Posted on 04/28/2005 1:10:38 PM PDT by Cat loving Texan
The effects of the Terri Schiavo case continue.
Indeed. There are people who want to keep a body warm for their own selfish reason, but do not have the resources. The medical facility must have those resources available that may save some else, with a chance...
The hospital was discharging him... There is no promise broken!
flame suit on...
Medical technology is outpacing societies ability to pay, with huge bucks going to the companies that produce therapies that could keep PVSs alive for decades. .
Now, according to George Felos, he can become peaceful.
Be aware, there will be people showing up to tell you that people just need to die already.
However, this case is a little different from Terri's case. He is on a ventilator, Terri was not. Also, it looks like the care facility is willing to take him back, they even have a wing for folks just like him, so hopefully this one will work out a little differently.
Also, the wife wants him to live. I will be waiting on those Freepers who are for the spouse deciding. At least they were when it came to Terri.
Your time is up.
The title is not correct.
How much is a leaf blower?
Aaahhhhh, how far we've fallen. Unethical to continue treatment. And, food and water, however they had to be administered, used to be 'givens', not treatment.
I live in San Antonio and I have doubts about some of the staff at some of the hospitals here. St. Luke's has an excellent reputation, but I don't believe that's true of SE Baptist.
I wonder where the surgery was done that left this man in this state? There seems to be vital information missing here, given that he was only about 64 when he turned PVS.
God, maybe? Do you think you should be kept warm at my expense, without even asking me? What is different about my not giving a kidney to someone that matches me, and will die without it? What is different in taking money from me, for ?taxes?, and using it for a new yacht for the President?
I am well grounded in Scripture, and can find nothing which requires us to artificailly maintain a body. I will accept God's decisions... So far, I am alive, but I may not wake tomorrow! Or, I may get hit by a bus!!!
My reality is finite. God is infinite, and able to perform miracles, if HE chooses. Man usually wants to usurp God!
I hope all those who supported the murder of Terri Schiavo are happy with what they have wrought. One hopes not, of course, but perhaps one day one of the so-called wild turkeys will face the same thing.
No kidding--that would be like refusing to take medicine for something easily cured, because it would interfere with God's will--what a crock!
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