Posted on 01/27/2006 7:09:41 AM PST by VeritatisSplendor
On Tuesday, Spence said, he went to Haleigh's room at Baystate and noticed a quiet brown-haired girl lying in bed. In front of her, he said, there were three objects: a yellow duck, a Curious George stuffed animal, and a yellow block. He said a DSS social worker accompanied him, and she said, ''Haleigh, this is Harry."
''Give him the yellow duck," the social worker said, according to Spence's recollection.
Haleigh picked up the yellow duck, he said.
''Where's Curious George?" the social worker asked Haleigh.
Haleigh then picked up the stuffed animal, Spence said.
''It's an astounding case," he said.
Haleigh did not appear to be grimacing or making sounds suggesting she was in pain, he said.
Spence said he remains hopeful that she will continue to move and that she will express herself more. He reiterated that his agency has suspended any efforts to remove life support.
He said that he has asked several pediatric neurologists to further evaluate Haleigh at her new home, Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton.
Some neurologists say Haleigh's actions suggest she may have moved into a ''minimally conscious state," in which patients are aware of their surroundings and can respond to commands.
That condition could sometimes strengthen arguments to withdraw life support, because such patients can feel pain, some medical ethicists said. Patients in a vegetative state, on the other hand, are oblivious to the agony that is part of their life.
''Suffering requires consciousness," said Dr. Robert L. Fine, a medical ethicist at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
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I've got a list already drawn up.
Well, gee, we could add it to the one the Nazis used, since it looks like we're heading that way anyway.
"Some neurologists say Haleigh's actions suggest she may have moved into a ''minimally conscious state," in which patients are aware of their surroundings and can respond to commands.
That condition could sometimes strengthen arguments to withdraw life support, because such patients can feel pain, some medical ethicists said. Patients in a vegetative state, on the other hand, are oblivious to the agony that is part of their life."
Rhetorical question, loaded with sarcasm, how in the blazes did we get to the point that a little girl is considered for killing in this fashion?
God must weep at what we have become.
Let's all contact our favorite media person(s), and give this story more exposure.
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