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Just maybe she will be in the hands of the Lord on Friday instead of all the lunatics wanting to chain her to the public forum for the rest of her life.

That's just it though, at least for me. She won't pass away peacefully and/or quickly. She will die of starvation and dehydration. Not a quick death at all. Nor, painless.

This entire affair has made me sick, and I can barely bring myself to read the latest news on this poor woman anymore. The word "horrible" doesn't begin to describe this entire situation. I don't know of any word or phrase that could do it justice really.

This entire affair has made me sick, and I can barely bring myself to read the latest news on this poor woman anymore. The word "horrible" doesn't begin to describe this entire situation. I don't know of any word or phrase that could do it justice really.

Judging from the number of posts in this and other threads, I thought I was the only one that felt this way. I now know that I'm not alone. It's weird, but I have the same reaction to Terri's plight as I do whenever I hear about people torturing and killing puppies or kittens. It's grisly and so inhumane that it physically sickens me to read about it. I'm not much of a praying type, but I pray for Terri every day.

If Terry is given morphine, she won't feel a thing.

Of course, her parents would claim that Terri had to be "killed" with morphine, because the removal of artificial feeding was not enough.

She won't pass away peacefully and/or quickly. She will die of starvation and dehydration. Not a quick death at all. Nor, painless.

Last night on Nightline, Michael Schiavo looked at the camera and said Terri won't be starved. It will be painless. Slowly her electrolytes will diminish and "she'll drift off to a nice little sleep and pass on to be wtih God.

This week my daughter was given several articles on euthanasia, pro and con, for a writing assignment. An article from the Ithaca Journal March 3, 2000 involves a woman NY Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer tried to keep alive against the wishes of the family and the ruling of a court. A compromise allowed the hospital to provide hydration and nutriition, but the patient was unable to tolerate the sugar nutrition mixed in with the water. Here's the description of her death, as there was no other way to provide her with nutrition:

"Without nutrition to provide protein to make cells, [her] body began consuming the protein in her body... Her body is basically starting to devour itself...Doctors have been using skin patches to administer pain medication, but [her] skin is deteriorating and that is becoming difficult."

You're right. We need a new word.

How about "schiavish"?

Likewise - shiavistic, schiavic, schiavism, schiavate, schiavol, schivose, terri-schiavo-ese...

There could be more variations. But this issue is here for the long haul.

The time has arrived.