Protesters Push Showdown Over Terri Schiavo

NYT ^ | march 20, 2005 | ABBY GOODNOUGH

[lilmsdangrus]

Thank You!!

[maxwellp]

I don't know about President Bush and Executive Order keeping Terri alive, but I do think that that yes, her feeding tube should be re-inserted. In addition, and to my way of thinking, what really needs attention is to have the so-called "husband" removed as her guardian and have Terri divorce him. If Terri has the feeding tube re-inserted now, the "husband" will be back again in the future to demand its removal. And Judge Greer will be right there to help him. This can only be resolved if Michael is removed as her guardian, get a divorce somehow from him, have her parents take care of her and finally, get Terri some rehabilitation therapy. Otherwise, the tube will be re-inserted, removed, ad infinitum. Get rid of the "husband" and the problem will be solved.

[supercat]

Get rid of the "husband" and the problem will be solved.

And the judge. Start an investigation of all the other Pinellas County 'right to die' cases. I'm sure Terri's is not the first. Nor, I suspect, is Greer the only judge in on the scam (have someone declared PVS and kill them to win their estate). The Florida State GOP needs to start openly attacking the Pinellas County GOP or else they'll end up like the Illinois GOP.

[Hildy]

Isn't this #2?

[lolhelp]

FYI, he has answered back at least 3 times, but makes very little sense in his answers.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Dang!!! I can’t find it now. I read a few hours ago here on FR that her husband, his lawyer, members of the board of directors at the hospice (?) where she is staying, and the judge are all in cahoots to end her life.

Can freepers out there help us here please? Thank you.

[ArmyTeach]

#32 ...technology keeps people alive longer and longer.

There was actually NO technology keeping Terri alive. Other than the brain damage, her basic health is fine. However, even the most rudimentary palliative care was denied her. Therapy, range of motion, any kind of stimulation was prohibited.

[madprof98]

"It felt like some peace was happening for Terri," Mr. Schiavo said in the television interview. "And I felt like she was finally going to get what she wants, and be at peace and be with the Lord."

Bet the Times writer was giggling as he typed that one!

[Bear_Slayer]

Taquito is one nasty troll....he's putting down any and everything regarding Terri and the posters supporting her. One thing this troll will NOT do is answer anyone who post back to him. I'm sick of him....

he is a useful idiot to motivate the compassionate to action.

BTW - Why are there only 30 people outside the place?

There ought to be thousands there, burying the place with food. They ought to go to the store and buy everything they can afford and dump it in the parking lot. They ought to pile it so high that it takes huge front-loaders to shovel it away.

[shield]

I noticed that....I responded to this creep last night when he attacked me and he never answered me. Boy I wish we could get this troll BANNED!!! I think I'll follow this guy around and find somethin' that'll get him banned. These creeps eventually trip up.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

He was already banned over an hour ago if not more.

[Irene Adler]

I don't believe that I have told this story before on FR. My mom did not want to be kept alive by any artificial means at all and when she entered a nursing home, she executed and filed the paperwork required by the state she lived in so that she would not be. She also said on many occasions over the years that she did not want to be kept alive. So there was not any doubt at all about her wishes.

After she had her final stroke, she was unconscious, and my sisters and I sat with her until she died, which was a week after the stroke. About 24 hours before she died, she started to moan with each exhallation. A nurse came in and put a pain patch on her, and the moaning ceased after about an hour. She died early the next morning. This was what my mom wanted so we acceded to her wish. However, she clearly dehydrated over the last week, and it was NOT painless. I was there, and I know.

[FairOpinion]

Thank you for sharing your experience. May your Mother rest in peace.


Another article with someone else's story:

A "Painless" Death?

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/medical_ethics/me0074.html

[Irene Adler]

Thank you, FO.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I have been weeping and half sick for two days now, and these trolls are enjoying making it worse.

I have never understood those that joy in the pain of others.

God Bless.

[shield]

Great...thanks for the update!!!

[Melas]

No, he has no authority here.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for the depressing news. : (

[maxwellp]

Thank you for your reply. I did forget Judge Greer. He needs to be removed permantely!

[maxwellp]

Yes, I forgot Judge Greer. Unless he's removed as a judge, Terri will have no peace. Thank you for the reminder.