SPECIAL: Terri Schiavo, Martyr

"Please correct me if I am wrong, but Terri was bulimic and had heart failure as a result of insufficient potassium levels."

Medical tests conducted at the time of her initial hospital admission found no evidence of a heart attack. You have an obligation to establish fact before concluding and opining. You failed the same test as Judge Greer and the bulk of the Main Stream Media.

"The killing of Terri Schindler must mark a turning point in American history. Terri was killed while “the law” was unwilling to intervene. Her death stripped away the veneer of civility painted on the face of the current culture of death. It was a diabolical event, plain and simple."

Agreed. I chose that paragraph to highlight also!

The report said in dry medical language, "This patient has a history of trauma." A Freeper physician who looked at the report put it in stronger language. If she wasn't in a severe auto wreck (and she wasn't), "somebody beat the crap out of her." Michael Schiavo and his lawyers concealed the bone scan report. The family didn't find out about it until 12 years later.

I read on another posting that the autopsy included a complete x-ray.

Can anyone here tell us if such x-rays would show 15 year old traumas?

I'm not a medic, lula, and can't answer your question. But as I understand it, old bone injuries should show up in an autopsy -- at least if the M.E. is doing a careful job. Whether they would show on an X-ray or not, I leave to someone better informed than I.

Christopher Reeves was lucid and able to communicate his wishes. Ms. Shaivo had a cat scan showing that most of her brain was black, without function. She was not able to communicate.

If I were in her shoes, to have my body artificialy kept alive for 15 years in that state would be torture. I am not afraid of dying. I would rather pass over than have my body held in limbo preventing me from passing over, particularly if my brain function was all but gone.

My mother had a feeding tube for several months - but not for fifteen years. It was a temporary measure. I have no quarrel with that. Even so, she is now in so much daily agony, she has often expressed that she wished we had let her pass. She said she is ready to "go home."

I work a lot on committees working on the welfare of kids. In a few years, the baby boomers will be aging and more and more of our taxes and personal resources will be going toward keeping them alive at all cost. As a society, I hope we consider where we are putting our resources.

As a boomer, I hope that I will have the grace to appreciate when it is time for me to let go and pass over. I hope my children will let me go when it is that time. I have left instructions as to my wishes in that regard. I hope the Christian right does not deprive me of my right to pass in dignity and peace.

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