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.
Thank you.
thank you for sharing your story with us
Like an unborn baby, Terri IS the 'least of these'.
We've done ALL we can for His least.
It's TIME, that He steps up, to BACK US UP.
We can pray ....we can ASK for God's Will...we can say ' if God this' 'if God that'.
I honestly think it's time that 'we' stand before 'Daddy' and say....'YOU said this...YOU said that....YOU HAVE to.(You Promised)'
We DO have that right as Children.
Not to mention that when she supposedly said this, they were watching a movie with a woman ON A RESPIRATOR. Terri is most certainly not on a respirator and is, therefore, NOT living THAT WAY anyway.
i just heard on the radio that Michael was NOT there when the tube was removed because it was "just too hard for him," but that he's since gotten his act together as is with her now that "she is in her dying process."
That's what his lawyer said: "her dying process."
Judge Greer public office info:
Rm. 484, 315 Court Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-3933
ggreer@jud6.org
Beyond this, demand his church excommunicate Greer:
wrice@calvarybaptist.org
441-1581 and ask for extension 117
Dehydration: Dehydration can be defined as "the excessive loss of water from the body." Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can lead to dehydration in various ways. Often, dehydration becomes the major problem in an otherwise self-limited illness. Fluid loss may even be severe enough to become life-threatening. The following information is designed to provide some understanding and guidance in order to avoid the effects of dehydration. Treatment,however, should be individualized, and your physician should be contacted before using any of the measures outlined here. Our bodies require a certain amount of fluid intake on a daily basis to function; the minimum is about equal to four 8 ounce glasses (one liter or one quart). Requirements vary with activity and age, but most active persons need two to three times this basic amount. Basic fluid intake serves to replace the fluids which are required to perform our normal bodily functions. If we take in less or lose more fluid than is needed, the end result is dehydration. Excessive loss of fluid through the intestinal tract can happen when the intestine is "inflamed" or damaged, or when bacteria or viruses cause the lining of the intestine to produce more fluid than can be absorbed. Abnormal connections that are between parts of the intestinal tract (fistula) may also lead to fluid depletion. A decrease in oral liquid intake may be due to nausea or loss of appetite; this may be worsened by an inability to keep things down (vomiting). Medications also can cause an increased fluid loss. Prior bowel resection or ileostomy can make a person more susceptible to dehydration. A reliable clue to indicate dehydration is a rapid drop in weight. This loss may equal several pounds in a few days (or at times hours). A rapid drop of over 10% (fifteen pounds in a person weighing 150 pounds) is considered severe. Symptoms may be difficult to distinguish from those of the original illness, but in general, the following signs are suggestive of dehydration; increasing thirst, dry mouth, weakness or lightheadedness (particularly if worsening on standing), darkening of the urine, or a decrease in urination. Severe dehydration can lead to changes in the body's chemistry, kidney failure, and can even become life-threatening. The best way to treat dehydration is to prevent it from occurring. If you suspect excessive fluid loss during and illness, your physician should be notified. Intravenous or oral fluid replacement may be needed, depending on severity of fluid loss.
Thank you friend, for sharing your thought and the video. I pray things will unfold this weekend in a way that will be better for Terri. God bless you and have a good weekend. Peace.
hear Felos on the radio. The man is a nutjob. Instead of a class act of saying something sympathetic or saying he understands the pain of all. He went into a commie right to die (see duty to die) rant. He attacked everyone.
BTW the judges BS reason that congress waited so long is utter egomania on his part. If he was not so blinded by his own black robe fever, congress would not have had the need to limit his authority. Which is what Greer REALLY cares about.
The question right now is whether the senate can do something by simply passing the house version of the bill?
Judge Greer will not let anything stop him from killing Terri.We have a problem in this country with judges who think that they're untouchable and could do anything they want.They overturn the will of the voters as if the voters didn't even exist and now the United States Congress was just flipped off by one.The time has come for us to put limits on these judges who have become nothing but ignorant pigheaded asshoes.
He's got less guts than Scott Peterson. And that's saying something.
just on radio now, some nitwit legal analyst said that Terri's parents are filing a case in federal court and he said "but why would that work---the Supreme Court has had two chances to make this a federal matter and they have declined, so why would a lower federal court get involved."
Well, how about this? That little matter of a state judge ignoring a congressional subpoena. That sorta makes it a federal matter and is a material change in the case.
Report also said Greer's "legal" basis for ignoring the subpoena was that Congress didn't have "standing." Well, duh. Congress doesn't need standing; Congress was not trying to intervene in the case. Congress was holding hearings and wanted a witness. Period. Rules apply. The judge blew off the rules. It had nothing to do with standing.
"the process of her having life taken away", or "the process of her being murdered".
LOL......VERY unlike the current Living Will requirements that require the signatures to be verified by 2 witnesses, neither of which can be health professionals.
My how we have evolved......
Yes, and sometimes pain relievers are given at the end of life really for the purpose of speeding death (my observation). They don't really know if the person is in pain, but they claim he must be and, by the way, they know morphine, esp. in large doses, lowers respiration, which helps speed death.
Felos is a Kevorkian class lunatic.
He only cares for his "cause" as validation for his life.
No class, his press conference rant did nothing to help his cause. If anything his demand that right thinking americans call congress and tell them to but out would have the opposite effect.
You may not have noticed, but God does not usually intervene in sin, including murder, even if He doesn't condone it.
As recognized by the Declaration of Independence and throughout the Bible, God has granted mankind the liberty to make choices (for good or ill). Had God not given mortals such liberty, seemingly He could have forced the world to be a Heaven type utopia. Instead we are "made in His image" which I am inclined to believe means we have been granted some amount of free will.
There are two lawsuits already filed to reverse Greers decision.
Well, at the nursing home that I'm familiar with (family member there), if they advise you that there's a risk of choking and you still want them to offer food, they do it using techniques that minimize the risk and hope for the best. They don't refuse to offer food b/c of the risk.
And now we pray, either for a merciful death or for a mind-blowing miracle. I know which I'm holding out for. Oh, if she might simply stand up and say "I'm hungry. I'm going to find a candy bar."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.