TERRI IS NOW BEING RE-HYDRATED. WE DID IT! BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY, E-MAIL

Live report from Hospice

[greccogirl]

If you continue to claim that all "credible" experts have said this then you haven't researched this case much, have you? Many respected experts in this field have examined Terri and said EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. I guess they are just not credible because they don't fit what you want to hear?

[editor-surveyor]

Bump!

[StriperSniper]

He really wants his wife dead, I hope we all find out exactly why.

[pollywog]

I have an idea - if this is true, and they are re-hydrating Terri, and the MINO-HINO is not her "guardian" now and so can't control her environment, how about as many people as possible send her flowers - gifts, religious symbols that will be appropriate for her, etc? I would love to send her flowers. Just imagine if her room becomes a garden! (If someone who is in FL or knows more than me (which is everyone) I would like the address of the hospital, or whatever info is needed to send something.

What a ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IDEA...Can someone find out if we are able to send her flowers or stuffed bears?? I HAVE A marvelous new TEDDY BEAR that would be so appropriate.I heard she wants to be a Vet. It says BELIEVE on it and a CROSS on the foot.......I think when she is much better they ought to start ANIMAL therapy. I have heard the dogs and pets can do WONDERS in rehab....

[jwalsh07]

They may do all of that but what they can't do is react to Mom the way she reacts to anybody else and fit the defintion of persistent vegetative state. The fact that she reacts to her mother differently than anybody else indicates some higher function.

[Gelato]

Bob Schindler set the facts straight about Terri not being comatose. He really put CNN's Aaron Brown in his place. Aaron Brown looked stupid asking Mr. Schindlier if he had any regrets. ("Do you think you did the right thing?")

Mr. Schindler made it clear that Terri could be taken care of, but the husband has been in the way.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Sorry, that came on the heels of another post. Apologies for the harsh tone.

[Jeff Head]

In my my book series...I hae it happen and the impact and results are phenominal.

I figure if it's my world in the fictional series...I'd best set it all to rights before I finish...more or less, and only after a lot of toil and struggle.

God's best to you and yours!

[libravoter]

mmmm . . . demerol . . .

[Concerned]

HITECH REDNECK WROTE: "This is stupid. Emergency rooms do these things in minutes."

I AM RESPONDING: "It literally takes SECONDS to reinsert it."

I AM ADDING: "It would pop right out from time to time when we would accidentally lean against it, against the crib, or on it while putting our daughter down in bed (hers did NOT have a blow-up bulb on the end, but a flexible bulb)."

I AM ADDING: "Originally, after the surgery to install it the first time, we had to go into the ER to have it reinstalled if it came out. When we found out it just required a "Grooved Director" (a 10-12" long skinny v-shaped rod with a Y-forked groove to hold the end of the tube), and we could buy one for about $2.00, we started putting them in ourselves with a little K-Y Jelly and a quick twist."

[JustPiper]

Exhaling, that creep husband! Thanx for the good news Cowgilr! Hugs!

[carlo3b]

Bless this/your effort, it was truly a work of divine intervention.. {{{{HUG}}}} I guess it is time to ante up a bit more for FReeRepublic.com where Miracles happen.

[Warren_Piece]

When intent ias unknowable, ALWAYS ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIFE. ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS!

[jwalsh07]

The fact is being feed through a feeding tube hooked up to a machine is artificial.

You mean like the nipple on a bottle or the breast?

[shhrubbery!]

Many medical schools still administer the oath. In some of them, the medical students who refuse to perform an abortion are harrassed about it

Since taking the Hippocratic Oath entails vowing to give no woman an abortifacient, I would have to conclude that in such schools as you describe, the Oath no longer has any real meaning.

[editor-surveyor]

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BREAKING... IV HAS BEEN STARTED... TERRI WILL BE TURNED OVER TO A REAL GUARDIAN. Felos INJUNCTION WAS JUST DENIED BY JUDGE BAIRD. Please copy and paste this on every Terri thread you can find. Thanks, FV from the Front

[najida]

That is what did it for me. The look on her face is exactly the look you see on a baby's face when it sees its mama.

I have worked with brain damaged, vegetative, comatose folks...Terri isn't vegetative.

[Old Student]

A sure and knowledgeable neurologist told us to have our son institutionalized 7 years ago, as he was extremely retarded, would never progress. His speech was verbal salad, of no significance. His ability to read, which he taught himself to do at age 2 was of no importance. "No more significan than a trout's recognition of a fly on the water." Our son is now in the 6th grade at a good private (NOT special education) school making A's and B's. He has friends, loves the Harry Potter movies, in fact, ANY movie, and has a great career as an artist ahead of him, or any other thing he so desires. The neurologist was wrong about him, as are the ones claiming Terri is no longer there. I've worked with children with Cerebral Palsy, too. They are still people.

Automatic acceptance of authority is stupid and wrong. Challenge Authority! Get an education, and become the Authority. Then teach your students to do the same.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I think when she is much better they ought to start ANIMAL therapy

Excellent idea polly! Animals work great with the disabled and the elderly.