Posted on 03/18/2005 6:45:48 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
An attorney for Terri Schiavo said the severely brain-damaged woman cried and yelled out that she wants to live after being told today her life-sustaining feeding tube was about to be removed by court order.
Barbara Weller was in Terri Schiavo's room at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., when the encounter took place, according to activist Randall Terry, who spoke with WorldNetDaily from outside the building as demonstrators continued a vigil.
If true, the report apparently refutes the court's finding that Terri Schiavo is in a "persistant vegetative state" and cannot currently express her wishes. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, contends she had indicated she would not want to live in such a condition, but parents Robert and Mary Schindler dispute that and suspect he is responsible for the 1990 incident in which oxygen to her brain was temporarily cut off, causing severe brain damage.
Weller essentially told Terri Schiavo, "You had better say you want to live or they will kill you. Just say you want to live."
Schiavo responded with a drawn out, "IIIIII," then screamed out "waaaaaaaa" so loudly that a police officer stationed outside the room came in.
The officer then ordered Weller removed from the room, according to Terry.
The event was witnessed by Terri Schiavo's sister Suzanne Vitadamo and Suzanne's husband Michael.
"I talked to Suzy and Michael, and they both said it was unbelievable," Terry said. "It was very articulate, for Terri, but they also say this is normal [for her to communicate]."
Terry explained the family says Schiavo often is talkative, though similar to a 10-month-old.
"The words usually are not discernable, but she's responsive to commands, uses slow diction and her voice lilts to show emotion and context," he said.
Weller teared up after hearing Schiavo respond today, Terry said, and indicated Schiavo was crying.
Terry has established a website, helpterri.com with information about how to get involved, including phone numbers of lawmakers and details of a rally and lobby-training sessions to be held next week in the Florida capital, Tallahassee, beginning Monday.
"We need people there Monday night, people who have never lobbied before, to come, and we're going to be begging the [Florida] Senate to get its act together," Terry said.
I find this to be a load of crap. One would think this would be noticed by the doctors.
That's odd; he's been all over TV today, in fact just on Larry King Live and he never mentioned this once.
Wonder why?
Thanks for sharing, Keyes.
Has an affidavit with repect to this information been submitted? This would be an extremely important piece of information that could change the nature of the case.
World Net Daily has now become Newsmax.
Ooops.....not Randall, but Gibbs. If this were true, Gibbs would certainly have mentioned it.
Apparently so.
She's been starved once before, before she was rescued from execution.
And now, this evil judge is starving her again.
Dear Lord, sustain this precious life until intervention can take place. Have mercy on this nation! Hear our prayer, O LORD! Amen.
What a hysterical liar!
Hey, that's the same sound Howard Dean makes and he's clearly brain dead.
This article's a load of begala!
Terri's sister, who was in the room with her today, corroborated this story on H&C tonight.
Correction: What an hysterical liar!
Medically not possible.
Why not?
There have been about 100 versions of the story today, some that she said yes. Now this version that she said "iiii waaaa"
Well, which one is it?
I want to believe this, but for crying out loud, run and get an affidavit signed! Get to a judge. Don't just talk about it on tv.
She didn't mention it on LKL. Neither did Gibbs.
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