In Judge Greer's court Monday:
A new form of therapy that uses electrical impulses to stimulate throat muscles has shown remarkable success in training brain-damaged people to swallow, Gibbs said.
This was an EXCELLENT point by mister Gibbs. Electrical impulses can retrain heart muscle to synchronize, stomach and intestine muscles to constrict as needed, sphincter and bladder muscles to open or close as needed. Even leg muscles when re-learning to walk.
There is NO NEED to KILL Terri.... Terri already swallows TWO quarts of liquid a day (her own saliva) per Doctor Hammesfahr.
Get professional therapists to take over the retraining of her swallowing. Otherwise its just plain murder.
Michael is pictured to the right with Terri, showing the jury how responsive she is...
Here are Michael's own words in Nov.1992
UNDER OATH, shortly BEFORE the JURY award:
5 This is the speech pathologist who comes in and works 6 with Terry.
7 Q. This is the speech pathologist you say?
8 A. Yes, it's the speech pathologist.
9 Q. What does he do for her?
10 A. He comes in and massages her lips and uses 11 different flavors to try to help her swallow. You'll 12 notice he's moving her lips and it helps massage the side 13 of the mouth so the mouth doesn't tighten up.
14 Q. You hoping he can get her to the point where she 15 swallows?
16 A. Yes. You see here rubbing the bottom of her 17 throat, that's, I don't know what the word is, gets them to 18 swallow when you rub the bottom of their throat. She just 19 swallowed that time. Sometimes they use ice on her face, 20 too. It's a stimulation.
21 Q. What is that, Mike?
22 A. That's a -- that is basically used to stimulate 23 her tongue and the back of her tongue to help with her gag 24 reflex. And like I said, sometimes they use different 25 flavors.
Michael, you used to be a near-pauper living in an apartment and had trouble holding jobs.
But that was just before you won 1.2 million dollars for Terri's rehabilitation, based in part on this swallowing therapy testimony.
Please detail for the Grand Jury... how much of the award money was spent on Terri's swallowing therapy?
Please also detail for the jury, how much of that money went toward...
- your new Mercedes,
- your half-million dollar ranch home, and
- your large oval swimming pool in the backyard?
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Father Pavone witnessed Terri's condition
just one month ago [skip ahead to the 17 min mark] and he said:
- She was very responsive.
- She prayed with him and closed her eyes during prayer.
- Mister Schindler kissed her and she kissed him back!
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| Documented Terri-vocabulary references |
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| Words |
Witness |
"mommy"
"momma"
"help me" |
nurse - Heidi Law, certified nurse assistant |
"pai[n]" (meaning 'pain'
when she was in discomfort)
'Haaaiiiii' (meaning Hi,
in response to 'Hi Terri')
'mommy'
'help me' |
Nurse - Carla Sauer Iyer, R.N.
"'Help me' was, in fact, one of her most frequent
utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times." |
"stop" (in response to one medical
procedure being done on her) |
Terri's MediPlex records |
"ugh-hugh" (meaning yes)
"ugh-ugh" (meaning no)
"yea"
"No" |
family members, and paralegal Tom Brodersen*
'yea' was a word she learned to speak in 2001.
* |
After Judge Greer heard of Tom Brodersen
secretly helping Terri learn to speak again,
Greer removed Brodersen from the
"approved visitor's list" permanently!
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I just called his office and the person who answered said she couldn't tell me if Senator Tom Lee supports SB 2128 that it is the first day in session and I said that there are conflicting stories as to whether or not he supports the bill or not. The person couldn't tell me and I told her that I need to know because supposedly he was in the news saying that he didn't support it. She took my name and number and told me that she would call me back. We need to find out what the deal is and urge him to support it. (see below) also see http://tekgnosis.typepad.com
Please spread this outside of freep too:
Call FL House Represenatives today asking them to support HB 701 What you can say: "If lawmakers are going to call food and water medical treatment, I want the power to make my own medical decisions and informed consent is the only way." Please support thereby helping to pass HB 701
Florida House of Representatives 850-488-6026 and 850-488-5000
To get the names of representatives:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/legislators.aspx
Call FL Senators today to ask them to support SB 2128 What you can say: "If lawmakers are going to call food and water medical treatment, I want the power to make my own medical decisions and informed consent is the only way." Please support thereby helping to pass SB 2128
Senate President Tom Lee
1-800-560-4403
Florida Senate
1-800-342-1827
To get the names of the senators:
http://www.flsenate.gov/Legislators/index.cfm?Mode=Member%20Pages&Submenu=1&Tab=legislators
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Please contact your US Congressman and Senator and urge support of US HR 1151 = House Resolution 1151 and US S 539 - US Senate Bill 539 'The Incapacitated Persons Protection Act'
Sample message:
Senator XXXXX,
With regards to representative Weldon's proposed bill 1151 (see above for correct designations) titled the Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act, I encourage you to give this favorable consideration.
Clearly, state Circuit Courts are not applying the law appropriately in a number of cases throughout the United States as it relates to vulnerable and incapacitated persons and their retained rights. A measure like bill 1151 would give these innocent people a Federal avenue of review that we consider a retained right of criminals. I believe the rights of the disabled amongst us should be no less vigorously defended than the rights of those who have broken the law.
I also believe that without such Federal protection, cases such as these will grow more complicated and burdensome on the state courts and innocent lives will be lost.
Please do the right thing for America's disabled and give your unwavering favorable consideration to this act.
There is an 800 number for the Congressmen and Senators:
U.S. Senators and Congressmembers, etc.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml
New toll free numbers to call US Senators and Congressmembers: (888) 355-3588 OR (877) 762-8762
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Re: BILL NUMBER IS 1151, 'The Incapacitated Persons Protection Act'before the US Congress and Senate:
I got thru, waited, the screener came back, asked what I wanted to talk about, said, good points I will pass it on and HUNG UP! WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? Oh well-I was going to give out the capitol switchboard number and the next caller Glen spoke to did just that! WONDROUS to me!
I then called the capitol switchboard, 1-202-224 (OR 225 WORKS AS PREFIX TOO) - 3121 and left message for Hastert, and again Dan Burton, my rep.
I you do NOT know your congressman's name, all you have to do is give the switchboard operator your ZIP CODE. They will take it from there and connect to the correct congressman's office.
THE BILL NUMBER IS 1151, 'The Incapacitated Persons Protection Act'
GOD BLESS DAVID WHELDON, M.D., congressman and a person who told Glen Beck on an interview this morning that there is NO WAY Terri is PVS!
Congressman Weldon is introducing this bill TODAY and said THIS IS THE DAY TO LIGHT UP THE SWITCHBOARDS!
DO IT!
This matters....our legislature responds to VOLUME - Weldon also said this.
DO IT!
And call other congressmen's offices that you believe would help!
Tell them this is an URGENT MATTER! A date with death has been set.
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pc93,
You will be very happy to know that I called Senator Tom Lee. Teh woman taking my call was not interested in taking my name and address. Only wanted to knwo if we were "for" or "against." I coersed her into taking my contact information, informing her that all of France is Appalled. That in France th lande of good food and wine, they do NOT starve people to death. I re-iterated how this is making America Look bad in France. His actions are portraying Americans as extreemly Barbaric.
I do feel that sice I was calling from France that she did write a little memo off to the side and that my comments will be forwarded to the Senator.
Then we had a little discussion about the number of phone calls she is getting. She did admit that the majority of calls are in support of Terri. They are keeping a tally.
SO EVERYONE CALLL!!!! And after you call, then Call Again!!! We know how to Freep Polls don't we??
They are not taking names just a Tally, so call, and call, and call again.
She said that the majority of phone calls are FOR Terri
So if you are reading this, CALL, then CALL, then CALL again. FREEP THE TALLY AT SENATOR LEES' OFFICE.
Do it NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Senate President Tom Lee
1-800-560-4403
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To: ExPatInFrance
I'm appalled too as it has nothing to do with FOR or AGAINST.. as a Senator votes
his conscience.. therefore reasons need to be given to him why he needs to get
behind (support) the bill .. ridiculous.. FOR/AGAINST.. in a pigs eye!
Thanks for calling. Let them know it's not about the numbers of FOR/AGAINST. How stupid do they think we are?
Another update coming re: US Congressional and Senate actions.
3,259 posted on 03/08/2005 2:26:07 PM EST by pc93 (http://www.blogsforterri.com)