Posted on 03/18/2005 12:18:38 PM PST by areafiftyone
A spokesperson for Michael Schiavo says Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed Friday with Michael in attendance.
He says a prayer service was held first, and that Michael was emotional and crying, saying he wanted to put the situation behind him.
Terri Schiavo's parents, the Schindlers, visited with Terri Friday morning, prior to the tube's removal.
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court Judge George Greer denied two U.S. House of Representative emergency motions Friday, which allowed the tube's removal.
The first motion was to intervene in the case for the House Committee on Government Reform and the second motion was to push the date back nine days so it could conduct what it calls a field investigation concerning the healthcare of Schiavo.
A neurologist appeared at Terri Schiavo's Pinellas Park hospice center Friday with a TV screen to show video of patients he treated that were in worse condition than Schiavo and got better.
Stay the course my friend and keep the faith. The battle of right vs wrong is never over.
Is Sandy in the news? Is Sandy the topic of any threads around here?
No matter how long you've been here or reading FR, you must not understand the common courtesies and practies of FR.
I disagree with this theory. Everyone is willing to place blame on the conservatives yet at the same time overlook the liberals? I'm sorry but which party has dedicated it's existence fighting for the lives of whatever the hell lives in the tundra area of ANWR, terrorists who are willing to decapitate innocent humans, bugs on beaches, trees in the middle of nowhere, owls which are not extinct... yet don't give a rat's ass about human life such as this? This is the same party which supported D&X's as well as no necessary parental consent. The only reason such diseases as Alzheimer's will become exempt from this decrepit leftist play book fight is because the atmosphere has truly become rank.
Do you mean Terri or your wife? If you mean Terri then you either are misinformed or you have a different idea of what "vegetable" means.
To me it means there is no brain activity.
In Terri's case she is certainly brain damaged, but is aware and reactive to her surroundings -- to what degree is debatable, however the basic fact that she is aware is immediately apparent from even casual observation of video clips showing her react to objects and people.
As for God's word on the matter, I am not certain He is done with Terri's life. God is way, way, way smarter then I am. His plans are way, way, way beyond my pay grade. Should I assume that you are an angelic represenetive, or that you are a humble mortal such as myself?
May God Bless and keep Terri Schaivo.
Any other irrelevant autobiographical info for us? Obviously I'm taking diligent notes here.
I'm so sorry to hear about your sister.
susie
Friend, I hope you re-read my post to see that I am NOT of the opinion of biblewonk. If you did not intend to include me in lot with him/her, forgive my message. Peace.
My post was testing the emote level of this thread. Could we all emote a little more.
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By the same criteria, they should have put Steven Hawking to death years ago.
Again, I say, this is a personal belief in which that government should have no role except to protect the right of the individual to make those decisions for himself.
"WHAT HAPPENS to non-terminally ill people with cognitive disabilities whose feeding tubes are removed? Do they suffer from the process?"
"When I conducted research on this question in preparation for writing my book "Forced Exit," I asked St. Louis neurologist William Burke these very questions. Here is what he told me: "
A conscious [cognitively disabled] person would feel it just as you or I would. They will go into seizures. Their skin cracks, their tongue cracks, their lips crack. They may have nosebleeds because of the drying of the mucus membranes, and heaving and vomiting might ensue because of the drying out of the stomach lining. They feel the pangs of hunger and thirst. Imagine going one day without a glass of water! Death by dehydration takes ten to fourteen days. It is an extremely agonizing death.
How very painful a death for Terri.
Good catch, Spunky.
This pitiful turn of events perpetrated by the U.S. House of Lords doesn't surprise me at all......not to mention the indifference of too many weak-kneed Republicans. Same old, same old, right?
Only in this case, they're playing a life and death game.
We have our bombardment work cut out for us over the weekend, freeper friends.
Leni
In other words, the post was pure 100% irrelevancy and had nothing at all beneath the surface or of import.
Ok, got it. Suit yourself. Bye,
Noooooooooooo, takes about 10 days and it is painful
And yet if you were (as you said) a total veg why would you care if your Mom (who must think otherwise) didn't want to pull the plug?
What difference would it make? It wouldn't be about your comfort, as total veges don't know if they're comfortable or not.
susie
I pray you are right.
I know previously there have been times the tube has been removed then re-inserted. If it can be put in within a few days, the original "port" may still be usable. But sometimes they can close off and a surgery would be needed to re-insert the tube. These are all added risks for Terri.
Maybe you wouldn't. That's YOUR choice. When Michael says his wife told him she wouldn't want to live that way...he should have been ordered to produce the document that was signed by Terri Schiavo and notarized. It was hearsay and hearsay only.
Clearly, with so many blindly spouting the "persistent vegetative state" line, ignorance is staggering.
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