Posted on 05/22/2005 8:17:40 AM PDT by aculeus
I know for a fact I have probably said something very similar in my early 20's!! However, now in my middle 30's I have told my DH to never do to me what HINO did to Terri!
Thanks you for the photos on the Never Forget Terri ping.
The rose is so beautiful. The pain on Terri's family's faces is beyond words. What happened to them and Terri was WRONG and will always be WRONG!!
The writer of the article knows it too. I'm glad she didn't blindly believe the spin coming from the media, who did all in their power to convience the public it was okay to kill Terri. Even Fox Cable News was guilty of this tactic, with the exception of Hannity. In some cases, FNC was even worse than the rest.
Thank you for posting this. Will read later.
Bump for later reading.
And thank you, aculeus, for posting such an excellent article.
.......and at 63, I feel the same. NEVER ,EVER would I want to go through what she had to endure!! Polly ps....hi everyone!!:-))
To me, this part of the article is KEY. WHY did Michael "remember" that Terri wanted to die AFTER he received the malpractice settlement?
"Only in 1997, seven years after the cardiac arrest and a year before he first requested that the feeding tube be removed, did Michael Schiavo first mention these recalled wishes to the Schindlers. In 1992 he had pursued (and finally settled, for approximately $1.1 million after fees) a medical negligence suit against the doctors who had supervised Theresa Schiavo's infertility treatment, arguing that they had failed to pick up the potassium imbalance. During the course of this 1992 malpractice action Michael Schiavo (who had not yet been videotaped in what seemed to be a legal office explaining that his wife had never wanted to "live on tubes," never wanted "to be a burden") was asked how he saw their future:
A: I see myself hopefully finishing school and taking care of my wife.
Q: Where do you want to take care of your wife?
A: I want to bring her home.
Q: If you had the resources available to you, if you had the equipment and the people, would you do that?
A: Yes. I would, in a heartbeat.
Q: How do you feel about being married to Terri now?
A: I feel wonderful. She's my life and I wouldn't trade her for the world. I believe in my marriage vows.
Q: You believe in your wedding vows, what do you mean by that?
A: I believe in the vows I took with my wife, through sickness, in health, for richer or poor. I married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I'm going to do that."
Hey Polly, my friend!! Glad to see you!!
You're welcome.
I didn't read most Schiavo threads at the height of the frenzy so I may have missed something: Were all of them moved to "Chat?"
I posted this to News where, especially because of the source and the quality of the writing, I think it belongs but the mods transferred it.
Polly smiles back at Halls........still feeling somewhat exhausted and emotionally drained these days......how 'bout everyone else?
If i can get better with all my allergy sinus issues than I would say I am doing great, but until that day arrives I am just not quite there!!
you still suffering with that sinus infection? I am so sorry!!
not suffering from an infection, but still recovering from the surgery and inflammation. Yucky stuff!
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