You are so right. A baby bottle and -— like I said -— a straw are “artificial feeding” too, I suppose, just like feeding tubes. And God knows there are doctors who would be helpless to survive without their plastic-— credit cards.
If people had a little more experience with how normal ordinary care works for those who are weak and disabled -— I mean good care in the hands of good caregivers -— they wouldn’t be so bothered about it. Much of it is simple, common-sense, service-with-a-smile, and allows even medically fragile -— yes, even terminally ill ——people to enjoy life in a modest measure.
Nourishment -— nurture -— it’s the most human thing in the world.
The opposite of nurture is neglect. Neglect is supposed to be illegal.
FEEDING TUBES ARE NOT TORTURE DEVICES.
We should be careful not to demonize feeding tubes. They are not horrid torture devices. Sometimes, premature babies and children need them. There are portable feeding tubes like back packs called G-tubes. They are not scary looking and should not be looked upon as objects of torture. They save lives, sustain life and many times after therapy, can be tossed aside.
For anyone interested, here's Terri's Foundation w/other links that may prove helpful.
http://terrisfight.org/
Judge George Greer forbade swallowing tests for TERRI SCHINDLER SCHIAVO even though she could swallow her saliva. He said,"The law of the case is that she will die."
Chilling crime, wasn't it? A judge citing laws he's been paid to follow instead of FOLLOWING the Florida Statutes making what they did to Terri a FELONY MURDER, said statute is on my profile page.
Web sites for all: www.judgegeorgegreer.com (more than Greer here) and www.michaelschiavo.com or .org (google it).