Posted on 10/28/2003 10:00:43 PM PST by sweetliberty
I've been wondering that, too; are the members of the jury or the parties to it angry at this turn of events? They are local -- can they still be a factor in this?
This case went to trial rather than being settled -- is that significant in this case; was the outcome a surprise? would be an interesting interview...
EXACTLY!!!! Now people who depend on CNN of their news and entertainment will be privileged to hear the other side of this story, wherein Terri's live lies in teh balance! Thanks to CNN (something I never thought I would say!)
The link and title could be posted here though. That is what this thread is for.
Closing the medical records was cruel. Terri's family, who loves her, should have ALWAYS had access to these....what possible reason is there to shut them off from this critical information about their dtr?
And btw-I know the Schindler's have had to walk a tightrope-playing carefully with sociopathic (imo) Michael because any miss-step or statement that angered Michael would mean he would cut them off from visiting their dtr-her ONLY joy and their only verification that she was ok.
Cyn-I hope this national publicity is FREEING them from this tightrope of fear. That Michael can no longer TELL them NO VISITS because the eye of this nation, at least the eye of over 500,000 people who have directly written to the Schindler's, is upon this vampire, this monster, and his every current action.
He's got something to hide, thus the attempt (hopefully to be thwarted) at a 'fast-track' cremation w/her ashes spread at PA Schiavo place.
'course that's just my opinion -- based on study & consideration. Prove me wrong, ms & felos.</font size=2>
h'mmm
Apparently it's that "keeping only unto her" part that he has some trouble with.
By the way, thanks again for the help with the links. I had to do a bit of editing for space sake and to make it a little easier to follow amd also added some additional links I thought were important. I hope you don't mind.
The additional injuries that a person sustains, makes matters worse.
There is no great mystery, here.
Force was applied to cause Terri's injuries, compounding her --- what anybody's electrolyte imbalance would be by 4 o'clock in the morning --- state of stress.
That's why we call it stress.
That's why there's so much written up about stress.
Just as, if you were to go to a swimming pool and swim 5 miles ... well, you couldn't because you'd be exhausted ... your heart will stop, when exhausted, and some sudden trauma is visited upon you, such as that first failed attempt, too late in your laps, to get air.
In some situations, combat, you may even freeze in place, with no wounds. You could be found situated looking over a log, holding your rifle, when you run out of that last ounce of energy. You could be found, kneeling. You could be found, standing. Frozen. It happens.
People need energy to function, and without it, things stop working.
What fails, are usually the weak points.
A wife subject to a husband's hectoring, and then physical battery, might just be found dead in his arms without anything more than "low electroytes." The scene, tragically romantic.
It's incredible what the body can endure --- if it has had good conditioning.
On the other hand, it's incredible how bodies in good condition, from all appearances, suddenly quit.
Pat Anderson should have talked to a lot of corroners and combat medics, to learn what can happen to you.
At Michael Schiavo pleads case on CNN --- posted at FR on Oct. 28, 2003, by JohnHuang2 ---
Reply 9 ---
"In last night's interview, Schiavo addressed the strangulation testimony by asking why her neck was not bruised and her trachea damaged."
Michael Schiavo assumes "the hands on approach," when that is not required.
In addition, a "rigid neck" that is considered in Terri's case, as a sign of "strangulation," can instead be caused by various other methods of attempting to cut off a person's airways.
For example, a hypothetical couple "having a domestic dispute" ---
A husband "getting carried away" during their argument(s) into the night and early morning hours, enough to "forget himself" ...He, a large heavy man, sits quickly on the upper back of his relatively smaller, lighter wife, who herself had been sitting on the floor and bent over some, exhausted and crying.
He forces her to the floor face down and causes her to hyperextend her neck as she struggles to raise her head, break free, and get air --- there is a dislocation of certain areas of her neck's connective tissues, the resulting strains and pinching of nerves leading to a severely "rigid neck."
With the immediate presence of his body heat in addition to her diminishing oxygen supply, she goes into shock.
She is forced into unconciousness; then some minutes more pass, of insufficient oxygen (not necessarily a denial of all blood) flow to her brain; her heart beat might be undetectable.
Things go from bad to worse with the time that the husband remains upon her.
The husband regains some semblance of reason and senses her change of state, as well as what may befall him. He gets himself off of her, paces around, then he returns to her and checks, but cannot detect, her pulse ... he calls for help.
Her injuries would be revealed, over a year later in bone scans of the head, neck, torso, and lower body. Her injuries include a compression fracture of the wife's L1 vertebra, which literally plays a pivotal role in support of the upper back.
No heart attack.
Just trauma to tell the tale, in her bones.
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