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To: rwfromkansas

Absolutely amazing. What a wonderful story. Shows how little we really know about coma patients. I'll bet, when asked, she will be glad to respond that she is pleased no one decided to end her 'misery' for her, especially by slowly starving her to death.

4 posted on 08/04/2005 5:52:46 PM PDT by fortunecookie

To: fortunecookie

5 posted on 08/04/2005 5:53:17 PM PDT by cyborg (Karma can be a cruel taskmaster or a bearer of blessings.)

To: fortunecookie

Isn't that the truth? This is amazing.

55 posted on 08/05/2005 2:22:07 PM PDT by Texas Mom

To: fortunecookie

Here is what one of the few people able to visit Terri observed:

... I told you that I SAW Terri. I was in to see her twice. I saw her once in September and I saw her once just a couple weeks ago. And she communicated. She's alert. We prayed. She follows everything thats happening in the room with her eyes, turning her head, smiling. When I was in there with her parents, her dad leaned over to kiss her, and she made the motion to kiss him back...
She's not able as I said, to articulate her words, but she attempts to speak. And if she HAD the benefit of some physical therapy and some speech therapy, she would be in a lot BETTER condition, but guess what? She has been DENIED that treatment, she has been denied that simple physical and speech therapy, by the same person who wants her to be starved."

-- Fr. Frank Pavone, transcribed by FL engineer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1350669/posts?page=18

Terri: We will never, ever forget you or your smile.

59 posted on 08/05/2005 3:06:15 PM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences.)

To: fortunecookie

You wrote shows how little we know about coma's.....

I would like to add shows how little we know about the brain.

: )

72 posted on 08/06/2005 2:37:58 AM PDT by oceanperch (Central Oregon Coast Rocks! Pride of the Pacific Northwest)

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