Posted on 03/26/2005 5:11:01 AM PST by areafiftyone
Contrary to predictions that Terri Schiavo's starvation death would be painless and dignified, an eyewitness who visited her hospice room early Saturday morning reports that she is now bleeding from the eyes and mouth.
Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" reported Saturday morning:
"Barbara Weller, who's is one of the attorneys for the Schindlers, says that the last time she checked in, not very many hours ago, Terri's eyes and tongue were bleeding now.
"Her eyes are sunken and her skin continues to flake off," Weller added.
On Thursday Terri's parents reported that their daughter now resembles "an Auschwitz victim."
At the request of Michael Schiavo's attorney, Judge George Greer has banned cameras and video equipment from her room, precluding the possibility that a photographic record of her deteriorating condition might be kept.
The eyewitness accounts stand in stark contrast to predictions from medical experts cited in numerous media reports who insisted that Terri's starvation death would not be gruesome.
On Wednesday, for instance, the Los Angles Times reported:
"Doctors say that going without food and water in the last weeks of life is not traumatic, and that the body is equipped to adjust to such conditions."
The paper quoted Dr. Perry G. Fine, vice president of medical affairs at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Arlington, Va.
The judge is blind and I'd like to cut out his heart!
He wouldn't I believe he somewhat made that clear on Larry King.
It took me a little time on hold but I got through!
ping ................. to torture
That is my way of saying that I do not believe Weller.
I would much rather be remembered as a whacko who valued life, all life, than be remembered as a supporter of death.
I join your prayer Saundra.
What are you babbling about?
a peaceful bleeding (sarcasm) ............... ping
Exactly! I have the privilege of being able to look in the mirror in the morning, and not seeing an cold, heartless supporter of torture and death. That's a great gift.
It's Gov Bush, and all the other gutless Republicans who stand idly by
I definitely would get out of there, and SOON, Patriot.This is barbaric!!! GOD HELP US.
Does anyone have that FAX number for the hotline?
Bless you, Saundra. I pray with you that those around Terri right now would LISTEN! (How those policemen oculd be standing there in her room, hovering over her mother lest she sneak Terri an ice chip or a drop of saliva...and not fear for their eternal souls is beyond my comprehension.) Thank you for your faith.
Sure is, i have lost all faith in my own party at this point! They have shown us they are nothing more than cowards! They are running, hiding, and lying say they can't do anything! that is bull! We know and they know we know!
My wife and I were listening to a nurse (Heidi?) a few minutes ago telling again about the withheld therapy, etc.
My wife has been a charge nurse in several nursing homes here in Ohio for 40+ years. She says this situation could not happen in Ohio because we have an ombudsman law in our state and that the family and these nurses could have called on the ombudsman to step in years ago.
So, has the Florida Governor and legislature been the ones who were brain dead all these years?
As much as I feel for the parents in this tragic situation, I think you folks may well be whuppin on the wrong scapegoat by focusing on this judge. Unless the entire judicial system has been corrupted, he would appear to be following the law as it exists and has not been corrected/changed in fifteen years!
BECAUSE SHE WASN'T DYING!!!!!!!!!!!
SOMEONE HAS GOT TO PAY FOR THIS. IS THERE ANY KIND OF PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY TO BLOCK THE CREMATION?
I will pray that the Lord will keep you save when he avenges the blood of this innocent woman. I hope you do move. This could happen to your children too in Florida.
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