[NautiNurse]

May God have mercy on us all.

[hunyb]

'Bob Schindler has been charged with contempt of court, and he and his wife cannot visit their daughter without Mr. Schiavo's permission—or his lawyer.'

This makes me so sick.

[shadowman99]

Jeb Bush is an accomplice to a murder in progress. I will never vote for him to be my president.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[Lucy Lake]

Oh, my goodness, check this out.

[Alberta's Child]

As much as I admire those who are standing up for Terri in this case, I can't shake this feeling that we are digging their trenches on this about ten miles behind the point where a truly effective stand should have been made.

May God help us all.

I'll say more on this later when I'm posting from a different computer.

[JoeBobJr]

This heartbreaking story is a strong argument for married couples to fill out health care power of attorney and advance directive forms. All of this ugliness could have been so easily avoided if Terri had had her wishes in writing.

(Remember, if you wait until you need it, sometimes it's too late!)

[isrul]

Schiavo has got to be the most vile creature ever to draw a breath. The most shameless, in your face murdering dog in U.S. history.

It's after 5PM, now. The state govt. offices are shut down. Guess we needn't expect to hear anything from the executive branch until Monday. Too late, of course. I'd like to believe otherwise but it just doesn't seem realistic. I desperately hope they prove me mistaken.

I read something in the Florida constitution that the governor has the power to intervene to protect persons, property etc. in an emergency. Terri is a person. This is surely an emergency. He is free to exercise his executive powers as he believes is appropriate. That is not against the law even if it is not in agreement with a court ruling.

I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that the courts have the final say in anything. This even applies to the Supreme Court. Abraham Lincoln ingnored their ruling as did WJC. That just about covers the full spectrum of morality.

If , after the governor takes executive action, I believe there are remedies in the legislature (impeachment, for one) and also the people may remedy it by voting him out of office.

Either remedy is OK by me because by the time they could be implemented the Schindlers could have absconded Terri out of harms way to a safe haven.

Indeed, Bush has the power. The question is; does he have the fortitude?

[nickcarraway]

ping

[GluteusMax]

How secure is the home? I'm surprised the home has not been stormed by concerned pro-lifers in the area and Terri removed to safety from the murderers.

[MSCASEY]

I just spoke to the girl at Jeb Bush's office and asked her this question.

"If Terri can swallow and wants some ice chips will it be offered to her." If she is able to eat yogurt will that be offered to her?

Response: We don't know!!!!

MCD

[Ready4Freddy]

A lot of tough choices here.

So it's unknown whether or not Terri wants to "live" like that?

I surely wouldn't, but how to convey that to loved ones in a living will that makes it clear what I consider to be artificial means.

[Saundra Duffy]

They are murdering her with morphine, those bastards!!!

[Saundra Duffy]

If Kervorkian is rotting in jail - THANK GOD - why aren't the medical personnel who are murdering Terri also going to rot in jail.

[Spyder]

A lot of things are wrong with the stories now out. One group claims Terri never got therapy, yet this story claims she was getting it 6 years after her brain injury. Does that mean she'd been receiving it for 6 years? If so, someone was paying for it, as Medicare/Medicaid will only pay for such services for so long... the individual has to be shown to be making progress. While most therapists can document progress made with just about anything, to keep it up for 6 years with no more achievements than being able to swallow boggles the mind.

Having worked with some pretty low-functioning individuals (and their family members) I know how hard it is for them to let go of the idea that there could be a miraculous healing (and that would be the ONLY way at this point that Terri would improve).

One father even held on, hoping for the day that brain transplants would be doable so that his son could be normal again - he couldn't be convinced that following a brain transplant the body would no longer be his son but that of whoever's brain was transplanted.

If God wishes to work a miracle he'll work it in the next couple of weeks - hanging on for 20 more years in hopes of one isn't going to change His thoughts on the matter.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Starving a person to death is murder.

[philetus]

This is court sanctioned murder. Starving someone to death is not the usual outcome of "pulling the plug".
I can see the next step coming.
Retarded kids. They'll never have a normal life, so we might as well........

Isn't it about time for Americans to tell the "Judges" to go to hell?

[GOPyouth]

"Terri can eat with a spoon" is the name of this article?

[syriacus]

Thank you for posting this. We need to have it "for the record."

[DannyTN]

"Mr. Schiavo soon chose to discontinue his wife's therapy and move her into the much cheaper hospice system. She's languished there for six years, tethered to a feeding tube while a fierce legal battle swirled around her. "

In order to go into Hospice a doctor has to certify that the patient has a "terminal illness" and that if the illness runs it's normal course the patient will die within 6 months.

Someone in Medicare is not doing their job if they haven't looked at why this patient has been on Hospice for 6 years