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STARVATION: DAY 8 Jeb Bush not likely to ride to rescue Florida governor indicates he won't defy court order Posted: March 25, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Those hoping Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will step forward to save Terri Schiavo from imminent, court-ordered starvation death are likely to be disappointed, based on his comments to a group of reporters following county court Judge George Greer's ruling against the state's effort to take custody of the brain-injured woman at the center of a worldwide euthanasia controversy. While Bush reiterated his motivation to save Schiavo, based on new evidence that...

THE TIME OF THE MONTH TO GIVE THIS WOMAN FOOD AND WATER... [K. J. Lopez] One last thing from that Cheshire affadavit: "The nurses at Woodside Hospice told us that she often has pain with menstrual cramps. Menstrual flow is associated with agitation, repeated or sustained moaning, facial grimmacing, limb posturing, and facial flushing, all of which subside once she is given ibuprofen...." Posted at 08:22 PMCHESHIRE’S BIG PICTURE [K. J. Lopez] …How medicine and society choose to think about Terri Schiavo will influence what kind of people we will be as we evaluate and respond to the needs of...

(CNSNews.com) - The Florida judge presiding over the Terri Schiavo case ordered the state agency charged with protecting vulnerable adults to make no attempt to take the brain-injured woman into protective custody late Wednesday. The order appears to be in direct contradiction to a state statute that requires the agency to act. Mayo Clinic neurologist Dr. William Cheshire -- who is also a member of the Florida's Adult Protective Services team -- said late Wednesday that Terri Schiavo "may have been misdiagnosed" by one court appointed doctor and two other physicians chosen by Michael Schiavo. Those three doctors declared Terri...