This is what happens when you go on national TV and tell your enemy what you're planning to do. They should have just kept their mouths shut and said nothing to nobody and when the timing was right - gone in and taken her.
But .. once she was in state custody - Greer would just have her removed and have the tube removed again. There is no outcome for them but for her to die. It's sick! In fact, they are so determined - I believe they will be willing to castrate themselves to accomplish it.
I've had this sick feeling in my gut all day over this. Having been married to a brutal person - I shudder to think what would have happened to me in the same circumstances.
Right...we could just end up at square one even if she is secured. The ULTIMATE solution is to REMOVE that creep from guardianship...even take out a restraining order that keeps him a certain distance from Terri.
In addition to all your other efforts, here are some simple steps everyone can do that might stop Michael Schiavo's attempted murder dead in his tracks. He has requested to have Terri's body cremated, this might be to remove all traces of evidence that he may have caused her present condition by strangling her:
http://www.hospicepatients.org/hammesfahr-depo-neck-inj-similar-to-strangulation-case.pdf
According to (Florida Statutes 406.11(1)(c)), "All requests for cremation must be approved by the Medical Examiner prior to the actual cremation":
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/forensics/policy/policystatement.htm#CA
Furthermore, the statute says, "Before authorizing the irretrievable disposal of a body by cremation, the Medical Examiner must be assured that no future question will arise about the cause or circumstances of the death of the individual."
This is where you come in - it will only take you 2 minutes to help save her life!
You can request an autopsy report for Terri Schiavo online at:
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/forensics/Autopsy_Request/autopsy_request.htm
If you have any trouble with the form, you can just request it by email to dlewis@co.pinellas.fl.us
I don't suspect they will actually send you an autopsy report, but just the fact that you request it can do a lot of great things! If they get thousands of autopsy reports for a living person, it would be totally unprecedented and there would be absolutely zero chance that they could legally approve her cremation. Second, this would become newsworthy and would send a clear signal to Mr. Schiavo. If he is actually guilty of attempting to strangle her, and he knows she is guaranteed to be autopsied if she dies, his best bet may be to let her live! After all, it took him 7 years after her feeding tube was first used to remember that her will was to never have a feeding tube - he didn't remember that until he won the 1.25 million dollar malpractice lawsuit. Eight years later, he might suddenly remember that she actually did want to have a feeding tube if she needed one!
And please pass this email around or write your own like it - we need to spread the word fast!
Work hard - pray harder!
Jimm
The answer would have been to take her, and then just have Bush have troops around where she's held, and dare Greer to make them. If Bush has any loyalty with state troops, it could work.
I wish Pres Bush would also do something about this.
"They should have just kept their mouths shut and said nothing to nobody and when the timing was right - gone in and taken her"
I agree. I was afraid that she would actively be killed once MS heard the news. Especially because (and if someone has a link to a source I would love to read it), I understand that "new evidence" came to light and that new evidence was finding out a secret agreement between Greer and MS to share the money once she died.
Does anyone have the source for that? That is not only astounding, it is exactly what so many people here have speculated.
"But .. once she was in state custody - Greer would just have her removed and have the tube removed again."
I have to say, this is my greatest fear. DFS has got to do it right because to keep reinserting and taking out her tube is inhuman. They cannot let MS once again have decision-making power over Terri if they ever get custody of her.
How would that happen, since Jeb commands the state police?