Posted on 03/21/2005 4:05:17 PM PST by goldstategop
This thread made me remember what a family friend did to his mother.
She was dying from cancer, and was a childhood friend of
my mother's.
My mom brought soup to her friend, but the son wouldn't let my mom feed it to her.
Turns out, the son had made the decision to starve his mother to death. He pumped her full of morphine and in just a few days she was dead.
She wasn't completely ravaged by cancer, she still could talk and sit up and walk and eat, but her son, thought it was best for Mom to go.
And so she got weaker each day until she died.
And dear son inherited everything, the little there was.
Is it always the desire for MONEY that causes mankind
to do such horrible things to those we once loved?
We do not know if the cerebral cortex has been destroyed because there has never been an MRI, which is sthe definitive diagnose for PVS. There are reputable neurologists that insist that Terri can be rehabilitated. Why not give her a chanace? You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. What is her so-called husband afraid of and what are his motives for wanting her dead. He has never ever authorized and rehab or PT for her. In fact, her teeth are rotting for lack of proper medical care.
This will be the Roe v.Wade of the 21st century if this woman is allowed to starve to death without a full examination of her capacity and chance for some recovery.
How many of us would say that if paralyzed like Christopher Reeve that we would rather be dead.Yet after a tragedy like that occurs to someone they still have the resolve to live and make the most of their lives.
Dangerous ground that is being walked on here.
I think there are plenty of people out there who claim they want to do what's in the best interest of their family member, but the TRUTH is that they do not want the burden of taking care of this person or seeing their loved one in a different state of life.
It's really a question of our VANITY. We are so vain that to have a family member in this state is bad and we justify terminating life because they wouldn't want to live "that way". There is no that way, it live or die.
I have a son who is autistic. He doesn't talk to me, he doesn't do all of the things that a normal little boy would do. If we are able to terminate life because we don't think they would want to live that way, what is to stop some bad parents from terminating their autistic son.
IT IS NOT THE RIGHT OF ANY LIVING BEING TO TAKE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. WITHHOLDING WATER AND FOOD FROM TERRI IS THE SAME AS WITHHOLDING FOOD AND WATER TO A BABY. Neither one of them can do it themselves. I am ashamed that anyone in this country thinks it's okay to let someone starve to death. They could at least have the cojones to kill her immediately with some drug rather than let her wither away.
ping for Rush's personal story.
I have seen this happen, abetted by hospice nurses.
Rush is absolutely right on every aspect of the situation. We have in America from the beginning of the pro-abortion era a spirit of death hanging over us. It is a spirit that has been aloud to prosper and it will not stop until we see it for what it is.
Bless you for being there for your Mom!
Sometimes I think Rush just runs his mouth, and I turn him off. But I caught this part of the program today, and I thought it was truly awesome, especially since much of the audience evidently disagrees with him. When he said, "The culture of death is seductive," I thought he really nailed it. It's easy to see why he is the king of talk radio.
LOL!!
Wow. So, it's not uncommon to starve someone
out of convenience.
The unknown horrors....
Terri's parents love her very much to go this far. They have stood by her and have been battling for custody for her for years so she could be properly rehab. They have reason to believe foul play causing her brain damage to begin with because of initial xray reports, and I think this is one of the reasons they want this case thoroughly investigated by the Federal Court since Judge Greer refused to even consider it. But, the evidence is there.
But there is nothing "heroic" about food and water. Forgo some surgery, and the sickness takes them. Stop food and water, and you have killed them, and there is no point telling yourself otherwise.
I don't know how many patients are actually killed already on the basis that they don't know what's going on, it's better for them, we need the bed, insurance isn't going to cover this, blah, blah, all these decisions.
I know of a similar case. I have no doubt that there are doctors and hospital administrators who will take the case in hand if they think you aren't going to make the right decision. It is too easy to reassign a machine that was keeping a patient alive, or fail to order a procedure that would have kept the patient alive, and few will notice or realize what you did. If they do, and they complain, just act compassionate and assure them that you did all you could.
It is not the right......
Exactly. If a terminal cancer patient wants food and water, is it denied to him or her? Of course not!
If Terri is to die, it must be because of her condition, not by being starved! That way, it becomes INTENTIONAL!
Deathocrats, indeed!!
Quote: she can open her eyes and it appears she is aware of her family member.
You do not know that. 3 reknown doctors that deal with these vegitative states said she is not aware. That the body "Automatically" senses changes in light, heat, noise etc just like a plant that perks up to sunlight.
I know I'm going to get flamed for this so hammer away. For sakes people it's been 15 years. Let he die with dignity.
Heck it was not that many years ago that Christians were against keeping people alive artificially because it was against God's plan.
Also many people are getting on the husband because he has another woman etc. How many of you on this site are divorced and left your wife/husband for a better one but are hammering Mike Sciavo for doing the same thing.
Read it again. Rush thinks that they killed her. For the bed. Or insurance wouldn't cover it. One or the other.
bump
Once again Rush nails it BUMP!!
"You love life and we love death." al-Qaeda tape released on March 14, 2004
Folks, that's exactly why Terri is being starved to death. The people who have power over her have no emotions whatsoever. They have completely divorced themselves of her but, continue to rule over her as if she were just a fixture of inconvenience.
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