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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.
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living in Ca. has warped your brain. correct me if I'm wrong, please! do you actually feel this is right, to starve her to death?
I noticed you have chosen to not respond to queries about your posts of...
" What a hysterical liar!" and "Medically not possible."
Why does a police officer have to be the believable authority? Isn't he employed by the State of Florida that thrives on honoring the wishes of those unable to speak for themselves? If they can just find someone to say they "heard" them say they did not want to live.
Free murder - go to Florida.
I don't know. Did you see H & C tonight? Suzanne Vitadamo, Terri's sister, said she was in the room and witnessed this too.
He mentioned it on Hannity and Colmes.
You know, I was thinking the same this afternoon. Older folks/Disabled folks in Florida who are sick should take notice.
I saw Terry on Hannity and Colmes.
He asked people to go to the website, where there are the names of people to contact, and to please get and avalanche of support for Terri.
http://www.helpterri.com
Any competent scientist could therefore tell whether Terri is reacting to something important that is said to her. It can be done. It should be done.
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I'll have to listen to that later on.
I don't know if this has been said before but lets just say a loved one of yours is in the same state as her and the rest of the world (as far as you're concerned) wants her dead. Wouldn't you have a closed circuit camera on her 24/7/365 recording her every move?
People have security cameras on materialistic objects they don't want taken away all the time.
Any random doctor? Because the large majority of doctors out there havent assessed her condition IN PERSON. We've seen about 3 seconds of video of her, thats about it. That's why Frist is calling for an MRI and thorough examination, which has been blocked. What say you to that?
I watched H&C. My question is, why isn't she telling the police? Any sign of an ability to reason would invalidate the courts ruling(s) that she cannot decide for herself.
This is a PR campaign to buy time for Terri. I say more power to them if they can do it. Not because I think Terri will recover, she clearly won't without most of her cerebral cortex. Letting her starve to death is just barbaric, even if she can't feel the pain.
All you are telling me is my choices are DEM or DEM-lite.
I don't like those choices, and will find some way to revolt.
For starters, those 150 or so requests for money they send me per year will be sh!tcanned
The Indian Territory had Isaac Parker, "The Hanging Judge;" Florida gets George Greer, "The Starving Judge." Say what you will about Judge Georgie, he and Felos seem like the kind of guys you want in your corner if you have a helpless relative you want to get rid of.
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