Posted on 06/16/2005 9:36:04 AM PDT by ambrose
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the autopsy released yesterday on Terri Schiavo (SHY'-voh) brings a "very sad chapter to a close."
The surgeon had questioned Schiavo's diagnosis during the debate last March on whether to remove her feeding tube. But he told A-B-C this morning the report shows Schiavo had devastating brain damage.
Frist says he never made his own diagnosis in the case. But he did argue there wasn't enough information on the woman's condition to justify removing her feeding tube. Frist helped push through emergency legislation aimed at prolonging Schiavo's life by allowing her case to be reviewed in federal court.
Commenting on C-B-S, Frist says the pathology shows the diagnosis was "exactly right," and he says it's time to move on.
Polls found most Americans opposed federal involvement in the case, and the issue helped contribute to a drop in approval ratings for the Republican-controlled Congress.
Ignore them, Saundra. I know from your posts how much this case affected you and I pray that you can find some peace.
I second Bonnie's statement about your sincere concern for Terri....that has always been evident. I apologize for those that mock you, make fun of you, etc.....I do think some of them are pro-death and would tell me to starve my grandma (who has alzheimers) in a minute. Of course none of them would say it publicly on this board.
I hope knowing that Terri is with God now does bring you some comfort.
I guess it makes them feel superior and wiser-than-thou.
It depends which parts of the brain are damaged. To take one well studied example for instance, ablation of the hippocampus and associated structures will result in the patient having virtually nil chance of laying down any new declarative memories.
I think such concern and devotion scares some people. Cynics grow hard shells. It's their amour against having to feel. Sad, really. Not people you could trust as friends.
The Schiavo autopsy report contains pretty much what I expected and I believe that it is thorough and objective. In fairness however, I know that medical examiners do make mistakes. The autopsy report for one of my own relatives contained some obvious errors, such as missing the body weight by 50 pounds (more than 50%). Later I saw this medical examiner on screen in a documentary film, testifying in court that a certain death was murder. The jury found otherwise and it appeared that the medical examiner was responding to pressure from the prosecution.
The only part of her brain still left intact toward the end was the part of the brain that controlled the basic involuntary functions.
Smarter, less paralyzed be emotion, yep, thats for sure.
He did diagnose her and he was stupid to do so.
Still practicing medicine without a license huh?
Why don't you go to your state's Veterans home and ask those brave vets there what they think of a disabled non verbal person such as Terri being starved to death.
Putting all emotions aside, IMHO what bothers so many folks here is:
what was the reason her brain became so badly atrophied? the suspicion is wide that Terri did not receive appropriate therapy over a long number of years...
...and whether or not there was a real chance of any significant or miraculous "recovery", is it right to dehydrate/starve a healthy brain-damaged, non-verbal person to death? there is unease, to say the least, about the whole circumstances under which this was finally done.
This was indeed a long, sad chapter in "modern American life", no matter what our personal opinions/convictions might be. my 2 cents.
The medical examiner should know that other nerve pathways can often be trained to take over certain functions. But it won't happen through neglect and disuse.
Yes, sad indeed. We wouldn't starve someone on death-row, so it's very sad that this is the manner in which it was done.
"Polls found most Americans opposed federal involvement in the case, and the issue helped contribute to a drop in approval ratings for the Republican-controlled Congress."
Correction: Pollaganda attempts by the MSM to make this a negative issue for the Republicans were largely unsuccessful.
"Frist's actual statement as reported is nuanced and reasonable. He does not reverse himself or back down. The headline should not be allowed to mischaracterize his whole response."
That won't stop those wanting Terri Schiavo be killed from twisting whatever Frist says into whatever they want.
Terri was severely brain damaged.
Terri died of dehydration, a particularly cruel way to die.
Brave New World, and all.
I don't need a medical license to comment on a news story. You should be smart enough to even figure that out.
Why don't you go to your state's Veterans home and ask those brave vets there what they think of a disabled non verbal person such as Terri being starved to death.
Go pound sand.
Besides, anyone who didn't flunk out of Junior High biology would know which areas of the brain control what. If you bothered to read the autopsy report, you'd know this. Since all you can come up with is some snide remark, I doubt you did either one.
I agree. There are two issues here. One is that the Culture of Death needs to be driven back, especially by judicial appointments and by persuading politicians that advocating abortion is not a political winner.
The second is, never trust the MSM to tell you what anyone said. You need to verify everything the MSM claims, especially the headlines.
The WP played games. When I first saw the article, it had a lot of detail of what Frist actually said, that he did not regret standing up for Terri and stands by his diagnosis based on the videotape, etc.
Then when I posted the link, and I looked, they posted a completely different article with the same title, mostly quoting Felos.
I guess they must have gone back to the more reasonable article and changed the title to reflect the content.
Too bad we can't post full articles, so we could track the way they change stuff minute by minute sometimes.
Sometimes there is no vast conspiracy or coverup, in fact most of the time this is not the case.
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