Bingo! I've found an article that states that she is in fact dead. Her heart will NOT beat on it's own.
Shanahan, who specializes in pediatric neurology and has performed more than 300 brain-death exams, testified that two tests she performed on Dec. 11 confirmed the diagnosis of brain death. In one of the tests, Shanahan said, doctors briefly removed Jahi from the breathing machine to see if she could breathe on her own but the teen was not able to do so.
It would be one thing if she could breath on her own, however she can't. She's dead. It's time for the family to begin the healing process.

Here's the article. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...ults-at-closed


It still doesn't change my feelings of uncertainty in declaring someone who can breath on their own dead. I hope I never have to be in a situation like this, or one where my loved can breath on their own, but is brain dead.