DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

"NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LIFE" A MIRACLE STORY:

The injury she has leaves people dead

California girl in recovery from a serious brain injury that should have killed her or left her in a vegetative state

"Not compatible with life," were the words that appeared on the CT scan.

The words referred to Samantha Palumbo, 18, of San Dimas. Three years ago, she ran her car into a fence of five-inch diameter wooden logs. According to the Aug. 26 Los Angeles Times, a piece of the fence hit Samantha in the head, peeling back much of her face, shattering many of her teeth. Worse, a large hole stood in the top left of her forehead.

It was the hole, ironically, that saved Samantha's life. At County-USC Medical Center, where she was taken, CT scans showed a severely damaged, swollen brain. But the hole gave the brain room to expand, other than downward – crushing her brainstem and thus causing her death.

Read the full story here: California Catholic Daily

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"In Cordibus Jesu et Mariae"