Baby Daniel's Fight update...
LifeNews has now picked up on the story of Baby Daniel. News has been sketchy but maybe the whole story will emerge.
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Dallas, TX (LifeNews.com) -- A Texas mother and her baby are the latest victims in an ongoing battle against a Texas law that allows medical facilities to tell the family of a patient that they have 10 days to find another medical center willing to treat the patient because their doctors think the case is hopeless.
That's what happened to two other families that were the focus of LifeNews.com reports and it's now happened to Dixie Belcher.
Doctors at Children's Medical Center Dallas say Belcher's son Daniel's case is "futile."
Daniel is nearly brain dead, can't breathe without a ventilator and can't eat without a feeding tube. The center's ethics board has ruled that continuing to care for Daniel is inappropriate and they're ready to take his life by removing him from life support.
But, Belcher tells the Dallas Morning News that she's not ready to give up on her 10-month old son.
"Something deep down inside is telling me not to unplug my [baby]," Belcher said. "I know it's going to take him quite a while to pull out of this, but I know he's my little fighter, and he's got to pull through. He's got to pull through."
Doctors say Daniel is showing no response to external stimuli but Belcher said she's asked her son to open his eyes and he opens them as wide as he can.
Belcher said the decision to take Daniel's life doesn't set well with her because she's been in the same situation before.
Texas Mother Fights Hospital's Attempt to Take Her Baby Off Life Support
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Isn't Crist's tv ad spooky? What a self centered ego maniac. Meanwhile, TOM GALLAGHER'S TEACHING COALITION ANNOUNCEMENT (I omitted the long list of names of teachers at the bottom of the announce)
GALLAGHER ANNOUNCES OVER 100 STATEWIDE
“TEACHERS FOR TOM” LEADERS
TALLAHASSEE – Tom Gallagher, Florida Chief Financial Officer and candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, today announced a statewide coalition of teachers, administrators and home-schoolers who have agreed to serve on his “Teachers for Tom” statewide leadership team.
“Jeb Bush turned Florida’s schools around and delivered historic education reforms because his leadership was based on principles, not public opinion polls or pundits,” said CFO Gallagher. “I fought alongside Governor Bush for better schools, better pay for our teachers, and better results for our students, and I’ll continue fighting to re-invent Florida’s high schools for success as Governor.”
Added Gallagher, “I want to make sure our high schools are preparing our kids for college, for jobs and for life as successful Florida citizens.”
Tom Gallagher is the only candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor who has announced a comprehensive education plan, and the only candidate who has demonstrated a commitment to Governor Bush’s education reforms, including expanding opportunity scholarships, modifying the class-size amendment to give districts greater flexibility, and increasing teacher pay.
Gallagher’s substantive campaign approach has also won him high praise from conservative standard-bearer Governor Jeb Bush. Last week Governor Bush applauded Tom Gallagher’s Reaching Higher education plan, "I read his proposal. I thought it was first rate, the policy paper," Bush said after reading the plan. "I was very impressed."
“Tom Gallagher has shown a long term commitment to create a world class education for Florida’s parents and children, said Representative Jon Stargel. “He is uniquely qualified to maintain Governor Jeb Bush’s education reforms.”
Tom Gallagher has a strong record of advocacy on behalf of Florida’s teachers, students, and parents. As a State Representative, Cabinet member, and Education Commissioner, Gallagher consistently supported teacher-competency testing, merit pay for teachers, and higher standards for student graduation. As Education Commissioner from 1999-2001, Tom Gallagher implemented Governor Bush’s A+ Plan for Education.
Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor Tom Gallagher has traveled through all 67 counties of Florida, and held 156 “Talk with Tom” town hall-style events to have a two-way conversation with Florida voters. Gallagher has announced five major policy proposals dealing with Family, Public Safety, Tort Reform, Economy and Education. His clear and conservative policy proposals to expand and improve upon the achievements of Jeb Bush have won him the endorsement of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D., former Republican Governor Bob Martinez, the three immediate past-chairs of the Republican Party of Florida Al Cardenas, Tom Slade, and Van Poole, 25 Republican legislators, 436 conservative community leaders, and more than 2250 grassroots volunteer leaders.
FV says: It's no secret that I'm no fan of Jeb Bush but I am supporting Tom Gallagher for Guv of Florida. I am posting this to show the team that Tom Gallagher has assembled, not to promote Jebbie. (by the way, Charlie Crist split with Jeb Bush and that's really serious because Crist's campaign mgr is a Sembler and they are very powerful friends of J. Greer and the Bush family.) I wonder if Jeb is realizing that he should have saved Terri???
For Crist and Jeb to have a split with Crist doing the splitting says that something's up imo. The Semblers are pulling Crist's puppet strings I guess and telling Crist to distance himself from Jeb.
That's rich.
I have some other developments that I can't post because they are too sensational. All I can say is everyone stay tuned to the Terri Dailies Threads because something big is up. FV
