Florida Embraces a Culture of Death
Posted on 09/05/2006 4:45:45 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed via euthanasia when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma. Now Poutre, once termed "brain dead" by doctors, continues to improve and is speaking a few words, her grandmother says.
Sandra Sudyka, the girl's biological grandmother, is no longer allowed to visit her granddaughter and now says she is ready to speak to the media about Poutre's condition.
She told The Republican newspaper that she last saw Poutre on July 18 but indicated she was "doing well."
"She was bright-eyed and smiling. She is always responsive to us," Sudyka explained.
Department of Social Services had asked Sudyka not to talk with reporters about Haleigh, but since they will no longer allow her and Haleigh's biological mother, Allison Avrett, to visit the 12 year-old, she said she's going to talk to the media.
"I decided since they broke the deal, I am going to talk. People should know how well she is doing," Sudyka told the newspaper.
"They don't want people to know how she is doing after they wanted to pull the plug," Sudyka said.
DSS spokeswoman Denise Monteiro declined an interview with The Republican but said that the visiting privileges have been suspended, not terminated.
Haleigh first began speaking in June, her grandmother told the newspaper.
"I was saying to her 'I love you,' and she was trying to say 'love' and it came out as a vibration...'ove,'" Sudyka said.
Sudyka, who is working with an attorney to adopt the girl, said she has said hello, responds to comments and questions, speaks nonverbally and is able to write her name. Haleigh can't walk and is confined to a wheelchair.
Avrett, Poutre's biological mother, lost custody of her daughter after physically abusing her. Poutre was put into a foster home where her adoptive parents also abused her. Her adopted mother committed suicide after abusing Poutre so much she had to be hospitalized.
DSS took Poutre into custody and when she appeared to slip into a coma, the agency asked the state Supreme Court for permission to take her life. That's when Poutre began responding.
Poutre has been receiving physical, speech and occupational therapy since January 26 at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton.
Gov. Mitt Romney appointed a commission to look into how the state failed to properly handle the girl's case.
Florida GOP needs a big spanking. They let Terri die. Charlie Crist may be Florida's next governor. He let Terri die. As long as faux pubbies and typical democrats run things, justice won't be served. So many gopers were responsible for Terri's murder. I wonder if Terri's going to be in the new book about the administration betraying religious voters. Terri was betrayed, that's for sure.
There was a lady at Hostage Woodside who gave her account of how she escaped with her mother from HW because HW was killing her mother through medication and starvation. Her mother wasn't even terminally ill. They are accepting chronic patients now and I have a feeling they are also getting just palliative care or drugged to death. The killing expands. This is a partnership with the govt. The word partnership imo, might as well be "the coven". Partnership nowadays means something evil is afoot. Seriously. You and I both know it.
and, no matter who wins, Florida will have a governor kevorkian for the next four years. Florida is the forced exit capital of the U.S. Retirees aren't moving here like they used to. Why be executed if you can learn how to paint or join a bridge club in a safe state? Florida will continue to bump people off because they can. Stupid voters are voting for killers in suits and robes.
Just book marking this for use in your competency hearing.
kottkamp hooking up with cc is a betrayal. no person with values would be on the ticket with cc who is a monstrous glad hander and he's stupid too. Lots of jokes on late night television for four years and on the Daily Show with cc. More Florida jokes incoming.
And you weren't there. TERRI WAS MURDERED. I don't need a competency hearing. Florida needs to oust its culture of death but the money's too good.
Florida Embraces a Culture of Death
Just like the Katrina victims.
Hi. Why are you here, to harrass, to stalk? To attack FV? The far left does things like that, but the rest of the conservatives contribute to the Terri Daily thread. If you look at earlier posts, you will notice, your attacks stand alone.
Do you have anything positive to contribute?
Terri was murdered in front of many, many witnesses including FV and me who were there. If you want to learn what really happened, you may find it on this and earlier threads. We welcome discussion, but attacks against Terri supporters are the hallmark of the left, the dems, the communists, and others anathema to the precepts of true conservatives. You will see in our previous posts and links the solid pattern of who was for and who was against the killing of Terri. I hope you rethink your approach and trade in your perspective for wisdom.
"What will the libs do when Terri reaches sainthood? "
I beg your pardon. I've heard nothing about the RCC considering Terri Schiavo for sainthood. I'm afraid you're just a bit off the mark on this one.
Hey MM, looks like you joined the stalking and harrassing crew. Get pinged by a fellow traveler, didja? Try your stalking on another thread, not here. This is the Terri Dailies thread.
"Hey MM, looks like you joined the stalking and harrassing crew. Get pinged by a fellow traveler, didja? Try your stalking on another thread, not here. "
"This is the Terri Dailies thread.
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I'm confused. I thought this was a thread about Haleigh Poutre, not the Terri Dailies thread, whatever that is.
Another tip is to look at the keywords.
Ours is the
Reading remedies confusion frequently. Narrowness of vision sometimes occurs when one stalks a quarry and winds up here.
Has nothing to do with Katrina. Or are you that challenged also?
I am challenging YOU and your reason for stalking.
You can't deal with the issues, eh? What's TS got to do with Katrina? Please be specific.
The threads that interest you also interest a group who stalk and harrass and try to disrupt.
That as I have told you before is why I associate you with that group. I have read plenty of your posts, polite as they are, but always on these topics with an undercurrent of support for the attackers.
Your sarcasm wrapped in politeness still shows through. You are not here to contribute anything decent at all to the topics.
You are the issue. Nice try with the leftist technique of trying to steer the topic elsewhere. Aren't you embarrassed that your allies throughout America are the far left?
Your fellow traveler brought up the Katrina victims or did you not notice, lefty? You are the one who is steering the conversation away from the insane talk that often surrounds a Terri thread.
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