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.
And we can't forget the "rights" of an adulterous spouse who needs to destroy all possible evidence of a crime while at the same time garnering plenty of publicity and book/movie deals. After all, "'Til death do us part," is really just a cliche, marriage is really more of an arrangement of convenience.
I am an anecdotal statistic, just me and my wife. We qualify age-wise, but sold our place in Homestead earlier, and changed our minds in a hurry last year following the Terri attack. We were checking out real estate north of Clearwater and a little inland, dropped it all. Won't be back.
"I kept my promise"
Mikey
A. American citizens moving to Florida from other states.
B. Immigrants (both legal and illegal) coming to Florida from other countries.
Because I have a feeling that the numbers from group A are the lowest they've been in decades (and probably a lot of them are wealthy people setting up residence for tax purposes, but aren't actually full-time residents).
As the percentage of Americans over the age of 60 increases, the percentage of Floridians over the age of 60 decreases.
Right after that doc walked by with a fistful of hypodermic needles. Do you realize what that doctor was doing? She was refusing to leave those patients to die the horrible death that Terri died.
This is verbatim from Wikipedia, about dehydration:
Ethical concerns over death by dehydration
Judge Lynch of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court argued that death by dehydration symptoms was "cruel and violent" in his opinion on the 1986 Brophy case:
* The mouth would dry out and become caked or coated with thick material.
* The lips would become parched and cracked.
* The tongue would swell, and might crack.
* The eyes would recede back into their orbits and the cheeks would become hollow.
* The lining of the nose might crack and cause the nose to bleed.
* The skin would hang loose on the body and become dry and scaly.
* The urine would become highly concentrated, leading to burning of the bladder.
* The lining of the stomach would dry out and the sufferer would experience dry heaves and vomiting.
* The body temperature would become very high.
* The brain cells would dry out, causing convulsions.
* The respiratory tract would dry out, and the thick secretions that would result could plug the lungs and cause death.
* At some point within five days to three weeks, the major organs, including the lungs, heart, and brain, would give
out and the patient would die.
I got a hot investment tip from Jim King. If more people than ever are retiring to Florida, invest in Florida cemeteries.
That goes for their readers, too. Some of them stop by our threads. Cleaning up after them is like following a cavalry brigade with a push broom.
Yes, I am right. I believe even Bay News 9 who lean to the left did a story on air about retirees not choosing Florida. It's not in the top ten even of where seniors are choosing to move.
Secondly, the statue dedicated to Terri will be at Naples University which is going to be a faith based institution of higher learning.
Additionally, some of Katrina victims were killed by lethal injection. The medical profession needs to decide what they stand for because right now, it's a little fuzzy.
Bribery now won't get them anywhere. MacBeth has a lot of passages about how to get blood off the hands. It just doesn't come off.
Here are some figures from Pinellas County.
Compare.
The people who were age 60 and up in 1999 were age 65 and up in 2004. There were 265,698 of them in 1999. In 2004 there were only 217,607. If nobody in that age group moved to Pinellas County during that time, it means 18% of those people died or moved away. And if some people in that age group did move there, it means even more than 18% died or moved away.
In 1999 they comprised 29.62% of the population. In 2004 that same group, which was then age 65 and up, only comprised 22.3% of the population. Where did they all go?
The percentage of the population over age 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, and 85 all dropped dramatically during that time. Where are all the baby boomers going? Not to Pinellas County.
1999
60+: 265,698 -29.62%
65+: 220,082 -24.53%
70+: 170,845 -19.04%
75+: 117,812 -13.13%
80+: 68,431 -7.63%
85+: 31,825 -3.55%
2004
60+ 269,598 27.60%
65+ 217,607 22.30%
70+: 167,682 17.18%
75+ 117,313 12.00%
80+: 69,786 7.15%
85+ 33,352 3.40%
1999 - http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/english/Stats/DOCS/1999cp.pdf
2004 - http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/english/Stats/DOCS/2004cp.pdf
They are still doing it...FV
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52448
The funny thing is, this one posted statistics that support what you've been saying, and tried to make it look the other way around.
Everyone should look at those statistics. Retirees are leaving Florida in droves. As the nationwide demographic shifts toward the elderly (because of aging baby boomers) all over Florida, and especially in Pinellas County, it's shifting away from them.
I hope the death cultists get what's coming to them someday and moral people take their place.
EVERY retiree that I know who is rethinking Florida is because of the high insurance rates. Never ever heard any of them mention euthanasia.
And, you know every retiree? Please advise. Poor health care is a factor too.
And do you?
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