Feeding tube removed from comatose woman at center of long-running legal battle

Associated Press ^ | 10-15-03

[WinOne4TheGipper]

If it were a dog, PETA and the libs would never let this happen. We've still got time, though.

[RosieCotton]

Comatose? Since when it she comatose? Did I miss something?

This whole affair is sickening.

[george wythe]

I'm sending a prayer for Terry.

May God grant her peace and rest from pain in the next days before she passes on.

I believe that we all will meet together at the fullness of time, and I hope to meet Terry then.

Until then, may God keep Terry in His bossom.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Bill Press on MSNBC says putting a pillow over her face would be murder but starving her to death (in this prolonged matter) would not be. "Death with dignity" my arse.

[First Amendment]

It's more that sad, it is a landmark. When people can be killed because one person wants them dead, what is to stop the 21st century version of Cyklon B and gas ovens?

Answer: Not one damn thing.

[george wythe]

10 days of starvation without knowing fully if the person is suffering???

I read somewhere that she will be sedated.

At any rate, I'm praying that God will fill her with His peace beyond understanding.

[tutstar]

I'm sick of the media spin on the whole thing, and the blatant lack of coverage......
Jacksonville Fl media....figure it out for yourself!!
Terri doesn't look unconscious to me.


COMATOSE
Pronunciation: 'kâmu`tows

Matching Terms: comatoseness

WordNet Dictionary

Definition:

1. [adj] in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"
2. [adj] relating to or associated with a coma; "comatose breathing"; "comatose state"


Synonyms: unconscious





Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Definition:

\Co"ma*tose`\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From {Coma} lethargy.]
Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as,
comatose sleep; comatose fever.



Medical Dictionary

Definition: In a coma; not conscious.

[stanz]

We saved jackrabbits at Miami airport from execution. Why can't we save a human being in Florida?

[hispanarepublicana]

But, I just heard on FOX radio news at the top of the hour that Jeb Bush was intervening!

[Spiff]

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- The feeding tube keeping a severely brain-damaged woman alive was removed Wednesday, ending an epic, six-year legal battle between her husband and her parents.

It ended nothing. Michael has not yet succeeded in murdering his wife - the tube has been removed and order re-attached before. The trouble is, didn't they also remove the port for the tube today? If so, then its pretty much a done deal and this poor woman will suffer an agonizing death we wouldn't even allow a dog to suffer. They can't legally do a Kevorkian on her, so they'll let her starve to death over the next 2 weeks.

[Diogenesis]

This is wrong. He should have been given a divorce
to be with his new lady instead of murdering his wife.

I've read the US Constitution and there is NOTHING about a Federal judge murdering a woman to help a "divorce".

[EggsAckley]

10 days of starvation without knowing fully if the person is suffering???

Oh, they'll see her suffering. Dehydration is not a pretty thing.

[tutstar]

You got that right!!!!
And God forbid if we don't send an army to rescue a beached or lost manatee!!!!

[Havoc]

From what I've seen of this story, this is just Evil.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

What does this say about us? Someone has to do something!

[BossLady]

I was just saying the same thing to a friend. Because people are imperfect or have physical problems we can just stop feeding them etc? I seem to remember this happening somewhere in the recent past.....hmmmmmmm.....

[Route66]

Apparently the new definition of 'vegetative state' and 'comotose' is anyone who can't swallow food.

Of course in this case - Terry might even be able to swallow food on her own, but they don't and won't know because her husband refused to have the tests done to find out and no one will be allowed to even try to feed her by mouth.

God help us.

[Theodore R.]

Well just what does Jeb Bush mean by "intervention"

We know that Bill Clinton had different meanings for "is." Does Jeb have different meanings for "intervene"?

[Calpernia]

>>>>I read somewhere that she will be sedated.

Can this be confirmed? Cause, what if she asks for food or drink? She can't be ignored, right?

[InsensitiveConservative]

Of course she will be sedated. Don't want her asking for a burger and fries.