To: olde north church
Separate her from the mechanical means which keep her alive, God will let His will be known. for the trillionth time - she IS NOT on "mechanical means" - she breathes on her own. she is awake and alert and responds to and recognizes her parents.
Nurses have testified that she can and has swallowed food on her own - but the husband will NOT allow it - so she is fed thru a tube...and that is the ONLY intervention she needs - Everyone needs food and water to live - it is not extraordinary intervention
312 posted on
02/23/2005 4:26:30 PM PST by
maine-iac7
(."...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
To: All
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know the difference between a feeding tube and a respirator.
know a feeding tube is not a machine, it is, however, an implement or a tool.
understand when a feeding tube is removed, death is slow, by thirst, not starvation. That's not a pleasant fate.
consider the possibility she may be in excruciating pain without the ability to communicate those feelings to those around her.
have also been personally closer to a SIMILIAR medical condition than hopefully 99% of you will ever be.
There's also supposed to be a component of compassion to Christianity but I guess that's not as much fun as being judgemental considering the fate of a patient. There is short term suffering for eternal reward.
I shouldn't expect people to consider that either.
342 posted on
02/23/2005 5:11:37 PM PST by
olde north church
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