From my understanding, they won’t start the procedure until the person is declared dead and the heart stops. It may seem morbid that they’re waiting for someone to die, but they’re not going to start hacking someone who still has a heartbeat much less is awake. They didn’t “stop” the procedure because he was showing signs of life, they didn’t start the procedure because he wasn’t showing signs of death.
From my understanding, they won’t start the procedure until the person is declared dead and the heart stops. It may seem morbid that they’re waiting for someone to die, but they’re not going to start hacking someone who still has a heartbeat much less is awake. They didn’t “stop” the procedure because he was showing signs of life, they didn’t start the procedure because he wasn’t showing signs of death.