Posted on 02/18/2005 6:25:20 AM PST by wotan
Here's a way Jeb Bush may be able to save Terry Schiavo: Open an investigation into the possible assault that led to her comatose condition. Have the state pay for her maintenance to "preserve the evidence" and pay for language therapy for her so she can tell us what she knows about how she got into the coma. It struck me that the reason her husband wants her dead might be because he's afraid of what she'll say if she recovers. I don't see how a judge could possibly deny the state the right to preserve evidence of a serious assault.
Hope she's not dead yet.
I've done something I rarely do, I've hit the abuse button. I'm not "Mr. Felos" and I don't appreciate your lame-assed attempt at slander.
She came back for more?
I think she likes me.
Very little research. Did you see the actual CT scan, or the actual doctor's report? Or did you just take the word of some anonymous source? Let me guess, journalism major?
I also googled. Here's something you may not have taken into consideration.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:o4-kgbW72h4J:www.sptimes.com/2003/11/10/Tampabay/Schiavo_tapes__snippe.shtml+Schiavo+CAT+scan&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"By the court's count, (Hammesfahr) gave 105 commands to Terri Schiavo and, at his direction, Mrs. Schindler gave an additional six commands," Greer wrote. "He asked her 61 questions and Mrs. Schindler ... asked her an additional 11 questions. The court saw few actions that could be considered responsive to either those commands or those questions."
Please note that the court acknowledges that it saw *few* actions that could be considered responsive. That means there were *some* responses. The fact of the matter is that the law specifically stipulates that there be *no* responses of any kind to be considered PVS by the Florida statutes. Even the court admits that Terri doesn't fit the bill for the label, yet it gives her a death sentence anyway. Methinks there is an agenda going on. The Nazis called it the T-4 euthanasia program.
Probably!
No, he quoted the 2nd DCA's decision in 2003. Still, hardly worthwhile, knowing that Greer was the one who said that he considered *all* the evidence.
Well, he can't be much of a researcher if he didn't bother looking at any of the evidence, which is widely available. I can't imagine deciding that someone must be killed, and not having a clue as to why. I would hope Melas never serves on a jury, where actual evidence must be considered.
My but you people do get snide over this don't you? Every post to me since I posted from the doctor's findings have just been dripping with venom.
I gotta get some sleep. (ZZZzzzzz)
Goodnight prayer for Terri!
Not venom, but antidote, for those who haven't already been vaccinated against the lies.
Terri watching a balloon - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-balloon.rmm
Terri's alert eyes - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-big_eyes.rmm
Terri responds to cold - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-hows_that_cold.rmm
Terri responds to her mom - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-mum.rmm
Terri responds to music - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-music.rmm
Terri responds to touch - http://www.multistalkervictims.org/other/video/terri-swab.rmm
What doctor? You posted a third-hand account.
Eachother.
If you read my post and thought it was dripping with venom, you may need an attitude adjustment yourself. There was no venom intended. Perhaps you perceived it that way, even though I didn't write it that way. I was merely pointing out some places where you might consider looking at the situation from a different perspective. There's plenty of information out there. Try not to be filled with pre-conceived notions. I used to think that Terri was comatose and unable to help until I looked around. Michael has been denying her therapy for a dozen years. How's anyone supposed to show any improvement with treatment like that? That's called neglect and it is against the law in Florida. Michael should not be Terri's legal guardian. He has not performed his duties with Terri's best interests at heart. If he loved her, he would have given her better care and a lot of much needed therapy all these years.
Another good analogy would be to order the removal of a patient's ventilator, and block the patient's nose and mouth from receiving air.
An excellent analogy, and one I'd made earlier but forgotten about with regard to Karen Ann Quinlan. When KAQ's ventilator was removed, she was ALLOWED TO BREATHE ON HER OWN. Had Greer been the judge, she would have been asphyxiated to ensure she did not.
I haven't heard anyone mention a feeding tube in the case of KAQ, but there must have been one, right? And there's no way she could have lived all those years without food and water.
Dripping with venom? A person's life hangs in the balance here. If the feeding tube is removed, this will be the 3rd time that Terri has been subject to a death that is illegal to perpetrate upon a dog. This is not an issue of religious dogmatism, as I explained here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026740/posts?page=15#15
You might also be interested in how loving hubby was committed to Terri's care until he got the money:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1009721/posts?page=37#37
Here is some further review of the particulars:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1003606/posts?page=41#41
A cursory review of Googled medical data is insufficient upon which to make a decision on an issue that portends to have such grave consequences. I would not be for keeping a body w/no brain alive either.
The issue here is whether people who are present but brain-damaged can be deemed unworthy of existence. Several doctors have testified that she could be trained to be spoon-fed, thus removing the remaining means of artificial life support. This has been forbidden by the judge.
Ultimately this is a human rights case.
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