Posted on 03/29/2019 6:41:19 PM PDT by OddLane
Every year, I write to honor my sister, Terri Schiavo, on March 31st, the anniversary of her death. For those who do not remember, Terri, at the age of 26, experienced a still inexplicable collapse resulting in a severe brain-injury. As a consequence of her brain injury, she was unable to swallow using conventional utensils, and like many Americans required nutrition and hydration by feeding tube in order to live.
Terri did not have a medical directive specifying who would make her health care decisions in the event she was incapable of making them herself. Therefore, it was her husband, Michael Schiavo, who was appointed by the court to be her medical caretaker and was ostensibly the only person who would decide what type of care, if any, Terri would receive.
Initially, my family did not anticipate this would be an issue. But that changed after Michael obtained a million-dollar medical malpractice settlement on Terri and his behalf. Before the settlement, Michael discussed continuing rehabilitation. Afterwards, he tried to deny her antibiotics when Terri came down with a urinary tract infection. But when my family sued, he relented...
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This was NOT “euthanasia”. It was murder.
That haunts me to this day. Please let your wishes be known even with alternates if need be.
I remember when this happened. It broke my heart!
I’ll never let Jeb Bush off the hook for this atrocity.
14 years ago. Wow.
I remember the threads here. Some Freepers were pro-death, but not too many.
I remember Jeb Bush pretending to do something.
This was the first crack in the bush armor... what’s crock that was...
They murdered an innocent, needy patient for selfish gain. Where she happily is now they will never be. Ghouls.
My lips started to hurt around the 4th day. I can't imagine how she suffered.
“Where there is life, there is hope!” - Terri Schiavo
I stood outside that nursing home looking building. Every. Single. Night.
It was horrible feeling so helpless.
Jeb did try to help but he didn’t take that last bold step of bravery to save her. He caved in to the murderous weasels when he could have been a hero and taken control of the situation with his authority as governor. Oh well...
I’ll never forget and I will NEVER forgive that POS Jeb Bush for her MURDER!
Thank goodness she is at peace now, but it still STUNS me, every DAY, how the MIRACLE of LIFE is so conveniently and politically expendable!
*SPIT*
Hold your loved ones CLOSE! Get EVERY legal guard you can in THEIR favor - in the favor of LIFE!
I am going through this with my Dad right now as his POA for medical decisions. Gawd, it’s SO HARD! And our ‘politicians’ are so effing cavalier about it all!
I guess since the Kennedy Klan lobotomized their own SISTER for expedience, there was no turning back...
I HATE the world we’re living in some days. @#$%^&*!
if you go the archives on FR, I remember it. Lots of anger here on the threads.
Legalized government murder by judge.
Yeb! says it was “an act of love”......
More than a few people saw it the same way,myself included,Seems like yesterday.I just could not believe he let that happen.What a spineless Phuc.
It was horrifying and I won’t forget it.
Yeah, kinda got an idea of the bushes on that one....a gut feeling....it changed my perspective.....
Holy cow, FOURTEEN years already??? What the??? It seems like only last year. Damn, it is so true, the older you get the faster time zips by. I remember this like it was yesterday, the arrogant husband hellbent on killing her and the parents trying to keep her alive, and she end up murdered by one of the worst ways possible.
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