Doctors are wrong all the time, you never know what will happen in the future - whether it's a miracle or a medical advance - that could bring your loved one back to you. Why NOT err on the side of life? What do you have to lose? You'll never regret giving them a longer chance to recover, but you may regret pulling the plug too early.
'I'm glad I can do anything'
Monk suffered a traumatic closed brain injury when he was T-boned eight years ago in a midsize car by a large pickup truck.
...Monk went into a coma upon impact and had no measurable brain function for 18 days. He spent three months in a coma.
"Some of the doctors told Mom and Dad to just pull the plug," Monk said.
"We heard that for months," Monk's mom, Janice Monk, added. "From every place we went, they told us he'd never be anything but a vegetable."
Hearing this makes Monk mad.
"Doctors are there to heal," he said, "not to give up."
But Monk never gave up on himself. He did wake up, and he's no vegetable.
...But Monk cherishes these days more than most because he knows how fragile life can be. He also knows that he has a purpose for being here -- because God told him so.
..."He said, 'My son, I'm not ready for you yet. You still have many things to do for us down there, and when it's your day, I'll bring you back home, but not yet,"' Monk said.
This is Monk's daily reminder that no matter his circumstances, he has to help people.
And Monk takes God's words to heart.
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