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To: Hunble
f she is fed by mouth, can chew and swollow her food, then I would have no problem with that. Actually, if she could do that, then she and God would have demonstrated their wishes. But you and I both know, that will not happen....

If it won't happen, it's because Michael Schiavo as her "guardian" has refused to allow Terri to have therapy that would enable her to feed herself.

Every one of your posts shows a great deal of ignorance. Have you ever visited anyone who is brain damaged, and in rehabilitative care?

I have. So I know that it takes effort, time and patience to teach a brain-damaged patient to re-learn to eat from a spoon. But it very often can be done. Not only that, but speech therapy for patients like Terri often helps them to articulate their thoughts.

But even if a person cannot feed himself, so what? Babies can't feed themselves. Stephen Hawking can't feed himself. By your logic we should just let them die of thirst and starvation.

Before embarrassing yourself with more uninformed posts, you need to read this:

Brain-Damaged Woman Talks After 20 Years

(AP) Sarah Scantlin, left, looks up at her mother Betsy Scantlin during a reception for Sarah at Golden...
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After two decades of silence, she began talking last month. Doctors are not sure why. On Saturday, Scantlin's parents hosted an open house at her nursing home to introduce her to friends, family members and reporters.

76 posted on 02/25/2005 12:17:30 PM PST by shhrubbery!
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To: shhrubbery!; Ohioan from Florida

This is a good one about Sarah and similarities to Terri


183 posted on 02/25/2005 8:01:40 PM PST by Future Useless Eater (FreedomLoving_Engineer)
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