There have been times we've "joked" about Julia's propensity to pronounce people dead who later turn out not to be. I do get upset over the Elizabeth one. Aside from her frequently pronounced prediction that she would be thought to be dead when she wasn't (I can see Julia not believing that), there was the previous incident when Julia pronounced her dead and very shortly afterwards she revived. That should have alerted her that something was going on and that she really could appear to be dead when she wasn't. I could never understand that she didn't do more tests or delay the burial a bit to make sure.
What brought all of this up now was a story in the news today about a 20 month old girl found in the backyard swimming pool. They tried to revive her and took her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Later, a policeman noticed movement, and sure enough - she survived. But, I found it interesting that today, at a hospital, it's possible to actually think someone is dead who isn't (a rather frightening thought!!!). So, evidently Julia wasn't so bad after all.
