LIAR!
Jodi is far more than just a "girlfriend". I was shocked that LK didn't even know that MS had a child by this women and another one on the way.
With all that was posted, some people do not read a
thing more than they care to know. They seem to
prefer to wallow in the pits of the half-truths, to perhaps
rid themselves of some hidden guilt they might have.
Terri can not swallow in a voluntary manner. She
makes swallowing motions involuntarily, just as
her body functions are all involuntary. Her cerebral
cortex is gone and the cavity filled with spinal fluid.
The judge ordered five doctors to give findings. Two
were paid by Terri's "family", two by Terri's husband
and one court ordered neutral. The findings were
conclusive, Terri is in a vegetated state and can not
improve. When there is no cortex, there can be no
improvement. The cerebral cortex can not replenish
itself nor be replaced.
Feeding Terri food/water can cause her to choke to death
unless accomplished via the support system.
In the State of Florida, without a living will to guide
the court, the decision to remove a life support system
is at the discretion of the spouse.
The "feeding tube" in the State of Florida is indeed
considered a "life support system" if life cannot be
supported without it. It has been proven that Terri
cannot swallow voluntarily and will not "learn" to
do that, due to her missing cortex.
There has been no "test" by Terri's "family" that
could ever be reproduced for the courts. The court
had been offered a taped incident, but that incident
has not and can not apparently be repeated for the
court or court appointed Physician.
Comments from posters telling of a swallowing
incident are simply restating the tales of Terri's
"family". There has not been one physician to
give testimony to that "fact", nor give testimony
that it is at all possible for a person missing their
cerebral cortex to be able to swallow in a voluntary
manner.
Removing any "life support system" results in the
life it is supporting; to die naturally. That "natural"
manner of dying can be of the loss of breath, the
loss of heart function, the loss of the ability to
breath, the loss of the process of nourishment,
etc, etc. There is no "natural" way to die, other
than to die. Every method of life support. once
removed, will cause the participant to die.
If Terri was on a respirator, the cries would be
over her loss of ability to breath without if
it were to be removed. If Terri was on a Cardiac
machine, the cries would be for her "untimely
demise" if removed from it, causing her heart to stop
beating.
There is no "easy way to die", "naturally" or
"un-naturally". It is not a pleasant scene to see,
but it happens daily and will happen to you and
I, eventually.
Terri has been in a vegetated state for over 13 years.
Her soul is now being forced to remain inside
that shell of a body longer.
It's purgatory; government ordered purgatory.
Lebensunwertes Leben.
What human being is not "terminal"? We all will die some day.
I think Florida doesn't realize this could be construed as offering shelter in their hospices to any homeless intransigent heroin addict.
Heroin addiction is a disease that leads to an early death, too.
He's obviously got something he's hiding. You'd think he'd want to open them up --- remove all doubt. His comments about her hygiene prove he's not worried about her dignity or privacy.