Oh well, win some, lose some.
I really don't want to see this as winning or losing.
Perhaps I shoud have said "haviing her die is the plan"
What would be wrong with that. She is in hospice. Life support is withdrawn. The consequence of that is death. Is that not factual.
So what is the losing point. The word "kill". Must we use a euphemism like "letting her pass". I didn't say "murder" as that would be inaccurate.
So if having her die is not the treatment plan, what is?
You know, when one goes to a hospice, the plan is death, whether or not you like it...I just dont understand why Terri Shiavo is in a hospice, rather than a nursing home...the goal of a hospice is to offer comfort and respite to those who are dying...and most hospice organizations, need to have some sort of medical documentation, that the patient is indeed terminal, and a lot of hospices that, hard as this sounds, want some assurance, that death is expected within six months...
A Hospice is not a long term care facility...nursing homes are long term care facilities...I, myself, have taken care of some young patients, who are in vegetative states, one gal for more than 20yrs ...and we give her excellent care..she has no bedsores, she is fed through a tube, she is turned every two hours, she is changed whenever she needs to be, she is given love and respect and great care, whenever she needs it...and given whatever therapy she can seem to tolerate...
By definition, if one is in a hospice, they are there to die...and within a relatively short period of time...Terri should have been in a different sort of facility...I know this sounds hard, but its the truth...