It's Happening Again: Georgia Woman Being Starved and Dehydrated

April 7, 2005 | Rob Johansen

[StacyGuay]

http://thrownback.blogspot.com/2005_04_03_thrownback_archive.html#111289773119911491

[Grut]

Well, if she's not comatose and she's not senile, why doesn't she send out for a pizza? This sounds awfully unlikely.

[buffyt]

Hitler's ghost must be controlling these killers of the old and infirm.

[TomasUSMC]

Ms. Gaddy sought an emergency appointment as guardian from the local probate court. The probate judge, Donald Boyd (who, I am told, is not an attorney and does not have a law degree), granted Gaddy's request

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Can someone get "an emergency appointment as guardian from the local probate court", for Micheal Moore?

[buffyt]

Welcome to FreeRepublic!

[stuartcr]

I would venture to guess, that this sort of thing happens a lot, all over the world.

[TigersEye]

Yeah, what's wrong with all these gimps that can't act normal? There's no right to food and water. Get out of your stinkin' bed and get a job!

[buffyt]

Like my cousin, who is a bit slow, but mostly she is just autistic. She can recite numbers, facts, sports facts, TV show plots, in minute detail. But she can't work or take care of herself. She is so lazy that she can no longer get out of her chair. She had to have a portable potty chair put next to her living room easy chair so she doesn't have to walk to the bathroom. She is VERY heavy now.

But, guess what? I still love her. She has ALWAYS been very nice to me, much nicer than a lot of my "normal" cousins. I still see her as a human being worth saving.

[buffyt]

Her nephew is on the radio now with Glenn Beck!

[abner]

Listening now...

[TigersEye]

Cut off her food and water. She'll be lighter in no time.

[abner]

His mom is now in the hospital because of this situation.

[Don Simmons]

These cases are pretty tough. As much as I respect life, I still find myself questioning the logic of prolonging a life, (that really is not much of a life - rather a mere existence) while possibly racking up huge medical debt for the family.

It's a tough line to draw, and I hope I never have to do it. How do you reconcile a situation when it becomes apparent that someone's condition of existence will NEVER improve, and/or their time on this Earth is very, very near its end?

For me, it comes down to this (in MY living will): When my condition is such that cognitive brain/neurological function ceases to exist to the point where I cannot provide for MY OWN sustainance - I wish to be removed from artificial/external life-prolonging procedures.

I call it common sense. I guess that's a personal concept though.

[Grut]

Seriously - if she doesn't want to starve, what keeps her from telling the hospice so? For that matter, what's to keep any one of us from sending in a pizza and a beer? Are we supposed to believe that she's saying "I don't want to die" and the hospice personnel are saying "Now, now, dear, starving's good for you?"

This story just doesn't make sense.

[TigersEye]

Interesting thoughts. What do they have to do with this story?

[queenkathy]

can you keep us posted for those who can't listen

[TigersEye]

No doubt! When medical conditions get to the point where
you can't eat pizza and drink beer it's time to check out.

[TigersEye]

Yesterday's thread on May Magouirk Over 800 posts.

[JanetteS]

Oh Boo Hoo! The poor family has to bear the financial burden of FEEDING HER! How freaking tragic for THEM.

Give me a break. I'm so sick of this ridiculous arguments justifying the murder of another human being.

Did you catch the fact that she has a living will that specifies that she not be starved to death under her current circumstances? The argument for Terri to die was that she had no living will so her "husband" got to choose her fate. The argument for this woman to die is that she has a living will but keeping her alive costs to much?

Give me a break.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Well, if she's not comatose and she's not senile, why doesn't she send out for a pizza? This sounds awfully unlikely.

My nephew has Sturge Weber syndrome and couldn't make a phone call to save his life. Should we starve him, too? Sheesh, God gave you a heart; use it!