[MarMema]

A doctor yesterday said Terri "had begun the dying process". That means body functions are beginning to shut down. Heart, lungs, kidneys.

Ouch, I hate hearing this, but am not surprised. All the same her peripheral blood supply will be shunted in a divers reflex to her internal organs. That is probably what they noted in her - some coldness and peripheral shutdown. She probably has 24 hours. Wish I knew her heart rate, which would tell us a lot.

If Terri should need dialysis to remove built up toxins, Schiavo can deny that.

She should be ok on this if they can give her an IV. I have seen kidney function zoom with some fluids in some pretty dehydrated people. In a matter of days....what is essential is how badly her kidneys are being damaged. But the kidneys can take a lot of abuse and come back to enough function easily. In fact people live on one all the time because of this.

Lord this makes me so ill.

[Deo volente]

Why those Senators aren't ordering out Starbucks and burning the midnite oil at the Statehouse
is totally beyond me.

Praying that Terri will survive one more day.

The waiting is beyond maddening. My mind and heart are numb at this point.

[Graymatter]

Why can't someone take Schiavo aside and explain to him that the bill will pass, Terri will live, and he should stop the damage right now? Surely he doesn't want her to suffer kidney failure until the next time he gets a chance to kill her?

[Deo volente]

My hope is that the Bill passes and is signed by Jeb tomorrow EARLY. Then, as I understand it,
the feeding tube would be immediately reinserted.

My fear tonight is that Terri has already suffered significant damage from being without water for so long, and that providing the proper medical treatment will be subject to the whim of Michael Schiavo, the all-powerful "guardian", and his enabler, the Hanging Judge Greer.

I hope that Jeb has some trusty State Troopers ready to escort Terri to an ICU.