PM Ariel Sharon Still Asleep; Relatives Worried

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s condition continues to be serious but stable Friday morning, and despite the fact that the amount of sedative drugs given to the prime minister has been reduced to almost zero, he has yet to awaken from the medically-induced coma he was put in following the massive stroke he suffered and the ensuing operations on his brain.

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I thought maybe they had just drilled a  hole in Sharon's head, but according to this article called Sharon's CT scan shows positive results "half of the skull on the right side of his head removed so doctors could perform three lifesaving operations. The quarter of Sharon's skull, sawed off during the first operation and frozen for preservation, will be put back in place with wires when doctors no longer need to monitor his intracranial pressure and no longer fear swelling of his brain tissue."
 
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