I have a question regarding my friend who is currently in the I.C.U. Long story short he was in a motorcyle crash and sustained many injuries, including a brain hemorrhage. He s been in there for just over a week now and he s in a drug induced coma, and has a ventilator to keep him breathing. He has been confirmed to have pneumonia, but the doctors have reassured us that this shouldn t be a problem due to them being prepared for it. He has successfully responded to commands such as move your arms, wiggle your toes, etc, but they re keeping him in the drug induced coma because he gets combative. They ve attempted to remove the ventilator, but they run into complications each time. Here s where my question is: The doctors say they re unable to remove the ventilator, if we did he would expire. We can t say for how long, but for the time being he is dependant on the ventilator. They won t tell us anything more than that and are very hesitant to communicate anything. (I understand why, they don t want to open themselves up for anything lawsuit related) so I m asking here to hopefully find a medical professional that won t be in jeopardy of consequences for being truthful. I have no knowledge or education in medical matters so I m really in the dark on what to expect. How bad is this? Could0 it be brain function related? I understand there s no real way of knowing and I ve probably not provided enough information, but I just want a ballpark opinion. Thank you in advanced for taking the time to read my question and provide any insight.