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What's happening in this case? Is Michael standing at Terri's bedside with a stopwatch, trying to determine when it's 1 PM so he can yank out her feeding tube?
It is interesting that even in an article that seems to be pro-Terri, the journalist assumes that Terri is unaware of her surroundings or the controversy. But that of course is one of the key disputes in the case.
Here is a read on topic - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42957
Geez. Let the poor girl live already.
I used to work in a rehab hospital. There was a young lady there who was so much a vegetable that her parents went to court to have her tube removed and succeeded. I know their intentions were good however, according to the nurses (who were sitting at a table, some crying) said this "vegetable", cried and moaned and it was very difficult to watch her starve to death, she may have not know much but she certainly knew she was hurting and who knows, maybe she was like the one lady with the stroke, she may have know even more than they thought.
If they really love her ans want to save her life, then the will not jsut stand by and allow her to die.
Break in and kidnap her and take her to a waiting airplane that will take her somewhere she can be taken care of. It is what I would do if it were my sister.
Praying for Terri ping.
You guys want someone to help?
Contact this Florida State Rep ...
Gus Bilirakis R-Palm Harbor
35111 U.S. Highway 19 North
Palm Harbor, FL 34684-1907
Phone: (727) 669-1911
and
Frank Farkas R-St Pete.
1510 4th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33704-4412
Phone: (727) 893-9855
Let her die in peace.
We-love-Terri Ping.
Michael: you're a monster and we don't love you.
This ALERT is a special message from Terri Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler Sr.:
Dear Friend of Life,
By now you have probably heard about a young woman who is threatened with starvation in Florida.
That young woman is my daughter, Terri. In 1990, through circumstances which are shrouded in mystery (and may involve a criminal act by Terri's estranged husband), my daughter was left severely brain-damaged.
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But before I go any further, I must put an end to the lies and misinformation that are circulating around the country through the media concerning my daughter's condition.
Contrary to anything you may have heard, Terri is NOT brain dead; Terri is NOT in a coma; she is NOT in a "persistent vegetative state;" nor is she on ANY life-support system.
Terri laughs, Terri cries, she moves, and she makes child-like attempts at speech with her mother and me. Sometimes she will say "Mom" or "Dad" or "yeah" when we ask her a question. When I kiss her hello or goodbye, she looks at me and "puckers up" her lips.
This may not seem like much to you, but it means everything to Terri's mother and me. It tells us she is still here, she still knows us, and with therapy and time she can have some level of recovery.
I know that there are some hard hearted people who believe that due to my daughters condition, she is better off dead. Words cannot describe the pain and anger such sentiments cause us. This is our daughter, our little girl, and even in her disabled condition, she still has the right to life and the right to be loved and cared for by her family.
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Why, you may ask, is Terri in danger of death by starvation?
It is a long and outrageous story, but I'll give it to you as briefly as I can.
After the "incident" that left Terri in this condition, her husband Michael Schiavo sued various members of the medical community for money, saying that they did not treat or diagnose her properly at an early stage, and that he needed this money to provide for Terri's therapy and rehabilitation and care.
After lengthy court battles, he finally won upwards of $1.7 million under the guise of caring for our daughter, and then to our horror, he immediately began spending the money on himself and his Playboy lifestyle.
Terri's estranged husband Michael Schiavo has been living with another woman for years, and has two children by her. He is determined to see Terri dead. Why? We believe it's because he gets to keep whatever money is left... and he may have even darker motives than that.
To add insult to all of this injury toward my daughter, Michael Schiavo is still her "legal husband" and therefore is her "guardian." And since they are not legally divorced, he controls whatever health care she will and will not get. We are not even allowed to know if she is getting aspirin.
In 1993 my family initiated litigation against Michael Schiavo solely for the purpose of acquiring medical, physical and neurological assistance for our daughter Terri. The litigation escalated in 1998 when Michael Schiavo petitioned the court to stop Terri from receiving food and water, thereby starving her to death.
In filing this legal action, he retained the services of a high profile euthanasia attorney and the financial backing of powerful euthanasia organizations. He also used Terri's medical rehabilitation money to underwrite much of the legal expenses associated with his effort to starve our daughter to death.
We know that he has spent nearly $500,000 of Terri's money in attorney's fees for just one attorney trying to obtain a court order to have Terri starved to death. The very money that was supposed to be used for Terri's rehabilitation is being used to have her killed.
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We very quickly discovered it was impossible for us to compete with the abundance of financial and legal resources the pro-death organizations were providing Micheal Schiavo in their effort to kill Terri. They are pouring time and effort into her starvation because they want to use this case to further the agenda of legalized euthanasia.
My wife and I are not wealthy people. Throughout those years, we did not have any large organizations trying to help rescue our daughter. Consequently, we had to rely on the generosity of attorneys who were willing to offer their legal expertise at no cost or at reduced fees.
The bottom line is that we are in the final weeks or months of our struggle to rescue our daughter from an untimely death by starvation. Death by starvation is very slow, and extremely painful. As you must know, it is against the law to deliberately starve an animal to death. There are members of the Florida court who would not treat a dog the way they plan to treat my daughter.
At this point we must pull out all the stops in our fight to rescue our daughter.
As parents, we are desperate to save our daughter's life. As people who love life, we are determined to deprive the euthanasia advocates of successfully legalizing this form of homicide. We believe that their efforts to kill Terri are designed to set a precedent for the future eradication of defenseless disabled human beings. I was alive when Americans fought the Nazis; I do not want my daughter to meet the same fate of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany, and I do not want our country to go down that same dark path.
Friend, though we have never met, I'm asking you for your help. We desperately need your financial assistance to help our family continue the battle to keep our daughter from being starved to death. There are so many expenses in a case like this it is mind-boggling and overwhelming. Please click below to make a contribution now:
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Our adversaries believe that by our family's financial attrition and difficulties, they will attain their objective of killing our daughter. Presently, Terri's starvation may only be a few weeks away, unless we find the financial resources to prevent this atrocity from becoming a reality.
I implore you to please help us. We are writing to you, because we believe you have a heart for justice and mercy. I'm asking you to put yourself in my shoes, and then do whatever you can to help our family. Whether it is $10 or $1000, we are desperate for the resources to fight this battle for our daughter's life at this critical juncture.
Please do whatever you can, and forward this e-mail to any friends or family that you have who you think might be interested in saving Terri's life.
I thank you for your time, your concern, and I solicit your prayers for Terri and our entire family. These have been very trying times for us all.
Sincerely,
Bob Schindler Sr.
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I can’t say it for every case and I am not sure of all the circumstances in this case. Some people want to keep people who are in a vegetative state alive for their own selfish reason. They don’t want to let them go, they want to keep them around so they can go visit their loved one. But in many cases it is nothing short of torture to a person in that state.
My wife’s Grandmother was involved in a car accident about 6 years ago. She was paralyzed from the neck down. She had to have a breathing tube, feeding tube, and a tube to take away the waste. She could talk but with great difficulty. She in the beginning was fairly mentally sound. She did not want to live the rest of her life in that condition, but once the breathing tube is in place the decision to remove it has to come from a court.
She begged to have the machine turn off. She begged her husband to turn the machine off, but all he could tell her was that he would go to jail for murder if he did. As time went on she began to hate him for not simply turning off the machine. She would to say to him, “if you loved me you would do this for me.” She died 2 years ago and he died 1 year after her. I know he was in mental pain for many years, feeling guilty he could end her suffering.
I can’t say it for all cases but I do believe that humans should not be forced to live in a state of mental torture to satisfy a law or someone selfish feeling that they don’t want to lose that person.
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