Rush Limbaugh: Injured Firefighter Was Given Chance to Live (Great e-mail to Rush!)

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 5/5/05 | Rush Limbaugh

[wagglebee]

You know I have yet to hear any of the vultures who swore that Terri Schiavo was incurable react to this story.

[dc-zoo]

Given "change" to live?

[wagglebee]

Obviosly "Change" was supposed to be "Chance" it was a typo from Rush's website.

[expatpat]

Change of life, as in aging women?

[Budge]

And you never will. They will ignore it like it never happened!

[Hodar]

You know I have yet to hear any of the vultures who swore that Terri Schiavo was incurable react to this story.

How much of Don Herbert's brain was replaced by spinal fluid? Before we make the comparison, let's make sure that the cases are comparable. A substancial part of Teri's brain died, and was replaced with spinal fluid. This is apparently NOT the situation with Don Herbert.

[NordP]

I love the way God puts his screenplays together.

The Lord is truly, truly remarkable!

[exDemMom]

A substancial part of Teri's brain died, and was replaced with spinal fluid.

You do not know that. That was the story created by those who wanted, up-front, to kill her, and those "doctors" like Cranston who want to freely kill everyone who doesn't measure up to their arbitrarily defined "quality of life."

[wagglebee]

The Lord is truly, truly remarkable!

Nevertheless, it would have been far better if this had occurred about two months ago.

[PFKEY]

That was the story created by those who wanted, up-front, to kill her, and those "doctors" like Cranston who want to freely kill everyone who doesn't measure up to their arbitrarily defined "quality of life."

Everyone was in on the conspiracy to kill Terri. She most likely from all accounts I read going to ever recover. Not that I wanted to see her killed but it is not a very unique occurence.

For all the fervor this story has created I hope those who are so outraged actually do something to change the laws and not just bitch about it on FR.

[Blood of Tyrants]

God does thing according to His timing. We cannot perceive why He does them or when He decides to do them.

[sodpoodle]

A substantial part of Terri's brain was starved for affection, stimulation and genuine love.

Terri's spirit never died - so her body was forcibly starved to death by a husband, an attorney and a judge.

[Leonard210]

A substancial part of Teri's brain died, and was replaced with spinal fluid.

First, what does this mean? Who replaced part of her brain with spinal fluid? Is that a natural occurrence? How did they keep that from happening to the firefighter? And how does anyone know what actually happened to Teri's brain? Do we have results of an autopsy?

[cubreporter]

We knew what you meant.

[Marylander]

How much of Don Herbert's brain was replaced by spinal fluid?

Before going too far with a theoretical approach on how much brain is required for conscious function, it might be a good idea to review actual findings on the matter.

In the 1960s, before surgical treatment for hydrocephalus, it was possible to observe the behavior of children who lived with as little as 1 centimeter of "cerebral mantle" because of hugely enlarged ventricles filled with spinal fluid. This is the same condition that was referred to in Terri's case as "brain replaced by fluid." It was not possible to tell the capabilities of a child simply from examining the size of the venticles or the thickness of the compressed cerebral cortex.

The idea that you can tell a person's capabilities by looking at a picture of the brain is simply unproved over a wide range of conditions.

[elli1]

More info here: Link

[wagglebee]

I agree; however, it still saddens me that Terri Schiavo could not benefit from a similar miracle, but she is with the Lord in Paradise and in the end that is what matters most.

[wagglebee]

It wasn't me! Blame Rush's webmaster, he made the mistake.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_050505/content/eib_email.member.html

[blueriver]

Before we make the comparison, let's make sure that the cases are comparable. A substancial part of Teri's brain died, and was replaced with spinal fluid. This is apparently NOT the situation with Don Herbert.

If he was diagnosed as PVS he could have been killed in the state of Florida.

[now you people out there]

Your post #17. Maybe God wanted Terri to come home, and thus no intervention like Herberts.