Posted on 04/03/2005 8:53:52 AM PDT by Daisy4
Terri Schiavo autopsy completed Her parents, husband planning separate funeral arrangements Saturday, April 2, 2005 Posted: 1540 GMT (2340 HKT) http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/02/schiavo.ap
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- The autopsy of Terri Schiavo has been completed, and the body is ready for release to her husband, who plans to cremate her remains and bury the ashes in an unspecified family plot.
Results from the autopsy, which was completed Friday, will not be released for several weeks, according to the medical examiner's office.
Michael Schiavo has said he hopes the autopsy will settle questions about his wife's medical condition, but experts differ on whether that will happen. He declined to comment Friday.
Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, and Michael Schiavo spent Friday planning separate funerals for the 41-year-old woman, who died Thursday -- nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed
Michael Schiavo's family has said he plans to take the cremated remains to Pennsylvania, where Terri Schiavo grew up, but her parents and siblings had wanted to bury her body in Florida so they can visit her grave.
David Gibbs, the Schindlers' attorney, said there have been no further discussions between the two parties about the remains. The Schindlers do not plan to press the issue in court, he said.
"The court has already determined that (Michael Schiavo) will control the burial decisions," Gibbs said.
Michael Schiavo's brother, Scott Schiavo, had said Thursday that the Schindlers might not be informed of the burial location near Philadelphia because his family did not want to turn it into a media spectacle.
However, Michael Schiavo has been ordered by the court to disclose the location of the burial site to the family and inform them of any memorial service he plans.
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I saw a lot of nut cases among the protesters.
It would be a good time for all involved to try and make up. This is the type of thing that can cause hatred that lasts for years.
Scary stuff here at FR.
"Living" means retention of previous cognitive faculties.
So, WC is saying TBI patients are dead.
It may not be a motivating factor, but it will be an end result.
Are you kidding?
Don't you mean "buy" another judge?
I keep thinking how MS may have faired had the case been decided in Harris county Texas. Or, even CSI.
I'm on your side regarding Terri, but my husband is Catholic and so were his parents and he and his brothers had their Mom and Dad cremated after their funeral masses with the approval of their priest. They wanted to have their ashes mixed together and sprinkled into the ocean. A priest who was a family friend accompanied us when it was done.
Would anyone on here who doesn't believe Living Wills should be admitted in court, please let us know? No one I've seen on here seems to be arguing against Living Wills.
Re #190. I guess I'm behind the times and didn't realize so many catholics were doing it. I hope I didn't strike a sensibility in your situation.
Would anyone on here who doesn't believe Living Wills should be admitted in court, please let us know? No one I've seen on here seems to be arguing against Living Wills.
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Maybe not this thread, but I've had a few tell me they don't. But, I suspect they don't really know what a living will is...only what they've been told by the the radical, ultra conservative religious types.
Labeling of people makes me very nervous. By the way, have you ever read a Living Will? Do you agree they are in the best interests of people who MAY BE terminally ill?
Whatever position you took on this, for Michael to not want to reveal the burial location to her parents is just plain evil. What an SOB.
Ditto
So, WC is saying TBI patients are dead.
TBI would seem to be a good, very relevant example.
Many years ago a good friend crashed his motorcycle. When he came out of the hospital his personality was radically different. His shell, save for the scars, was the same. But, he clearly did not retain his previous cognitive faculties. The question becomes, did my old friend die in the crash? Was he then replaced by some other entity?
No.
I’ve found that hatred often takes more than it gives. Terri has died. What good does it to maintain the hatred?
Funny, her parents thought she was more than a "shell". Unfortunately for Terri, she became a major inconvenience for her adulterous husband. That's why she's dead - plain and simple.
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