMinutesHate]

1. I'm Rick James, *****!
2. Tron funkin blow.
3. Bury me at make-out creek.