Defying the Odds: Kimberly McNeill

In December 2010,   

New Zealand teenager Kimberly McNeill was in a very serious car accident on her way to a music festival.  Physicians determined that she would never recover.  After 15 days, they withdrew life support against her family's wishes.  

But, defying the odds, Kimberly pulled through and was transferred to a regional hospital and then, this week, to her parents' home.  (Hawkes Bay Today)

There really are limits to prognostication.  That fact and cases like this will continue to prevent some surrogates from accepting recommendations to move to comfort care only.  There is often a remote chance of error, a chance that there will be a "miracle."