Schiavo’s father makes emotional appeal

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 3/28/05 | Sandy Bauers

[LibWhacker]

PINELLAS PARK, FL -- Bob Schindler, the father of severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, said his daugher is "begging for help," and so is her family.

Now in her 11th day without food or water after her feeding tube was removed under court order on March 18, Schiavo is "failing," he said, but nevertheless "fighting like hell to live."

Although "emaciated," Schiavo is "still communicating," Schindler said, "... And she's responding to me."

Schindler spoke to reporters shortly before 1 p.m. outside the Woodside Hospice, where Schiavo is being cared for.

Several days ago, a family spokesman reported that Terri's mother, Mary Schindler, was so upset at her daughter's appearance that she because physically ill at the bedside. Schiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler, said that her condition was so alarming he was suggesting his parents not go see her.

Bob Schindler said today that he was "scared to death to go in to see her, for fear of what I'd see." But, he said, "she has amazing endurance, what she's been through for this past week. And it's incredible to see how she's acting."

David Gibbs, the family lawyer, had said earlier that Schiavo was past the point that she could have her feeding tube reinserted, but the family disputed it.

Gibbs also said she was receiving morphine. Schindler said he had "a grave concern that they'll expedite the process to kill her with an overdose of morphine."

Legal options seem to have run out for the Schindlers. But Schindler called again upon government leaders and the courts to intervene.

"I plead again that the powers that be don't give up on her," he said. "She has to be saved. She has to be saved. And it can be done. And we plead for her."

[verity]

I really feel sorry for the old guy. He is close to the edge.

[Clara Lou]

Yes, he is.

[SouthernFreebird]

It's beyond inhumane what is being done to that famiy and our Country by 3 miserable people.

[SouthernFreebird]

It's beyond inhumane what is being done to that famiy and our Country by 3 miserable people.

[mountaineer]

Could he be more specific? Which actions is he requesting, specifically?

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Check the threads. It's not just three miserable people. Everyone who looked away is complicit in this.

And now those same people are going to start painting Bob and Mary Schindler as crackpots.

How swell. What a bunch of sweethearts.

[what's up]

Yes, I feel very deeply for him, his wife and family. They have/are suffering.

That being said...what exact action would he like to be taken?

[workerbee]

Schindler said he had "a grave concern that they'll expedite the process to kill her with an overdose of morphine."

Nah, they won't do that. Seeing how beautiful and peaceful she is and all. Knowing the way these ghouls have operated so far, I expect they'll "allow her to die" for as long as possible.

[pollywog]

yes, it is !!!!! GOD HELP US!!!!

[TheDon]

This is the Florida legislature and Gov. worst nightmare come true. They made the law which is allowing the killing of the mentally disabled in Florida.

[yellowdoghunter]

FR does not seem like a very friendly place to The Schindlers. I know there are people here who have a direct line to God and have assured us that He has no problem with this.

[syriacus]

Michael said Terri was bulimic.

A Bulimic person is mentally ill, therefore they are not of sound mind.

How can Terri's words, "No tubes for me," be binding if she was not of sound mind?

[NCC-1701]

Why is it that in EVERY article written about this case, the LSM ALWAYS refers to Terri as "severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo"? Even though it's true, doesn't that do a disservice to her and any remaining hope for the nurishment to be restored? continued prayers for Terri and her family.

[Saundra Duffy]

"I plead again that the powers that be don't give up on her," he said. "She has to be saved. She has to be saved. And it can be done. And we plead for her."

Lord have mercy.

[harpo11]

The following is what we've been told by the MSM, Judges, and all others opposed to Terri's Right to Live:

1). She's brain dead.

2).She cannot feel pain.

3). Death by Starvation is painless, euphoric and dignified.

4). Terri has a morphine drip to dull her pain.

Going back to 1, 2 and 3, pain is not an issue.
But, 4 states that the doctors aren't really sure, are they?

Should not Govenor Bush issue a search warrant to investigate whether a violation of ethics by performing cruel and unusual punishment on a human being has occured because plainly Terri is in pain and feels every bit of it?

Or, are the doctors hastening Terri's death?

Perhaps, the hospice is actually running an experiment on her while she is starving?

Are doctors authorized by the Government to run experiments on human beings without their knowledge?

[Saundra Duffy]

I want to see a good ol' fashioned federal raid on that Hospice. Get her out of that hell hole!!!

[mjtobias]

Protesters take part in an Easter mass outside the Woodside Hospice where Terri Schiavo is a patient on Sunday, March 27, 2005 in Pinellas Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bob Schindler, left, Mary Schindler, center, and Suzanne Vitadamo, right, Terri Schiavo's family, walk to visit Schiavo at the Woodside Hospice on Friday, March 25, 2005 in Pinellas Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Protester Jeff Asmussen, of Silver Bay, Minnesota, is all alone as he keeps a vigil outside the Woodside Hospice, where brain damaged Florida woman Terri Scghiavo is being cared for, in Pinellas Park, Florida, early March 27, 2005. A wrenching dispute over the fate of Schiavo neared its end Sunday as she moved closer to death and her parents gave up their long and bitter legal battle to prolong her life. REUTERS/Bob Jordan

[BigEdLB]

Violence? NO NO NO
What can we do?
Impeach Greer in the state system for the details below, and impeach Whittimore in the federal system for ignoring the law passed by congress.
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