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Terri's troubles began on February 25, 1990 when she collapsed at her St. Petersburg home. She was hospitalized and suffered brain damage sometime during this ordeal. She has been in a hospice since April 2000.
It is hard to see how she could live normally again.
Terri's right to die should be respected -- if she were lucid enough to assert it beyond dispute. However, her wishes are, at most, muddled.
"She made a number of statements, and the court found by clear and convincing evidence in January 2000 that Terri Schiavo would not want to be artificially fed in her condition," said George Felos, Michael's attorney.
She never expressed that to family or friends, Terri's mother, Mary Schindler, replies from her home in Gulfport, Florida. "The only people who heard that were her husband and his brother and sister-in-law."
Terri's family also categorically rejects the idea that she is in a persistent vegetative state. Their Web site, www.terrisfight.org, features short video clips from a September 2002 medical evaluation in which Terri clearly welcomes her mother's arrival at her bedside. She follows a balloon as it's moved over her head. Asked to open her eyes, she first hesitates, then opens them as widely as humanly possible.
"The patient is not in a coma," concluded neurologist and 1999 Nobel Prize nominee Dr. William Hammesfahr after observing Terri. "She responds to specific people best. She tries to please others by doing activities for which she gets verbal praise."
"The above behaviors are all indicative of cognition," clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Alexander Gimon stated in an August 2003 affidavit after reviewing videotapes of Hammesfahr's examination. "They are completely inconsistent with a diagnosis of vegetative state."
For his part, Michael Schiavo has not been a model husband.
He lives adulterously with Jodi Centozone, with whom he has had two children. In a monumental conflict of interest that should disqualify him from deciding Terri's fate, her death would facilitate his marriage to Jodi while Terri's existence only complicates their lives.
After winning control of Terri's treatment, plus medical malpractice and other legal awards totaling some $1.6 million, Michael had Terri's cats put to sleep.
He testified before attorneys in November 1992 that he took Terri's engagement and wedding rings and "made a ring for myself."
Terri's family complains that Michael has denied Terri speech, occupational and other therapies that could strengthen her mind.
According to the September 2003 deposition of Terri's nurse, Carla Iyer, Michael asked, "Can't you do anything to accelerate her death?" and "When is that b**ch gonna die?"
When Terri's health waned, Iyer said he would exclaim, "I'm going to be rich!" then discuss plans to buy a car, boat, and European vacation.
Terri's family cites a September 5, 1991, bone scan by Dr. W. Campbell Walker. It lists "compression fracture(s)" throughout Terri's body and concludes: "The patient has a history of trauma." They wonder if Terri suffered domestic violence.
"This whole claim that Michael somehow abused Terri is totally false," Felos retorts. "It was considered by the court at a hearing and rejected."
Absent incontrovertible, documented proof that Terri Schindler-Schiavo wants to die, she deserves the presumption of life.
Terri refutes claims she is comatose by interacting with her surroundings.
Her cat-killing, ring-melting husband has more pressing priorities than Terri's longevity.
If Florida judges grant her husband's wishes -- as they did before an urgently-adopted, now-overturned, law reversed them -- Governor Jeb Bush's attorney, Ken Connor, warns: "Michael Schiavo effectively gets to kill his wife through starvation and dehydration."
Before that happens, Florida officials or a federal court should disqualify Michael Schiavo and let Mary and Robert Schindler nurse their daughter back to life with dignity. http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/pe_columnists/article/0,2071,NPDN_14960_2905016,00.html
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This torture is unimaginable, yet so very real. We plead for the souls of those who take part in this inhumanity ... may their hearts be pierced by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Reach into the lives of husband and lawyers and judges and all those who seek to end the life of an innocent woman ... open their eyes and their hearts to the truth. Keep them away from this defenseless woman ... continue to be her Shield and Defender ... let no further harm come near her. Raise up more and more people with an understanding of the truth ... let them add voice and effort to those who have been at Terri's side these many years. Sustain Terri's mom and dad, sister and brother, for this family has been in crisis for many years, yet they continue in faith and in hope. Vindicate their years of heartbreak, Merciful Father, and open the door to Terri's prison that all might freely enter, and that Terri at last would be released from bondage. In the Name of Jesus, I pray, Amen ...
Nobody can say that she "collapsed," Mr. Murdock. In fact, the (very improbable) "chemical imbalance" theory has been pretty well ruled out by examining physicians. Neither can anyone say with certainty, yet, that she was the victim of domestic violence, though that is the most common cause of severe injury to young wives and the theory that best fits the facts.
Hedge your language? Say she was found unconscious on the floor of her home in unexplained circumstances.
>> For his part, Michael Schiavo has not been a model husband.
10. For his part, Bill Clinton has not been a model husband.
9. For her part, Madonna has not been a role model for children.
8. For his part, Tom Daschle has not been a model parliamentarian.
7. For his part, Baghdad Bob has not been a model announcer.
6. For her part, Barbra Streisand has not been a model intellectual.
5. For his part, Michael Moore has not been a model fact-checker.
4. For her part, Courtney Love has not been a model of delicate manners.
3. For her part, Hillary Clinton has not been a model of haute couture, even if you rule out everything but pants suits.
2. For his part, Ted Kennedy has not been a model swimmer, logician, orator, teetotaler, Dr. Atkins showpiece or warm decent guy.
1. For his part, O.J. Simpson is probably as bad a husband as Michael Schiavo.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040521/sff035_1.html
Wesley J. Smith - champion of vulnerable people.
Not only is there is a conflict of interest, but Michael has publicly shown himself to be vindictive and evil.
I shouldn't laugh but I can't help it! The HINO exposed.
Sent 51 emails - letters to the editor this morning - to newspapers and such 'round the country about Terri's plight.
---Schindler Interview to air - CNN---
The parents of Terri Schiavo will be featured on News Night with Aaron Brown tonight (Wednesday - May 26, 2004) at 10.00pm ET (GMT-5). The segment will also feature a recap of today's hearing regarding visitation.
Mr Brown's web site is on: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/aaron.brown/
You can find your local listings on: http://tv.yahoo.com
---We interrupt this Terri post to bring you the following message for Veterans---
Happy and peaceful Memorial Day to you vets and you protectors of the rest of us.
Though this day is a symbol of respect to those who have fallen, those of you who have returned home have my utmost respect as well. You took on the task that I cannot. You gave of yourself for others. You disregarded your own life for the sake of your fellow man and woman.
For that I thank you. I shall always respect you.
I wish a peaceful and reflective Memorial Day to you and thank you for protecting my life and liberties.
---We return you now to our Terri thread already in progress---
Scientologists settle death suit Terms of the unexpected settlement are confidential in the wrongful death suit brought by the estate of Lisa McPherson.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/29/Tampabay/Scientologists_settle.shtml
Terri Schiavo Legal Battle Heads to Florida Supreme Court
http://www.lifenews.com/bio322.html
>>The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal approved a motion put forward by George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is Michael Schiavo's lawyer, asking the appeals court to let the Florida Supreme Court decide the case.
But attorneys for the governor say they want the case halted while the issue of whether Michael should have the authority to speak for Terri is resolved.<<
Hi. I am on a list that sends me Bible verses every day.
I get two different ones.
Anyway, one of them today was Isaiah 10:1
"Destruction is certain for unjust judges, for those who issue unfair laws."
Awesome, huh! Who says God doesn't comfort the heart when you feel helpless? It seems like every time I have trouble about a particular situation, I get a Bible verse that is matched to it to comfort me.
Awesome!!!!
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