Posted on 03/23/2005 5:35:31 PM PST by gentlestrength
The spiritual advisor of the Schindlers, Bro. O'Donnell, said the Dept. of Children and Families has had a new physician examine Terri and that "he DID go into her room and WAS at her side and DID observe her."
Department of Children and Families, are the department if someone is being physically abused, or the elderly, and "they have the authority" to take her into protective custody.
He continued, "what is being done to her now constitutes" that, and that DCF should "be taking her into protective custody."
Cooper: "Aren't people being taken off feeding tubes all the time?" Brother O'Donnell: "When they're DYING. But she was not dying. She could live another 20, 40 years."
"She's the only person who has been COURT ORDERED to have her tubes removed. Not 'The guardian MAY" but the guardian 'shall' remove her tubes."
CNN checked on the facticity of this last claim, and found that "There is ONLY ONE other case, Nancy Beth Cuzan in which the court ordered the tube MUST be removed."
Dr.Sanjay Gupta says if Terri is in the minimally conscious state, her eyes open spontaneously. She must do one of the following: --follow simple commands (to show she can hear and understand) --give yes or no responses
Don't allow yourself to get too angry, PhiKapMom. Take solace in knowing that our Lord will look after Terri S. where mankind could not, or would not.
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REad the DCF Petition for Intervention, Terri is being given morphine and if she's pvs why would she need that?
Man it was GREAT! Moran was trying his best to change the subject and avoid answering.
As a 20-year criminal trial and appellate lawyer, I can make a very educated guess, based on the circumstantial evidence. It's called attempted murder.
Prior to the monetary awards being finalized for Terri and Michael, Terri was in therapy and slowly recovering some movement and cognitive responses, along with swallowing food. As soon as the awards arrived, her then husband stopped all therapy and even threatened nurses who tried to carry out DOCTOR'S orders to give stretching and range of motion therapy! Terri has been abused for more than a decade by the very ghoul Greer insists is proper as her guardian. [Forced neglect is abuse.]
I don't understand these people at all -- terminal illness is totally different but I don't think it would be right to starve them to death either. I love how people talk about it wouldn't be bad. Obviously they have never been in a hospital and couldn't eat or drink before surgery. Just that little bit is enough to send chills up my back at seeing Terri starved to death.
I knew exactly what you meant. Been there, done that.
I wish I had. It sounds great.
Hannity for all his faults has been fully loaded and firing for effect for weeks on this thing. I tip my hat to him.
A friend who scammed Medicare for over $14 million.
I've had doctors make prognosis is five minutes. What's so difficult about 90 minutes? One doctor on Fox last night, examined her for 45 minutes and was certain her state was vegetative. I think erring on side of life would be a much wiser thing in this case.
Always happy to be of service.
I know -- Colmes just really hit my hut button so I switched channels. What a despicable human being and the next person here that tells me he is really a nice man can go stuff it! He is slime like the rest of the pro-death crowd.
Now I feel better! :)
Thanks.
Good point.
You don't have a choice in the matter regardless of how you feel about them.
yw
BTW, nimbysrule, I may not be able to forensically describe a conspiracy
but I have seen thousands of patients dying of 25 years
-- and this woman deserved a chance for help far far beyond that which she apparently received.
"Are we letting the people who wish her dead frame the argument? To me, it is not whether she is PVS or whatever. It's that she is a human being and should not be murdered."
EXACTLY!
PVS or not diagnosis is only important in applying the Florida law. In order to kill her she has to be diagnosed PVS since she is without written instructions as to her desires. That's why Schiavo/Felos/Greer selected doctors that support euthanasia like Ron Cranford.
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