I just sent this fax to Gov. Bush. Now, be nice...no criticism of Bush allowed. This is not for battle. We must all refrain from being negative and hope he can still do something. I hope this helps:
March 28, 2005
The Honorable Jeb Bush, Governor Florida
Urgent: To Save Terri Schiavo
Dear Governor Bush:
Please consider this comment:
Could Terri be saved by a contest that she was psychologically imbalanced when she allegedly said she did not want to live on life support? Could this be challenged now to try to save her life?
Consider this:
Last night Geraldo Rivera on FOX News had a segment where he interviewed a woman who is a specialist who deals with bulimia. The reason was is that this is the condition that is being purported to be the cause of Terri’s heart stoppage. I offer these thoughts:
1. The original diagnosis for Terri's death was nutritional deficiency/bulimia.
2. Later Michael Schiavo won a lawsuit because the doctors mis-diagnosed her and did not recognize the bulimia problem.
3. Schiavo supporters and the media are continuing to offer this as the cause of her "collapse."
Ok...the question – and a possible way to get her a new court hearing, and stop this starvation/dehydration:
1. Bulimia is, basically, a psychological disorder. Bulimics have a very poor self-image; they feel they need to be perfect; many are never cured because the psychosis is so deep. They often die from this psychosis and the eating disorder it causes.
2. In that state of psychologically connected obsession, how could anyone's comment, about such a serious issue as life support could be considered rational?
3. Most medical professionals agree that those afflicted with this disorder are not mentally healthy, often are depressed, irrational.
4. How can any legal system support the desires of a woman who was, evidently, psychologically unbalanced at the time of the "supposed" comment?
If they are going to insist this as the cause, couldn’t it be insisted that the Court be forced to revisit this case, because the decision by Judge Greer did not consider her mental state?
God bless Terri. God bless you for your efforts.
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Seriously, I think this is a good point. If she was in the throws of bulimia enough to get a heart attack then I would say her psychological status should be called into question.
This is so sad, that a statement that a naive 20 something year old may have said has come back to haunt her.