Can you survive after being taken off of life support?

Answer 1

I am not sure how long you can live after being taken off of life support. However, I can tell you that my daughter has lived and been off of life support for approxiamately seven years. I believe that she was 21 at the time. Her heart was giving out and she developed double pnuemonia. After being in the hospital for about 2 or 3 days, the doctors informed us that she was definitely going to die. The lung specialists was going to cut into her lungs and take out samples. We asked for a second opinion. Needless to say that lung specialist was very upset. The new lung specialist that took her case made the decision to wean her from the life support. He said it would take several days. She was turned all the way up to 100. They'd turn it down 5 and she would start gagging. They'd turn it back up; wait a while; turn it down and she'd be fine. When she got down to 50 they decided to bring her around. She woke up. The lungs specialist came into the room and was in tears. He told us that we had somebody on our side. I knew then that he believed that she wasn't going to live either. But, she did. The bottom of one of her lungs collapsed, but she has since given birth to two adorable children and is still living. I believe that God was watching out for her. Two or three others had been in there at the same time she was and those persons died. I was sorry for them. We never knew what attacked her, but was so thankful that she survived it all. This may not answer you question, but it is true and an encouraging story.

Answer 2

After you have been taken off of life support you die shortly after in most conditions.

Answer 3

It depends on what your problem is that life support needed to support or help you with.
Try to be more specific. Thank you!

Answer 4

In many, if not most, cases you can.