Posted on 10/26/2004 2:09:38 AM PDT by cpforlife.org
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com)
-- Terri Schiavo forgot her father's birthday this year. But, knowing her Dad, I'm sure he doesn't mind.
The disabled woman has been the subject of intense national debate and many who have argued about or decided her fate have forgotten she is a human being capable of showing emotion and interacting with her family.
And interact she did when her parents visited her on Saturday.
Although she was still in bed, Terri was in good spirits, Cheryl Ford, a nurse and friend of her parents Bob and Mary Schindler, wrote in a note to LifeNews.com.
Bob Schindler said he told Terri yesterday's date, October 23, and asked her if she remembered the significance of it.
Bob said Terri laughed and began to roll her eyes, indicating by her laughter that she remembered Saturday was her father's birthday.
Ford said Bob began to tease his daughter about forgetting to get him a birthday present and Terri laughed even louder.
That's the kind of interaction Terri's parents receive from their daughter on a frequent basis, and the kind of human emotion that euthanasia advocates, like George Felos, the attorney for Terri's estranged husband Michael, often forget.
That connection and the love Terri continues to give prompts Bob and Mary to do simple, little things to brighten Terri's world -- like hanging up Halloween decorations in her hospice room.
But, they may not stay up for long.
Cards, flowers, and other decorations don't stick around much in Terri's room. Over the years they have frequently been removed by Michael or hospice staff at his request.
The Halloween festivities may be no exception, but perhaps for a different reason.
The Schindlers "were told by the police officer who stands guard at Terri's door how the decorations would not be up for very long," Ford wrote.
According to Ford, Terri may be moved from the Park Place Assisted Living facility back to the Woodside Hospice. It is there where she has spent most of her recent years while her parents and husband, now living with his fiance and mother of two of his children, fight an ongoing legal battle.
"The Schindlers' have not been given official word about the move as yet so they are uncertain where their daughter will be relocated," Ford wrote.
How long Terri will live -- or how long Terri is allowed to live -- is anybody's guess. While she may have forgotten her father's birthday, God has remembered hers.
Judge George Greer set the third, and perhaps final time, to remove Terri's feeding tube for December 6. Terri's 41st birthday will be celebrated by her friends and family on December 3.
Let's not forget it.
Related web sites: Terri Schiavo's family - http://www.terrisfight.org
--President Ronald Reagan Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation
doesn't sound brain dead to me.... anyone??
No, but her ex-husband and the judge might be.
We have got to stay in prayer. Dear Lord, this should never happen in a country like this...it's demonic activity come to light, I swear it is.
(Romans 10:17) Maranatha!
(/PETA)
What genius painted that?
"Ford said Bob began to tease his daughter about forgetting to get him a birthday present and Terri laughed even louder."
I've been peripherally involved with removing ventilators; and a couple of times, feeding tubes, but NEVER a feeding tube on someone who had any, let alone that type, of reaction and interaction.
I really think it was wonderful, though misguided, for the Legislature & Governor Bush to pass and sign 'Terry's Law'.
Instead, the pols should have found a way to create a legal end to her & Michael's "marriage", so he could be legally free to continue his affair without the embarassment of a living wife, and not have to murder her to do it; and her parents could then assume legal guardianship. Everybody happy.
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio;
contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperat illi Deus; supplices deprecamur: tuque,
Princeps militiae coelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus
malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in
mundo, divina virtute in infernum detrude. Amen
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our fortress against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
"Instead, the pols should have found a way to create a legal end to her & Michael's "marriage"
The problem is that her "guardian" is in on the scam.
thanks.
Now you have to answer my question in 15.
I truly believe that this woman is a nexus point. For some reason, the decision to let her live or die has a lot to do with the fate of this country.
You know...I agreee with you. It's indicative of what's going down in this nation in some factions. The liberals don't mind keeping killers and mass murderers alive, but they want to kill little unborn children and people in Terri's condition. I'm personally convinced that some times demons let their agenda show in no uncertain terms...9/11 and this are prime examples.
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