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To: wirestripper
The reality is, that other than the court decisions there is no evidence presented on the internet media for the Michael side of this argument.

It tells me that this is a manipulated media war instituted by the girls family and that the evidence needed to justify the son in laws position is being withheld due to legal privacy concerns and lawyers advice.

Well put. I worked in a nursing home for 2 years as a physical therapist, close to 6 years in a university hospital. We're only hearing the parents' version of the story. The videos aren't convincing to me at all. There are a lot of holes in the parents' stories - in particular that Terri was denied therapy. Yet the story from this thread would certainly imply she was receiving it as late as 1996. The whole bit of "therapy denial" doesn't fit the smell test. The longer the patient has been vegetative, the less likely they are to benefit. Past the three-year mark, paying for therapists (when the so-called therapy is no more skilled than what could be provided by a family member) is throwing money down a rathole. I would like some of those screaming "starvation" to explain to me how pulling a feeding tube is different than pulling a breathing tube. One provides air, one provides food, both are "artificial

334 posted on 10/18/2003 9:47:55 AM PDT by Spyder (Just another day in Paradise)
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To: Spyder
I would like some of those screaming "starvation" to explain to me how pulling a feeding tube is different than pulling a breathing tube. One provides air, one provides food, both are "artificial

Look at the title of this thread. How does it feel to make a fool of yourself in public?

341 posted on 10/18/2003 10:25:16 AM PDT by SwordofTruth
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