Reply #27: Yes, I have been bothered by that -- the swallowing [View All]

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of saliva is alleged in the court papers filed by the parents. I felt all along that if she could take water, it should be allowed, same with food. The problem is, as I see it, that even if she can swallow her own saliva, which appears to be evident by the fact that she never appears to be drooling, if the swallowing reflex is impaired -- 1.) she can aspirate -- choking is a worse death and 2) the little food or water she might be able to get down would delay the inevitable and be just a protracted death by starvation/dehydration. (remember, however, that the pictures we have seen are years old and she could have deteriorated in the swallowing ability)
As for the rest of Nadar's press release -- it's horse hockey -- you can't regrow a brain.