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To: Walkin Man
So if this is the case what is the problem with removing the feeding tube???

If you have to ask me this question, then you are stupendously uninformed about all the facts, in which case I respectfully suggest you inform yourself a little better before you make a bigger fool out of yourself.

Why do you think people are getting arrested outside the hospice who are trying to get in to give her WATER? Judge Greer has ruled that not only should the feeding tube be removed, but that NO ONE is allowed to attempt to feed her orally, and she was not allowed to have therapy to teach her to swallow effectively.

758 posted on 03/23/2005 8:07:58 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13
You didn't answer my question. If she can eat and drink water normally WHY WAS A FEEDING TUBE HOOKED UP TO HER for the past 15 YEARS??

Could it be that a person in a permanent vegetative state cannot ever learn to eat normally?????

You may be able to fill her mouth with water but I doubt anyone in that condition would ever be able to eat normally on their own. They wouldn't even be conscious of the act of eating anyway...

809 posted on 03/23/2005 9:37:27 PM PST by Walkin Man
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