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NEWS ALERT! Brain-Injured Wife Goes Without Food or Water for Seven Weeks
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network ^
| 9/17/10
| Bobby Schindler
Posted on 09/17/2010 4:15:52 PM PDT by wagglebee
NEWS ALERT! Brain-Injured Wife Goes Without Food or Water for Seven Weeks
September 17, 2010 (Statement from Terri's Life & Hope Network) - It has been 49 days since Trisha Duguay has gone without any food or water after her feeding tube was removed. Her husband made this decision shortly after Trisha had unsuccessful surgery for a brain tumor that was discovered just after the couple was married.
The family has started a Facebook page to lend support to Trisha and her family titled, "From Bride to Angel." So far, over 4,000 people have supported the family.
While what is happening to Mrs. Duguay is not receiving a lot of media attention, Terri's Life & Hope Network expresses concern with the manner in which some media outlets are portraying the situation, treating Trisha's prolonged death and going without food and hydration-for over 7 weeks now-as an act of compassion.
I think it is important to be reminded that dying this way is not compassionate, peaceful or pleasant. My family witnessed, first hand, something quite the opposite. Terri went through almost two weeks without food and water before she died, and it was heartbreaking. Her death was cruel and barbaric and she suffered horribly. We must continue to educate the general public that food and water is basic and ordinary care and despite ones intentions, it does not change the nature of the act.
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network was established by the surviving family members of Terri Schiavo to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It has communicated and supported with more than 1,000 families, and has been involved in hundreds of cases since Terri's death-families who have loved one's living with brain injuries.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: braininjuries; moralabsolutes; prolife; terridailies; terrischiavo; trishaduguay; whiterose
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Terri's Life & Hope Network expresses concern with the manner in which some media outlets are portraying the situation, treating Trisha's prolonged death and going without food and hydration-for over 7 weeks now-as an act of compassion. This IS NOT compassion, it is slow and drawn out MURDER.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:15:55 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: cgk; Coleus; cpforlife.org; narses; Salvation; 8mmMauser
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:16:36 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
There is no way you can survive 49 days without water, I refuse to believe this.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:18:36 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: 185JHP; 230FMJ; Albion Wilde; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; Amos the Prophet; ...
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:18:39 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
It has been 49 days since Trisha Duguay has gone without any food or water after her feeding tube was removed.Something is missing here. There is no way a human can survive seven weeks without fluids in one form or another.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:19:12 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(iamtheresistance.org)
To: wagglebee
Agreed, it would be better and more humane to simply slip this poor woman some fast acting poison. Seven weeks is a long time without food and normally a person will die of thirst in 3 to 4 days.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:20:16 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; angelwings49; ...
New Terri Dailies Theme...
Trisha Duguay is being murdered and needs our prayers!
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:21:32 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
This IS NOT compassion, it is slow and drawn out MURDER.Actually it sounds more like out and out BS.
To: Husker24
Concur...but it makes for a good headline.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:22:34 PM PDT
by
verity
To: wagglebee
her husband is a low life, first.
second, someone is slipping her something, somehow, which is good
third, someone needs to get her out of there unless she signed an advance directive condemning herself
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:23:36 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys)
To: wagglebee
The actual execution of even the most brutal criminal usually takes a few minutes at most. What crime has this woman committed to deserve dying like this?
To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; angelwings49; ...
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:24:55 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:26:30 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Husker24
“There is no way you can survive 49 days without water, I refuse to believe this.”
Nowhere in the actual Atlanta-Constitution article does it say she has been without water. It says her feeding tube was removed; it does not say she is being deprived of water.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:35:26 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:38:09 PM PDT
by
RedwM
To: calex59
“Seven weeks is a long time without food and normally a person will die of thirst in 3 to 4 days.”
Terri lasted 2-3 weeks.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:38:44 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: yldstrk
This husband is nothing like the bottom-of-the-barrel scum in Terri Schivo episode.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:39:48 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: wagglebee
I wonder who is sneaking fluids to her, and how. If she's swallowing fluids, she should be able to swallow mashed food even easier. I don't know what the missing pieces are to this story, but prayers up for Trisha Duguay.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:42:47 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb; floriduh voter; Lesforlife
I agree, she is getting nutrition and hydration from someone. Hopefully her husband won’t go psycho like Schiavo and have armed guards posted at the door.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:47:01 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
thanks for posting the link to the other article...I followed a second link there back to the earlier article....it explained HER wishes not to “languish in a vegetative state”. However, I would think it much more humane to just remove her from a ventilator than to starve her to death. aghhh.
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posted on
09/17/2010 4:50:43 PM PDT
by
Kimberly GG
("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote! DeMint, 2012)
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