I had to give the order to have life support turned off. Both his lungs collapsed and would not reinflate, his heart did not stand the second operation meant as a last-ditch effort to save him, his blood pressure was very very low and they gave him three times the dosage of the blood pressure raiser , to no avail. They say he was comatose and braindead, and I consented to turn him off.
I feel I was hurried. I know there was probably no hope, but God, that very day I had hopes they were going to save him. If only I had had a few days...But his doctor and his own mother were encouraging me to shut him off, and I just wanted to get the nightmare over with and start grieving. So I gave in,and my husband of over 14 years died a few minutes later.
Terri Schindler * is far more responsive then was my husband, that last horrible day. Where there's life , there's hope. She is said to be an excellent candidate for therapy and rehabilitation, and was deprived of it these 13 years only because her "husband" didn't want to waste the money he wanted to spend solely on himself and that female with whom he cohabits.
I would like to see the Schindlers spared the hell I've been in for the last 3 1/2 months, and I now believe there is a chance they will. Thank you, Jeb, and the 63 decent representatives! May the senate follow their lead tomorrow...And may Terri survive that long, and be 'retubed' in time, without any further damage to her system!
*I will NOT call her by the last name of her attempted murderer, who-God help us!-may still be successful, given the delay till the senate vote and the damage that's been done to her over the past 6 days)
Yes, you were rushed. There was no need for that. Traditional doctors no longer practice "do no harm". They look for reasons to end life - abortion, screwed up surgery, conflicting medications and general coldness to patients and those that love them. It's no longer an honorable profession. Don't ask my experience with them.
My blessed mother, who was 83, died in April of pneumonia. She and we her children and the hospital, bless their hearts, fought for weeks to save her. Finally, when her organs started giving out, and she was literally dying, I gave the order to discontinue extraordinary medical treatment. She died about two hours later. That circumstance, though, is completely different than the current attempted murder of Terri. She was not dying until they started starving her to death. Food and water are not extraordinary medical treatment.
I will NOT call her by the last name of her attempted murderer
Beautiful admonishment. I will no longer do it, either, because of your words.
From here on, I will choose to think of her as a type of one of "Schindler's List".
May God grant you peace in your sorrow.
Cordially,