Terri Schiavo's Ordeal Continues

Newsmax,com ^ | Thursday, April 29, 2004 | Phil Brennan

[nickcarraway]

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[Pegita]

Heavenly Father, we return to give You thanks that more of the media are accurately portraying the facts regarding this mother's child. Send the truth of these words far and wide, O God, that others might be awakened to the drumbeat of the merchants of death. By the Power of Almighty God, keep them from the murder of this innocent woman. Turn back the courts who have sanctioned this deadly assault upon one who cannot speak for herself. Be her voice, Merciful Father ... proclaim her innocence and set her free, to the Glory of God and in the Name of Jesus, Amen ...

[nickcarraway]

Amen

[pollywog]

Amen

[fly_so_free]

Amen

[Ohioan from Florida]

Thanks for posting this!

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[Future Useless Eater]

Michael shows the 1992 malpractice jury how responsive Terri is to him.

Here's Michael in Nov.1992 UNDER OATH, shortly BEFORE the JURY award:

16     Here I'm brushing her teeth.

17          Q.   Do you take her to the dentist from time-to-time?

18          A.   Yes, we do.

19          Q.   How often do you do that?

20          A.   We try to do it twice a year.  As a matter of
21     fact, she has an appointment Monday.
22          We try to keep her teeth as clean as possible.  It's
23     very hard for us to get into the back of her mouth.  She
24     clamps down and bites down on the toothbrush.  I've had
25     problems before using the suction catheter and she bit the
                               [Hey MIKEY, why did Terri need her TEETH BRUSHED
                               DAILY then but she DOESN'T NEED it NOW?]

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 1     suction catheter there.
 
 2          Q.   What are you doing now?
 
 3          A.   I'm putting on makeup.  I put on her makeup
 4     everyday and I'm finishing up her lipstick.
                               [Hey MIKEY, why did YOU put on MAKEUP and 
                               LIPSTICK DAILY then but NO ONE, not even her 
                               parents are ALLOWED to do that NOW?]

 5          This is the speech pathologist who comes in and works
 6     with Terry.
                               [Hey MIKEY, why did Terri need a SPEECH 
                               PATHOLOGIST then but she DOESN'T NEED one NOW?]

 
 7          Q.  This is the speech pathologist you say?
 
 8          A.   Yes, it's the speech pathologist.
 
 9          Q.   What does he do for her?
 
10          A.   He comes in and massages her lips and uses
11     different flavors to try to help her swallow.  You'll
12     notice he's moving her lips and it helps massage the side
13     of the mouth so the mouth doesn't tighten up.

14          Q.   You hoping he can get her to the point where she
15     swallows?

16          A.   Yes.  You see here rubbing the bottom of her
17     throat, that's, I don't know what the word is, gets them to
18     swallow when you rub the bottom of their throat.  She just
19     swallowed that time.  Sometimes they use ice on her face,
20     too.  It's a stimulation.
                               [Hey MIKEY, why did Terri need SWALLOWING
                               THERAPY then but she DOESN'T NEED it NOW?]

21          Q.   What is that, Mike?

22          A.   That's a -- that is basically used to stimulate
23     her tongue and the back of her tongue to help with her gag
24     reflex.  And like I said, sometimes they use different
25	    flavors.

[windchime]

Bump!

[Future Useless Eater]

This is Terri about 1993
(AFTER her 'collapse')

...and Hemlock-Society lawyer Felos said this January:
"Terri's condition is essentially the SAME as it has been the past thirteen years."

[Future Useless Eater]

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[Dajjal]

Prayers for Terri

[cyn]

thanks for the ping. What a contrast this is to the info FLe posted: "On her husband's orders she is denied any range-of-motion therapy or any kind of therapies that many doctors say could make her better."

[firewalk]

Thank you for the ping

[TheSpottedOwl]

Bump!

[Dante3]

BUMP

[windchime]

Bump!

[BykrBayb]

I don't have time for much these days, but I read the threads I'm pinged to (or as much as I have time for), and I can always find time to pray for Terri. She's always in my heart.

[cyn]

thanks, Dante.

[Mr. Silverback]

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