Posted on 05/07/2008 3:16:22 PM PDT by wagglebee
Exactly!
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I doubt Ruth Ann is going to do jack about this.
I don’t recall the constitution stating we have the right to death.
I recall the Bill of Rights SPECIFICALLY stating that to put someone to death there MUST be a grand jury indictment and the condemned MUST be convicted by a jury.
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I don’t know how much good it will do but I just sent an email. Hopefully lots more people will do the same.
Unfortunately we don’t have unlimited resources. And as taxpayer, IMO if we are going to and extra $100,000 a year on medical care I would rather have it spent to (for example) improve the care of young men and women living with the effects of brain injuries sustained in Iraq:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/national/22wounded.html
than on life support from someone in a vegetative state as a result of a heroin overdose.
While you certainly have the right to your opinion, your facts are not only erroneous they are irrelevant.
The cost of a feeding tube is only about $30,000 per year (and much less if the family undergoes some basic medical training) and, while some sacrifices will likely be necessary, this is well within the financial means of many families. Lauren’s care IS NOT being paid for by the state and since neither parent has indicated that finances are a concern we must presume that this is not an issue.
Fortunately, you don’t get that call, and I’ll ignore your strawman (NYT? Are you serious, noob?).
"The costs of caring for patients in a persistent vegetative state are difficult to estimate. The cost of hospital care for the first three months is estimated to be $149,200. The estimated cost of long-term care in a skilled nursing facility ranges from approximately $350 per day ($126,000 per year) to approximately $500 per day ($180,000 per year)124. For children in a persistent vegetative state, the estimated annual cost of care at home is $129,000 (±$51,000) for the first year and $97,000 for subsequent years..."
And this does not count the ecconomic costs of removing adult family members from the labor force to act as unpaid caregivers, which is often considerate - and not only in terms of immediate lost wages but in terms of future earnings, contributions to SS and retirement savings and the like.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1366161/posts
No thanks.
You're free to choose for yourself and family, but don't choose for me or mine.
"How many of you would want to remain in such a devestated state? Do you really see it as being better than moving on?"
Obviously Lauren wouldn't want to either, and that's why her dad wants to try various medical approaches and therapies to help improve her condition. It is truly amazing what healing can occur in a life-promoting atmosphere.
Mom started fighting rehabilitation after the birth of the baby. My bet is Mom is content raising her grandchild and doesn't want any "complications." (To the extend that she would dehydrate her own daughter.) Pity that we live in a society where those of us that become "inconvenient," can be so easily, "medically" disposed of.
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“I don’t know how much good it will do but I just sent an email. Hopefully lots more people will do the same.”
Good idea.
There was a story about Lauren in “The Wanderer,” one of the country’s oldest Catholic newspapers, I believe, and I was happy to see that the word is getting out more.
I imagine that the permanently disabled are a drain on our economy too. Do you want us to kill them too Herr Hitler. /s
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