Posted on 03/23/2005 8:15:17 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida
Day 5 going into Day 6 of no food or water for Terri.
Affidavit of William Polk Cheshire, Jr., M.D., M.A., F.A.A.N., who Examined Terri Schiavo on 3/23/05:
http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/Affidavit.pdf
Florida DCF files petition for intervention:
http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/Petition%20for%20Intervention%20in%20Schiavo%20Case.pdf
thank you for that post.
If you could save all the tears that have been shed for Terri, they would be a river flowing right to the heart of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ. And you know that Scripture about how God saves our tears in a bottle . . .
Cared for by being pumped with morphine and if she acts like she's having spasms, valium...
This is very apt to Terri's case.
You were way out of line on that one. When we're living thru a judical coup against the Constitutional system, it's no time to act like Spock.
Pollywog has a heart bigger than twenty average people. She's the antidote towards the trend of becoming cold, calculating, machinelike automatons. If it wasn't for people like pollywog, America would have lost it's heart - thus it's spirit - long ago, and there would truly be no hope. But there is hope, thanks to the pollywogs out there.
WOW, what a great picture! And a great reminder of what our Lord and Savior did for us on the Cross! He bled, thirts, and died for us and Terri will never be forgotten!
"Looks like Jeb Bush is going to step up to the plate"
was there some new word of potential action?
At the end of the month my cable is being turned off except for the computer. It does actually make me sick to my stomach (and wreaks havoc on my nerves) to watch the lies and the evil agendas. Everybody has an opinion, but very few have souls.
I think it is the site's policy not to post personal information.
Praying for our Terri.
I had the same thought yesterday about marching around Jericho 7 times.
Is there someone on here who can get messages to the family? I think the're all at the hospice.
actually I think those two kissed and made up much earlier..
I suspect that is what this is all about with the MSM. Not with the principals - they are about forced euthanasia.
Has Jeb said something very recently that makes you think he's going to do soemthing?
The president can write an executive order to get Terri into a hospital immediately. It is not breaking any law to do so. The judge can still take time to ruminate over this case. This action would not interfere with the judge. And since Greer already flaunted a Congressional subpoena his ruling is highly questionable.
Executive orders are lawful. They've been written by presidents ever since Washington on a number of different issues.
Contacting the president and ask him to write an executive order immediately. If you cannot reach him, then contact your state senators and representatives.
Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
Comments: 202-456-6213
E-Mail
President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov
Governor Jeb Bush: jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Governor Bush Phone: #850-488-4441
Governor Bush Fax: #850-487-0801
Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
Call DCF NOW! Phone: (850) 487-1111
Texas did not surrender after the Alamo.
We should not surrender now.
One person has fallen to the black robe fever. It is time for us to use the knowledge of this to carry forward.
Consider trusting the Judges vs. the Family Marriage Amendment.
Consider the left's histerics of renominating Judge Bork to the USSC.
Remember when the british has to rescue their own soldiers via civilians?
Perhaps we can have judges consider being a registered Democrat as presumptive evidence, in the absence of a living will to the contrary, to the desire to no life sustaining medical treatment. Ok that is a bit sarcastic but.
Look forward people. We have to think this problem 3dimensionally.
(s)On a good news front, the left is gratified to find out the life of the aligator capture yesterday in Miami will not be killed.(/s)
A couple of years ago, I just got fed up with the computer and had it turned off for a year.. got rid of all email accounts, etc.. in fact I had to get a new user name for on here.. (I used to be Goodie D).. the only part I missed was using the computer for information.. as I'm finding out, the tv is NOT the place to find reliable information on anything..
Well, that was very uncalled for and ugly to say.
We love you polly! We are hurting, just as you are! Keep up the prayers hon!
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult." Verses 1-3.
ABC Action News report 03/24/05 - updated 1:05 p.m.
CLEARWATER - After the Supreme Court denied to hear their appeal, the last hope for the parents of Terri Schiavo rests with Gov. Jeb Bush and the Department of Children and Families. But it appears that DCF missed a critical window of opportunity to intervene this morning, and now it may be too late.
Wednesday afternoon, Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer issued a temporary restraining order, preventing DCF from removing Terri from the Pinellas Park hospice where her life-sustaining feeding tube has been disconnected.
This morning at 8, DCF filed an appeal to Greer's order. When they did so, an automatic stay of the order went into effect, meaning that they could intervene.
The attorney for Terri's husband Michael, who opposes any attempts to prolong Terri's life, said he suspected DCF wasn't aware of that stay until he had filed a motion for a new restraining order.
"We were seeing stalling tactics by the attorney for DCF and also the attorney for the parents," George Felos said outside of court. "Frankly, I don't believe that when they filed their notice of appeal they realized that that gave them an automatic stay. When we filed our motion to vacate the automatic stay, my guess is, and our information is, they realized that they had a short window of opportunity and they wanted to extend that as long as they could."
Greer did not allow that to happen. Three hours after DCF filed its appeal, he closed that window by approving Felos' motion for an order to prevent DCF from interfering in the case while he considers their request to take guardianship of Terri.
Terri Schiavo has been in a persistent vegetative state since a 1990 heart attack, court-appointed doctors have found. Michael claims his wife said she did not want to live in such a condition, and he has tried for seven years to disconnect her feeding tube.
Terri's parents disagree with Michael about her end-of-life wishes, as well as doctors' findings that she cannot recover. They have fought for years to keep Terri's feeding tube connected, but a series of losses in court has resulted only in buying time for their daughter.
Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied to hear their latest appeal, leaving Gov. Bush and the DCF motion as the parents' most significant last hope.
"At this point in time, it appears every legal option has been exhausted," observed right-to-life activist Rev. Pat Mahoney. "Governor Bush is now the only practical hope for Terri Schiavo."
The motion before Judge Greer involves a Jacksonville neurologist with ties to a Christian medical group who believes Terri Schiavo is not in a persistent vegetative state. Dr. William Cheshire has not examined Terri, but recently saw her in person for an hour.
"The doctor at the Mayo clinic, he said she is in pain, she is communicating. We have to stop this, and our hope and prayer is that we can get it stopped before it's too late," stated David Gibbs III, the family's attorney.
Based on Cheshire's opinion, DCF is seeking to take Terri Schiavo into custody and presumably reconnect her feeding tube, using a law intended to protect adults from abuse. The move has drawn criticism from several other doctors who have examined Terri, and George Felos blasted Gov. Bush for his involvement this morning.
"It saddens me greatly that we have to run to court to get court orders to protect Terri Schiavo from the abuse by the state of Florida. The conduct of the executive branch of the state of Florida has been reprehensible in this case," Felos continued.
In addition to the DCF appeal, Gibbs this morning filed an amended appeal with a federal court in Tampa before the same judge who denied his appeal earlier this week.
Meanwhile, friends of Terri Schiavo's family said the 41-year-old's condition continues to deteriorate. Her tube has been out since last Friday, and she is only expected to live one to two weeks without it.
"She is definitely showing signs of dehydration and starvation. It's only a matter of time that she will go into kidney failure," Brother Paul O'Donnell said.
http://www.tampabaylive.com/stories/2005/03/050324schiavo.shtml
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