I for one pray that this woman has been in a vegatative state all these years. Imagine where you were fifteen years ago. Now, imagine that between now and then, you have been in a hospital bed the whole time. You are aware, but you cannot talk, write or communicate to anyone in any way, shape or form. You cannot even be fed much less feed yourself your favorites foods. You are being fed through a tube in your stomach. You cannot clean yourself when you defecate. You have a tube inserted into you to rid yourself of waste fluids. You cannot wash yourself.
You cannot hug your parents or kiss your husband. You will never be able to participate in the act of procreation. Much less hold any kids that you wanted to have. If you hurt or even itch, you cannot communicate this to others or do anything about it yourself.
FIFTEEN YEARS of living like this. Not being able to walk, talk or participate in any aspect of life that you knew before. The hell of being aware of this for that amount of time trapped in a body that is merely a container for your mind is not something that I would wish on anyone.
If she is aware, I believe that the ones who would force her to exist like this are the torturers. They want to keep her alive for their own selfish reasons.
Pollywog: "is this what the IRaqi people are going to liberate themselves to?? allowing a "new judicial system" to just legislate what Sadaam Hussien was dictating? Seems to me that would just be a transfer of power of death to the judical."
Wow. That's so true. I had not thought of it that way before, but you're right.
I agree with you also Utahagen.
This thread is about Terri....who is it you are posting about?
Terri's first few CT SCANS showed there was a SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE in her brain six days AFTER she was admitted after her collapse...as if a BLUNT TRAUMA had occurred WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. (See TheEmpireJournal.com...article on new allegations of abuse)
Terri has NOT BEEN BEDRIDDEN for FIFTEEN YEARS!
Michael took her to malls, parks EVERYWHERE while he and Terri lived with her parents AFTER HER COLLAPSE.
It was after he got the money, began moving her from nursing home to nursing home and finally to a HOSPICE for the terminally ill (over four years ago....illegally...but Felos was on the board, she has NEVER BEEN TERMINALLY ILL, a regulation of hospice.
Michael used her right to privacy to keep her hidden, deny her EVERYTHING, from flowers in her room to outings to THERAPY.
He is a monster. He is a sociopath. He is as evil.
And if it is true that he took friends to gawk at Terri last night.........he is truly dirt.
Whatever HAPPENED to his rule about Terri's right to privacy? He did not allow, in all those years...ANY OF HER FRIENDS TO VISIT HER.
Perceived cowardice to live with a disability is not neccesarily shared by others.
Just in case you hadn't heard, hubby has been kissing someone else for 10 years and has 2 kids. He was dating soon after her "collapse".
Re: "FIFTEEN YEARS of living like this."
Respectfully asking you:
Is 15 years to be the determining factor?
What of the children BORN will the same level of mental and physical functioning as Terri? How about those with Spina Bifida or Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy? I'm SURE you wouldn't want to live like them EITHER.
Do we starve them ALL to death when they are 15, because YOU can't stand to look at them?
Oh, hey...how about those elderly? Sheesh, they fall, break their hips and who the heck would want to walk with a walker? While we're at it, let's put a limit on the age to which we can live. Do you think that 80 years is old enough?
Gosh darn it, how about our hero veterans who return from war sans limbs? I'm SURE you wouldn't want to live like THEM either.
Diabetics? Pfffft. Pain in the butt to have to inject that insulin. KILL 'em.
The blind? The deaf? Kill 'em. Maybe give them 15 years first, but kill 'em.
You'd better thank you're lucky stars that you're a 'perfect human being'.
By the way...if you're ever sick and change your mind...I'll take care of you.
If you ever can't bathe yourself, I'll bathe you.
If you ever can't feed yourself, I'll feed you.
If you ever can't hug anyone, I'll hug you.
Today though, I'll pray for you.