Freeper Expatguy ask's that you read this...

Free Republic ^ | Mar 18 2005 | Expatguy

[Dad yer funny]

Back in the spring of 1970,a close buddy broke C3 real bad and cracked C5,he wasn't OK but he could talk and move his extremities. I recall how creepy it was that the insurance company rep didn't get there for many days and the surgery was 50/50 so my friend opted to let it alone,...we brought him stuff to help the healing that he couldn't get from the hospital,...he's OK! Pray for Terri

[TASMANIANRED]

If you stopped iv fluids and she died the next day, stopping the fluids was coincidental.

You cannot dehydrate to the point of death in 24 hours.

You acted honorably by your Mother's wishes.

[TASMANIANRED]

Exactly. You would go to jail for doing to a dog what they are doing to her.

[Fester Chugabrew]

To some people the definition of being human and worthwhile consists in another persons' ability to give. If we do not sense giving (or interaction) then "it" must not be human.

Shame on us to think that way. This account from expat is another example of the incredible nature of creation; of being a person created in the image of God. We think infants are "stupid" because they cannot "understand" the way we more experienced creatures do. Shame on us. Arrogant bastards we tend to be, thinking worthiness and life depends on our own perception and senses. Faithless we are, not to recognize there is more to life than what we perceive.

Thank you so much for posting this. It serves as a keen reminder that we are not as smart as we think we are, and also as encouragement for those times when loved ones seem to be leaving us forever without giving us a thought.

[Awestruck]

That is a beautiful testimony to the powers of miracles.. unfortunately it won't sway the likes of Hildy, Contrary Mary, Howlin, and the whole Freeper death crowd.. they have no hearts and very little in the way of a soul..

[vivabushchick]

Terri may never come back from that place where she is at now, but she needs to be given the chance.

A chance, the one thing this wicked Judge has prevented from happening.

[jla]

expatguy's story is truly incredible and I'd say inspirational.

[MHGinTN]

Terri is alive and needs only what we all need to stay alive. Alive babies in the womb are dehumanized just as effectively as some now dehumanize Terri. It comes down to shuffling the order of things in the DI ... Pursuit of Happiness, Liberty, Life instead of Life, then Liberty, then The Pursuit of Happiness. Having dehumanized Terri Schiavo, the leftist liberal societal engineers now place Michael's pursuit and liberty over Terri's unalienable right to LIFE. [HINT: what good would the million dollar offer to him be if Terri improves and tells how she got into the state she now finds herself? And what does it tell US about Felos, Greer, the Floriduh judiciary if Terri recovers to some more communicative state? The death cultists cannot have even one embarrassing them in their efforts to 'enlighten the backward masses who believe in the sanctity of LIFE.]

[Tunehead54]

Good catch! Glenn Beck listeners are sincerely trying to buy Terri's life. Pledges have been mad almost totalling 3.5 MILLION dollars to get her "hubby" to relinquish custody to her parents.

I'm in for $100. The guy is a turd - I just wish he'd take the money and go.

Unsolicited reference: See http://www.glennbeck.com for info.

[Tunehead54]

Oops! Forgot to mention - they only call you on your pledge if he says he'll take the $$$ and go away leaving custody/guardianship wwith her parents.

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Expatguy - glad you're still with us! ;-)

[Canadian Outrage]

expatguy's story is FABULOUS. I don't know what is taught in some teaching hospitals nowadays but when I was doing my RN training we were ABSOLUTELY told to watch what we said around comatose patients. They can HEAR everything. In the case of Terri, she is awake, she is responsive, she has been SEVERELY NEGLECTED but she IS ABLE TO BE REHABILITATED. I don't know how many other people in her situation could have been shut in a room with little light, little interaction with people, no radio, no sounds, no therapy, probably had to listen to HORRENDOUS things said about her like "Isn't the BITCH DEAD YET?", still she continued to survive. She smiles and cries. She loves, She tries to talk. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. These men (??) that can't figure out WHAT TO DO, are what the Bible calls "Being wise in their own eyes, they became fools". They are MERCILESS KILLERS pure and simple. I give NONE of the Government officials a pass. They are without EXCUSE. They can and SHOULD take control of this situation NOW. Otherwise the payback should be swift and FURIOUS.

[Canadian Outrage]

He WON'T take it. Says he's been offered TEN MILLION DOLLARS and refused it. He wants her dead because she IS THE EVIDENCE against what really happened to her. The evidence leads straight to him. Any wonder she's been held PRISONER and GUARDED? Hard to believe this could happen in the USA.

[firewalk]

bttt

[BykrBayb]

Thank you for sharing this experience. I tried reading though the thread. The first several posts were compassionate rational responses. Somewhere around 30 posts down it got to be too hateful. I've been exposed to enough evil today to last me a lifetime, so I'm not going to read the rest of the thread. I know that means I'll miss some really good posts, but it also means I won't have to look evil in the eye. Until the next thread.

[null and void]

Did Mrs. Schiavo break her "C1, C2, C3 and a bone called [her] odontoid"?

No. Her husband broke them. (Note to any lawyers - just kidding)

[null and void]

The odontoid process is the spike on the top vertebrae that the skull pivots on.

Odontoid = tooth like.

In a 'typical' accident of the type Expat describes, the ondontoid process, like a tooth, cuts through the spine at the base of the skull and causes instant death.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for a great post.

[Boot Hill]

Wow, what a story and what a parable to Terri Schiavo.

--Boot Hill

[expatguy]

I didn't know anything about orthopedics before, but know a little bit now.

It is not good to be in one of those situations where the doctors are dumbfounded and surprised you are still alive.

My doctor then Dr. Roland Jackson told me later that he had never seen or heard about anyone that survived breaking the same bones I did. I should have died instantly.

[It's me]

Wow!
That's all I can think of. Wow!