Hospital ends life support of baby; 1st U.S. case of its kind is against mom's wish

KVUE ^ | 3.15.05

[Dog Gone]

I can't believe you said that. That's absolutely ridiculous.

[BootsOnTheGround]

I think the law Bush signed was way different from the Schiavo case.

It's called "Texas Futile Care Law" and doesn't address vegetative cases. Google it and read it. Go to the source.

[Windsong]

Mark 16:16: "Whosoever believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not shall be damned".

Seems pretty clear-cut to me. After belief and baptism, everything else will fall into place. Some moreso than others.

[nothingnew]

...but Texas Children's Hospital issued a statement that it was "deeply saddened."

Tommy Daschle works at a hospital in Texas now? Who knew?

FMCDH(BITS)

[walden]

"He had no prospect of life off the ventilator"

"Neither did that Superman guy"


True, but Christopher Reeve's family chose to care for him, and to pay for his extraordinary life support. Being allowed to care for your own loved ones is something altogether different from requiring that others care for them. Shiavo's parents are asking only to be allowed to care for their daughter, and to pay for her care. This woman was asking that the hospital care for her disabled infant on life-support for free, indefinitely. It's not the same thing.

[Terriergal]

But look at this from that document:

*"Life-sustaining treatment" means treatment that, based on reasonable medical judgment, sustains the life of a patient and without which the patient will die. The term includes both life-sustaining medications and artificial life support, such as mechanical breathing machines, kidney dialysis treatment, and artificial nutrition and hydration.

So they could have done the same thing to Terri legally.

[humblegunner]

I've been following this locally here in Houston.

The child has a terminal defect.
The mother claims the child is the embodiment of the Sun come to Earth.
("So that mankind cannot claim the glory")

The poor child has been cast into this as a result of the mothers' crack usage.

[Terriergal]

Terri is not being kept alive artificially, as this poor little baby was.

I agree but look at the blurb from the statute I posted above. It doesn't apply to this case, but if the Schiavo case were to be in the same state as this little baby's case, Terri would be doomed. They consider artificial hydration and nutrition 'artificial life support' too.

[Terriergal]

After belief and baptism, everything else will fall into place. Some moreso than others.

So... after belief and baptism we should rush the believer to heaven's gate?

[Terriergal]

I agree. I am so grieved. I often find myself moved to tears just in the process of doing everyday tasks, when I start mulling over these cases. We are obsessed with killing innocents (legal innocents) and exonerating killers. Like lemmings we are rushing to the sea, with only a few people willing to try and stop the madness.

[GOP_Proud]

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[Terriergal]

Terri is NOT terminal.

But all you have to do is get a doctor to say she is.

[Terriergal]

I think Darkwolf was being facetious there...

[Iwo Jima]

That you would say such a thing is absolutely ridiculous. This baby had spent his entire life in a hospital. Of course, he was not healthy.

You must be saying that anyone who is "not healthy" deserves to be put to death. Sort of makes you want to avoid going into a hospital, doesn't it?

[Terriergal]

I agree... too many questions.

[GOP_Proud]

< "He had no prospect of life off the ventilator"

"Neither did that Superman guy"


True, but Christopher Reeve's family chose to care for him, and to pay for his extraordinary life support. >

Christopher Reeve was breathing on his own for years. He could't have spoken if he was always on the ventilator. He went through much rehab to learn how to speak.

[Terriergal]

If you think this child was healthy, you are terribly misimformed.

Teddy Kennedy isn't healthy either.

[Ramius]

First of all, I do not know what happens to a baby who dies. I really don't.

I do, and I'm pretty sure of it. That's part of why it isn't up to us. If you believe that the Lord is just, then you also know that he knows what to do.

There's simply no parallel between this case and the Shiavo case.

[Ramius]

Teddy Kennedy isn't healthy either.

That's not fair. We're not talking about removing Teddy's IV of Chivas... which of course is classed as taking extraordinary measures to preserve "life". Without it, his system would collapse.

[Americalover]

What law are you talking about? I don't think that you have any idea what you are saying. You are just spouting drivel.

Before you betray your ignorance you should check your facts. You are just spouting drivel.