Trey and I knew very well what would happen when I signed the death certificate. Brain death is a firm, unambiguous, and operationally solid determination, an absolute point of no return for the brain. Any two competent neurologists or neurosurgeons who examine a brain-dead patient will come to the same conclusion, just as we had: this entire brain will never recover, and all the king’s horses and men can’t do a damn thing about it.
