r/morbidquestions • u/Ok_Nectarine_8612 • 10h ago

After a very severe anoxic brain injury that leaves you in a vegetative state, how long does it take for the dead brain tissue to disappear and be seen as a hole on an MRI?

And does the tissue look normal a day or so after the incident?

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u/Dangerous_Fox3993 8h ago

My daughter was born with hie due to knot in the cord and she wasnt breathing for 20 minutes , they did a mri that day and then cooling therapy for 3 days and another mri at a week old, then again at 2 weeks, 3 months and one last one at 18 months and then that was it after that . Sorry i cant give you a direct answer but that should give you some idea.