Posted on 10/25/2003 6:00:26 AM PDT by NYer
As you well know, Terri's parents are restricted from visiting her. This claim was made by her father to the media and repeated by her brother in an interview. Here is yet another account of that event.
Florida Report: Is Terri a Person? - Reporting from the Front Lines
He has withheld her medical records from her family for the past 10 years!!
What hospice takes in "long term" patients? Here in NY, there are LONG waiting lists to enter a hospice. You don't enter until the very last stages of life.
He has appealed to and received an award from the court to use a portion of the litigation settlement to be used to cremate her immediately upon her death.
What's he hiding?
My nephew is here with me today. Chuck was in a severe motorcycle accident 18 years ago. He too was denied therapy for the first 10 years after the accident as his father deemed it too painful for him to endure. His father fought his mother and was temporarily awarded custody of him. His mom fought back, regained custody, and began therapy for him. For the first 14 years Chuck was on a feeding tube as he could not swallow. Today he eats with his good hand all by himself. He is paralyzed on one side still, can't speak ( grunts and moans ) and doesn't follow simple commands well ( we found that he has suffered a hearing loss as a result of his accident so we have to be very loud when we speak to him ). Because of his ongoing therapy the rigidity of his muscles from lack of movement has decreased. He said "mama" for the first time in 18 years last month.
I am glancing at him now sitting in his special chair ( my recliner, lol ) and he is sleeping so peacefully. I just changed him a bit ago as he is very heavy and I struggle with lifting him. After all he is a grown man of 6' tall and about 250 lbs, ( see, he eats very well. Too well IMO ). I do not see a man who lacks quality of life. I see a man whose life was forever changed by a horrible accident. I see a man who as an 18 year old boy found himself hooked up to life support machines. One who was pronounced brain dead and one whose mom made the agonizing decision to "pull the plug" after which he began breathing within seconds. I see a man who, although limited severely, laughs, cries, pinches my butt when I walk by to aggravate me, puckers up his lips for a kiss, drinks a beer ( oh the nerve of me ), and who loves to be talked to although he can't talk back. I see someone who has rubbed my belly when I was pregnant ( he absolutely loved to do this ) and who has held my children ( with my help ) when I placed them in his lap. He has "quality" of life. Before therapy he could do none of these things.
Once we told him that his Dr. said that he would always be a vegetable. I will never forget his response. When asked what he thought about that he simply stuck up his middle finger and laughed.
In the morning I will get him up, bathe him, put a fresh Depends on him and get him dressed for church services. Afterwards, we will go out to eat at one of his favorite restaurants and I even thought of taking him to see the movie Radio. I don't know if my back will hold out that long though. But, so much for him being brain dead, huh? BTW, he is still labeled as being in a persistant vegetative state. So much for him being a cabbage.
As for his quality of life, I ask him if he is happy. He smiles. He feels no pain. He is limited, sure. It doesn't matter to us that he may never find the cure for cancer or be a successful business person who rakes in millions. It doesn't matter that he may never father his own children. It isn't what he does that will matter in a hundred years from now. It is how we cared for him. It is the love that we gave him. The legacy of his family loving and caring for him although he is disabled and was once considered hopeless is what is going to be passed down to our future generations. My children are much better people because of having ben exposed to him. Our family is closer as a result of his circumstances. All of these things can be directly attributed to him.
I might mention that Chuck is the same age as I am. We are both 36. It is strange sometimes seeing the boy I grew up with become the man that he is. I think that is one of the things that really bothers my husband as he knew Chuck from his teen years too. The evidence that it can happen to any of us is literally in our home. I put Chuck to bed a little bit ago and I climbed in beside him to rub his hair for a bit and just told him how much I loved him. I told him that I was thankful that he was still in my life and went on and on about my feelings from him. Wouldn't you know I was answered back with his snoring, lol.
A nasty little *******.
"What hospice takes in "long term" patients? Here in NY, there are LONG waiting lists to enter a hospice. You don't enter until the very last stages of life."
Hospice steps in ONLY when they have six months or less to live.
"He has appealed to and received an award from the court to use a portion of the litigation settlement to be used to cremate her immediately upon her death."
How nice. Have you read another doctors report that her original "injury" looks like the result of a "strangulation"? You should.
"What's he hiding?"
A failed attempt at murder.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1007951/posts
Especially this comment:
NEWS ABOUT TERRI SCHIAVO
"Dr. Hammesfahr emphatically stated that the neck spinal injury this patient incurred was by Strangulation."
Oh my God!!! Strangulation!
Thanks for the ping. Looks like there has been lots of activity on that thread. I've bookmarked it and will ping it to my list, just in case someone else missed it.
I pray that a new investigation will come out of this.
Have you seen this one?
TERRI SCHIAVO TO DIE IN ATTORNEY'S "DEATH FACTORY"
Also, for several days now, I have been posting the story of Patti White Bull, a woman who emerged from a 16 year 'vegetative state'. That link went to an ABC News story. Today, the link went dead!
We're all just one accident away from being put to death ourselves. All it would take is one greedy relative and one dumb judge.
That and have Terri's attorney and Jeb Bush become more educated on the facts. Let God work through them.
"Have you seen this one? "
TERRI SCHIAVO TO DIE IN ATTORNEY'S "DEATH FACTORY"
No I hadn't seen that one but aware of the conflict of interest. This one gives more detail. Geesh. If this is being posted WHY aren't Terri's lawyers moving on this? I ear nothing about what they are doing. I'd bet there is a mountain of you know what going on there. Terri isn't the first. They are too arrogant. They've pulled this off before.
"Also, for several days now, I have been posting the story of Patti White Bull, a woman who emerged from a 16 year 'vegetative state'. That link went to an ABC News story. Today, the link went dead!"
That's no coincidence. I've seen links come and go when liberal stances are at risk. The media is determined to have Terri dead. The godless always wish death on others but God forbide they'll squeal like pigs if someone says an unkind word let alone try and hurt them.
http://www.hospicepatients.org/Hosp-FL-Suncoast-entrypage.html
He may be a big pro death liberal but he also knows that a good scandal helps keep the TV ratings up. (Kobe is a good example of this.) And if this doesn't qualify than I don't know what does.
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