Terri's Fight - (Daily Thread/Updates) November 8 -10

Various | November 7, 2003 | sweetliberty

[The Red Zone]

So Bill Schiavo was alive during part of this situation, but later was starved to death by order of Michael Schiavo. Am I getting this right?

Excellent point. I wonder if MS had BS sign a statement with a boilerplate "do not wish to be kept alive by artificial means." Then when BS could not "eat a ham sandwich" any more (Felos terminology for the simplest thing fallong short of "artificial means" of life support), it was dehydration and starvation city. I wonder if he not only was in agony, but felt very betrayed.

[Theodore R.]

That is my understanding. Schiavo said that he "went through this with both of my parents." And he gloated almost that starvation is a "painless" way to die. He even said that an aneuryism is the best way to go, followed by dehydration/starvation. Methinks he doesn't know what he is talking about.

[The Red Zone]

He even said that an aneuryism is the best way to go, followed by dehydration/starvation. Methinks he doesn't know what he is talking about.

Baffaloes the heck outta me to. Just having the heart stop (no painful heart attack, just stop) would seem to me to be the easiest.

[msmagoo]

LOL but if the house on fire has a no-trespassing sign, Greer and Felos would say it's perfectly OK for the firemen to let you burn to a crisp...

[Wampus SC]

"OH! I see my Gopher Dean is sticking! I'm so proud.

Looks like you started a tradition. [If not, at least I liked it anyway.]

Next, pictures of Lurch, Howdy Doody and Miss Cleo.

[Aliska]

I don't think anti-seizure medication or any other type of medication would cause significant bone deterioration in just a little over one year. If it did, we would probably have heard about it. This sounds like spindoctoring to me.

[4Godsoloved..Hegave]

Praise be to God for you and your so beautifully written statement about "death with dignity".

As a daughter who was beside her mom through the end of her days living with terminal cancer your words were a breath of fresh air. I see my Mom's desires expressed by you.

May our Lord Jesus strengthen you and may His peace that passes all understanding be upon you and your loved ones all your days.

[nicmarlo]

If the sister of Michael encouraged him to become a nurse, as she herself was, why would she stop being a nurse? I just think it's a bit odd (or did I misunderstand your previous post?).

[nicmarlo]

Then it is said that the senior Schiavo didn't want Michael to do this to Theresa. So Bill Schiavo was alive during part of this situation, but later was starved to death by order of Michael Schiavo. Am I getting this right?

that's absolutely dreadful, if true.

[sweetliberty]

No, I was just curious as to your thinking. I mean, isn't it possible that she quit being a nurse to stay home and raise kids or something ordinary like that? I don't know.

[nicmarlo]

I hadn't thought of that....that's possible.

[nicmarlo]

But another thing about the license.....I would think that if she had any desire AT ALL to be a nurse AFTER the kids are raised, she'd keep up her license, which may require a few hours of school each year. Now, you have to admit, that's odd....going to school for so long to get the license, and then to just let it go....

[Theodore R.]

This was on LKL but nobody followed up on it much. We had the exact transcript posted her two or three times last week. No one seemed surprised by this or seemed to think that it had any effect on Terri's fight.

Schiavo said that he "had" to go through "this" with both "parents." Then he said starvation and dehydration were painless. And he said he was "not sorry at all."

[sweetliberty]

I suppose. I guess I just don't see how the sister-in-law is that much of a factor, other than as an enabler to him.

[nicmarlo]

I remember the part about his going through it with both his parents, but not that his father had any misgivings about it being done to Terri, and, despite this objection, MS did it to his own father anyways....that I hadn't read or heard before.

[nicmarlo]

Not a factor, I just find that curious is all. : )

[TaxRelief]

Are any of his ex-girlfriends missing?

[Wampus SC]

"I love that gopher. He's funny. I wouldn't rate him so much a panderer, though, as I would an annoying, but relatively harmless, prankster. As a troll, I would compare him to the DUhmmies from the DU who like to come over here and start threads, knowing they're gonna get zotted, but they are a nice diversion, a fun target and make for some hilarious threads."

Trying to lighten it up by spoofing a specific recent troll situation is a way to keep the weight of Terri's fight from squashing me flat. Obviously Dean isn't trolling here, but he sure has said some things that sound like he's pandering to the "right-to-die" crowd. Other than that, Dean is comic relief in and of himself.

[sweetliberty]

Yes, indeed he is.

And you're right, this is so intense that comic relief and diversion are absolutely essential. That is why I've been scarce this evening. Been over here laughing at Dean and Sidney Blumenthal and fighting the new civil war.