Posted on 09/05/2006 4:45:45 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed via euthanasia when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma. Now Poutre, once termed "brain dead" by doctors, continues to improve and is speaking a few words, her grandmother says.
Sandra Sudyka, the girl's biological grandmother, is no longer allowed to visit her granddaughter and now says she is ready to speak to the media about Poutre's condition.
She told The Republican newspaper that she last saw Poutre on July 18 but indicated she was "doing well."
"She was bright-eyed and smiling. She is always responsive to us," Sudyka explained.
Department of Social Services had asked Sudyka not to talk with reporters about Haleigh, but since they will no longer allow her and Haleigh's biological mother, Allison Avrett, to visit the 12 year-old, she said she's going to talk to the media.
"I decided since they broke the deal, I am going to talk. People should know how well she is doing," Sudyka told the newspaper.
"They don't want people to know how she is doing after they wanted to pull the plug," Sudyka said.
DSS spokeswoman Denise Monteiro declined an interview with The Republican but said that the visiting privileges have been suspended, not terminated.
Haleigh first began speaking in June, her grandmother told the newspaper.
"I was saying to her 'I love you,' and she was trying to say 'love' and it came out as a vibration...'ove,'" Sudyka said.
Sudyka, who is working with an attorney to adopt the girl, said she has said hello, responds to comments and questions, speaks nonverbally and is able to write her name. Haleigh can't walk and is confined to a wheelchair.
Avrett, Poutre's biological mother, lost custody of her daughter after physically abusing her. Poutre was put into a foster home where her adoptive parents also abused her. Her adopted mother committed suicide after abusing Poutre so much she had to be hospitalized.
DSS took Poutre into custody and when she appeared to slip into a coma, the agency asked the state Supreme Court for permission to take her life. That's when Poutre began responding.
Poutre has been receiving physical, speech and occupational therapy since January 26 at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton.
Gov. Mitt Romney appointed a commission to look into how the state failed to properly handle the girl's case.
If you are pro-life, why are you advocating harvesting organs from living people?
See post 382.
Why did you want the truth censored out?
Not truth, see post 396.
Why are you disrupting the pro-life thread?
I'm not, see post 398.
It was historical truth. No?
If it bothers you I can advocate making the incisions, removing life support, and then harvesting the organs super-fast.
So would you be fine with it if some nut came on here and said, "The Jews killed Jesus, therefore they're all lowlife scum," since the first part is historical truth? That's perplexing.
IIRC, the only person to have ever survived rabies was put into a medically-induced coma shortly after contracting the disease, under the theory that rabies would be more likely to attack actively-functioning brain tissue than brain tissue that was sitting idle. Rather a far-out theory, but since rabies had up to that time been absolutely 100% fatal, having some chance was deemed better than having none. After the disease ran its course, the person was taken out of the medically-induced coma and found to have survived it.
Allowing someone to survive rabies isn't quite "bringing him back from the dead", but it's pretty close.
My point was that they claimed that he was found dead, then spent the next two weeks in a medically induced coma, during which time they harvested his organs, then they removed him from life support. Rather an odd order for things to occur.
Your post #382 says exactly what the Nazi propaganda poster said. Please explain how it is different.
#396 doesn't explain why you wanted the truth censored.
#398 doesn't explain why you're disrupting the pro-life thread. It's just a false claim that in spite of your pro-death posts, you're pro-life.
In case you didn't notice, this is the monthly thread in honor of Terri Schiavo. It is a place to promote the right to live. It is not a place to promote killing.
It was more than historical truth. It was exactly what he was saying. He just didn't like me exposing his source of material.
Whee! Around the mulberry bush! One more time--no, I'm sorry, it's late and I'm tired. My posts are recorded there, you can reread them and think about them and maybe things will become more clear.
Goodbye.
Unlike the fiction you just posted, the post in question did not say anything close to that. Make it up and put quotes on it at the same time, marvelous.
That's nice. We won't try to censor you.
But you had one of the important posts removed, in an attempt to hide the truth. Are you going to admit you were wrong, and request it be reinstated? Are you going to answer any of the questions? I'd love to know how you think what you said is any different from the Nazi propaganda poster you had pulled.
That's what you're supposed to do with made-up quotes. Some people get paid oodles of money for it. If you can't see how ridiculous that post was, I'm afraid I can't explain it to you. It's enough to me that the moderator saw how out-of-line it was and removed it. Goodbye to you too, this conversation is pointless and not a little creepy.
If you think it should be there, take it up with the moderators. They obviously agreed that you were abusing your posting privileges.
Just as a point of information...I missed the offending post that was pulled, and apparently it contained a pic...Moderator, could you explain why the post was pulled?
And thank you for the work you do...
I would imagine the moderator is feeling a little sheepish by now.
Nobody said that except you, and none of us would be fine with that. Some nut did come in here and say the following though:
You're constructing a straw man. Let's clarify things:
Conscious, healthy person: Don't kill them and take their organs, no matter how much BykrBayb wishes they'd off themselves.Unconscious, terminally ill person: Consult with the family regarding removal of life support and organ donation. If it's me, hopefully things will go smoothly and my organs can be donated to help others.
Talk about a straw man. I never advocated suicide. You are the one who advocated suicide. I just pointed out the fact that while you want others to have their organs harvested while they're alive, you don't so much like the idea of that happening to you.
What you said is exactly the same as what was in the Nazi propaganda posted you complained about. And you can't explain how it's any different, because it isn't.
You don't like novels? :-)
They deleted a post, per your request. Why did you request it, if it didn't show you in a bad light? You think the message in that Nazi propaganda poster is any more acceptable when you say it? It isn't.
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