Posted on 03/18/2005 2:55:38 PM PST by spycatcher
It surely is. We agree on that.
Florida punted. The "you-suck" punted. The only weapon left before the bullet box, is the Congress.
Carla's story can be found at ProLifeBlogs.com
Terri Schiavo: March 15, 2005
Former Nurse Reveals Terri Schiavo's Capabilities
Carla Sauer Iyer, a nurse who cared for Terri Schiavo from April 1995 to July 1996 at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center was recently interviewed by David Allen. Although we’ve posted several articles in the past based on her affidavits, she revealed a few additional details in the interview that have not been widely reported.
During the period in which she daily cared for Terri there was no publicity. “Just Michael [Terri's husband] trying to accelerate her death,” she said. Iyer explained that she would often sneak Terri’s parents, the Schindlers, into see her and that Michael refused to allow therapy of any kind. In fact, he was physically intimidating and would very loudly command the nurses “this is my order and you're going to follow it.”
“We were very intimidated … the whole place,” Iyer revealed, adding that some nurses had a restraining order against Michael Schiavo because his “behavior was so bad.”
When Terri had a urinary or upper respiratory tract infection Michael was visibly excited and would visit more often, asking “is she dead yet?” According to Iyer, at one point Michael exclaimed, “When is that b**** going to die?”
After Michael’s visits, Iyer stated that Terri, at times, became symptomatic for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Iyer said she found an unexplainable bottle of fast acting insulin concealed in Terri’s wastebasket that she speculates could have been used to induce the condition. She filed a police report but heard nothing further regarding the incident. Subsequently she received death threats she believes were related to notifying the authorities and was later released from her position as a caregiver because of her actions in support of Terri.
The nurses, including Iyer, interacted with Terri and daily witnessed her respond, laugh, and make requests. “We had her at the front of the nurse’s station… everyone loved Terri,” Iyer said.
When asked about the accuracy of the videos available on the internet Iyer said they were realistic but failed to capture Terri’s personality and, if anything, did not represent the extent of Terri’s ability to respond and communicate.
Iyer witnessed Terri consuming pudding and milkshakes every night and has previously testified that she fed Terri Jello. She witnessed Terri responding to her name, following others with her eyes and head and even moving her body with purpose.
In her prior affadavit, Iyer documented Terri's vocabulary:
Terri’s medical condition was systematically distorted and misrepresented. When I worked with her, she was alert and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence, saying such things as "mommy," and "elp me." "Help me" was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times. Terri would try to say the word "pain" when she was in discomfort, but it came out more like "pay." She didn’t say the "n" sound very well. During her menses she would indicate her discomfort by saying "pay" and moving her arms toward her lower abdominal area. Other ways that she would indicate that she was in pain included pursing her lips, grimacing, thrashing in bed, curling her toes or moving her legs around. She would let you know when she had a bowel movement by flipping up the covers and pulling on her diaper.
Certainly this is a story that is not being carried by the mainstream press and has been supressed from judicial decisions. Iyer's testimony brings to light several facts including:
Terri Schiavo is not a "vegetable" and is not "brain dead". She recognizes and responds to others and makes attempts to verbally communicate.
Terri is not on life support but does receive food and water through a removable tube, which experts testify would not even be necessary if she were given therapy. This assisted feeding is a natural means of preserving life and not a medical act of life support or heroic measures.
Twelve medical experts and nurses who cared for her confirmed these facts. Video available through BlogsforTerri.com shows Terri responding and interacting with others. Health care workers have testified under oath that she expresses herself using words, such as "mommy" and "help me".
Terri is a person with disabilities who thinks and expresses her moods and desires. She is loved by her family and responds to their visits with smiles and laughter.
Terri Schiavo may be the victim of ongoing negligence and injustice. She has been denied therapy and rehabilitation by her guardian since 1991. Florida’s guardianship laws REQUIRE that these necessary services be given to her.
Terri Schiavo deserves to have medical tests and therapy. She does not deserve to be starved and dehydrated to death.
God says "Thou shalt not murder." He also says that it's not only the actual action, but the thoughts as well. Everyone who even thinks in his heart he wishes murder on Terri Schiavo, is guilty of murder in God's eyes.
You can sometimes get away with stuff on earth, but God says every single word and every single action will be shown in full light at His judgment.
Yeah. Unbelieveable that we've come to this point.
And you believe the news. Funny. No one believed them during the election when they claimed the SBV were lying. No one here believed Dan Rather. Everyone knew that Jordan made the exact quote he was accused of about targeting reporters. But NOW you believe the news. They 're all of a sudden telling the truth about Terri and Judge Greer claims he's been threatened and it's honest reporting. Ok.
I had a bunch of people over for dinner a few nights ago and Terri's name came up. These were people that I really thought paid attention to the news but they were absolutely shocked when I explained to them her current state! We're talkin D.C. people who influence public policy for the rest of us. It was just sickening to really witness that we have let leftist propaganda truly shape public opinion and public policy.
In the end, apathy will be our downfall.
God says "Thou shalt not murder." He also says that it's not only the actual action, but the thoughts as well which make us guilty before Him
Everyone who even thinks in his heart he wishes murder on Terri Schiavo, is guilty of murder in God's eyes.
You can sometimes get away with stuff on earth, but God says every single word and every single action will be shown in full light at His judgment.
You cannot sit there and deny that there are probably at least one or two psychopaths out there tonight that want Greer's head on a plate.
Normally astute Freepers are just buying into Schiavos story. You really have no idea how amazed I am about that.
I could give you the names of two posters from this website who have wished death on Judge Greer.
One or two? Yeah I can buy that. However, Greer will milk it for all it's worth in order to take peoples eyes off of who is the real victim.
Are they headed to Florida? Otherwise it's just angry words.
At least.
Dunno. They were banned.
This is what I don't understand. If someone reported Terri wanted the tube removed I would want to hear for myself. If it was true, I would accept her decision. However when there is a report that Terri may have said she wants to live , I see no one that states they want to hear for themselves, and willing to accept her choice. Confusing.
I know in my heart, if she could have seen herself, she would not have casually said, "oh yeah, just kill me when that happens, I want to be slowly starved to death and break my parent's heart in the process".
Who can know how much awareness she's really got? Who can say her starvation will/would (still hoping) be comfortable. Ugh! Her (ex) husband makes me mad! Acting all like he's just so caring about her and like he's the only one who's thinking about what she wants! Ugh!
Newbies? Newbie trolls? C'mon sinkspur.
Our soldiers can't do anything about Iranian and Syrian government involvement in killing them, so they're satisfied with heading back out to kill more of the terrorists. Good for them. But you and I know that the President and his staff have had the political responsibility to creatively convince Iran and Syria to stop actively sponsoring the killing of our guys in Iraq. We got a couple years of silence on the issue though.
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