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Our discussion in class on Wednesday reminded me of an experience I had last year.  One night as I was falling asleep, I had a dream that I needed a heart transplant. I suddenly woke up and realized that I did not have the slightest idea how a heart transplant worked. I tried to fall back asleep but I couldn't because my mind was awake and thinking about heart transplants.  I knew that I would not be able to sleep without knowing more about heart transplants so I got out of bed and googled it.  Once I learned more, I wondered how doctors are able to perform an intricate process like that but they are not yet able to bring someone back from the dead. I know that there have been miracles where they have restarted someone's heart after a small amount of time but why can't they straight up bring someone back from the dead. 

I guess the answer to my question relates to what we discussed in class about life as a process. There is not just one thing that a doctor could do to bring someone back from the dead because death, as life, is a process. While it might only take one shot to kill someone, fixing the wound is not enough to bring them back because other parts of the body have already shut down.