Posted on 03/28/2005 10:42:15 PM PST by Concerned
LET TERRI CHOOSE if SHE WANTS to drink!!!
ALLOWING Terri to CHOOSE whether to sip water from a straw plced UP TO her lips is NOT "ARTIFICIAL Life Support!!!"
LET TERRI CHOOSE to EAT if SHE CHOOSES it if brought UP TO her lips!
STOP PARTICIPATING IN TERRI'S MURDER!!!!!!!
RESCUE TERRI---LET TERRI CHOOSE---NOW!!!!!!
IF Terri survives this (after 8+ days) she will definitely be a Catholic saint.
Someone must be feeding her. How could anyone survive this and be responsive? I know I couldn't.
That, or she'd suffer a very prolonged dehydration. Not humane, either.
I think it was just so very wrong to not give her another chance at swallowing therapy and see if she could do it this time. It's the worst decision made in this entire mess, IMO.
BTW, for the record, she failed all the swallowing tests in the first 3 years when she was getting swallowing therapy.
She got the tube before she ever left the first hospital - I'm not even sure she was out of the coma yet.
That is PURE BARBRA STREISAND PROPAGANDA from Feces oops, Felos!!!
What's the WORST that could happen?...She dies? Well, whoop-t-doo! What do you think is going to happen---in a MUCH MORE EXCRUCIATING way---if she DOESN'T get to CHOOSE to DRINK?
Besides, the tube was put in for CONVENIENCE of the nursing staff, NOT NECESSITY!!!
It kills me too. To me, it's the height of hypocrisy to pretend doing it this way is more moral than giving her an injection.
TRINITY_TX RESPONDED: "WRONG!...READ HER MEDICAL CHART!!!!...STOP LISTENING TO A FRAUD BY THE NAME OF HAMMESFAHR!"
Thank you for the link. I did read the report. Obviously, if someone is GASPING for air, you cannot eat/drink and breathe at the same time. My daughter is in ICU right now with an NG (nasal feeding) tube.
About 20 years ago, my daughter had a G-Tube (stomach feeding tube) put in, but it was REMOVED about three years later because she had learned how to eat and drink---BECAUSE OF THERAPY---and because she was no longer on the respirator. Right now, she is getting Bi-Pap (or B-Pap?) so she cannot eat or drink by mouth and therefore has the NG tube.
BTW, do you not think it strange and revealing that Michael---a medically trained person (I believe he was actually a RESPIRATORY THERAPIST at the time, but not sure)---who KNEW/KNOWS CPR---and who supposedly loved his wife SOOOOOOOOO much that he FAILED TO ADMINISTER CPR TO TERRI---and FAILED TO CALL 911???
EVEN MY FIVE YEAR OLD KNOWS HOW TO CALL 911!!!!!!! And this from a guy who supposedly "loves his wife?"
Michael CHOSE NOT to administer CPR! Michael CHOSE NOT to call 911!
He DID, however, waste at least 2 minutes calling Terri's Dad, claiming she was DEAD.
And it took at least 2 minutes for Mr. Schindler to call brother Bobby.
And it took at least 2 minutes for Bobby to get dressed (at 4 or 5 AM) as he was most likely startled awake and had to change clothes.
And it took at least 2 minutes to get to Terri's apartment from his.
There's a MINIMUM of EIGHT to TWELVE MINUTES WASTED!!! How long does it supposedly take for BRAIN-DAMAGE without oxygen? According to what I have read, SIX to TWELVE MINUTES!!!
If so, the MICHAEL is the PROXIMATE CAUSE of Terri's BRAIN-DAMAGE!!! And he should NEVER have been allowed to be her Guardian---from the first SIX MINUTES after the "incident" on---even if you don't believe there was foul play which caused the "incident" itself!
I couldn't either.
Historically, I think she is already in the small percentiles. However, unlike most historical cases, she is in a temperature and humidity controlled environment and is not taking any exercise. Not being in the medical field, I have no idea how much that changes the cruel calculus of dehydration and starvation.
My 80-something year old aunt had a stroke and had a "Living Will." She lived 21 days with no food or water except a VERY small amount of ice chips.
She had HORRIBLE PAIN because of the dehydration. I LITERALLY BEGGED my cousins to give her food and water, but my cousins said she had a "Living Will." I felt certain she never intended for food and water to be withheld (at least not knowingly), but they went on with it.
OK, I'm going to put myself on the line here and might look incredibly stupid... lol
First of all, according to Ohioan from Florida, her father said that Michael called him, told him she had fainted, then hung up and called 911 at his request. Her dad then called Bobby.
Michael was a restaurant manager when it happened. He might have had to take a cpr class for it. I don't know.
But I am a degreed health professional. 7 years of college, mostly health/science-related classes, and 10 years of yearly CPR tests to keep my license to practice.
And you know... I may be wrong, but I don't *think* you're supposed to do CPR on someone who is still breathing - even gasping. If any air is going in and out of their lungs... Even in my non-panicked state right now, I would not know what to do with Terri.
I experienced something similar with a family member who took an OD. When it happened, I just couldn't believe it - saw the note, saw the bottles, yet it took me forever to "wake up" and say - this is an emergency.
When I'm around people I don't know, I'm very rational. But when it is that close to home...and you aren't used to it, it's like denial sets in.
My own husband, who, considering the way he spoils me, must love me, lol... one night I fell and got a very serious concussion, losing consciousness for a few minutes. He patted me to "wake up", but once I could speak (barely), he just tucked me in and let me sleep. I never roused till morning when my sister called, and when he told her I couldn't open my eyes, she came and took me to ER - very angry with him. I had two ct scans showing bleeds on the front and back of my brain.
If I had died, or been seriously harmed, yes, he was stupid. But not criminal, and I know he was *mortified* when he realized how serious it was.
Anyway, we judge by our personal experience. That's mine. so I don't hold that *particular* thing against Michael Schiavo.
Other things, yeah. But not that.
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