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.
Yes, Max Linnm The Reform Party. Visit tag line to get to his web site. He's the pilot who saved his rental plane on the highway outside of Orlando last week. Linn is anti-immigration and anti-taxes. He's a businessman and he's the guy whose known cc for years and said crist told him that cc was gay.
I will be doing a new graphic about Greer receiving awards for killing Terri. Maybe next week. I just need to add his head to this body holding a trophy.
GREAT post, 8mm! ;>
ROFLMAO!!!!! :>
I do not discuss my conversations at FR to become fodder for others' amusement. I'm not saying you would be doing so but that is why I don't discuss some of my sources. There are some who run with things here that is tantamount to running with scissors. Isn't that right, 8mmmauser?
http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com
(when you know who Greer's friends are, you know why she was murdered).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377749/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1006586/posts
Republicans like George Greer killed Terri Schiavo. And Clinton appointees like James Whittemore.
That reminds me of a poem. Let's see how much of it I can remember.
One bright day in the middle of the night,
two dead soldiers began to fight.
Back to back they faced each other,
drew their swords and shot each other.
A deaf policeman heard that shot,
and came and killed those two dead boys.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374204/posts
Hirsh has the beitzim to call others liars when he is peddling the most absurd falsehoods. CHECKABLE falsehoods. I wonder why his publisher didn't jump on him for the errors. Book editors are supposed to do fact-checking.
Still, not bad, for having not heard it since I was about 10. Now if I could just remember what I had for breakfast.
She's saying that to reveal her source would also reveal information about her private life.
Can I have your Social Security Number?
Poached eggs on toast and a large grapefruit juice. Don't you remember? I called room service :-)
You know, they say, "Wear clean underwear, you never know when you'll get sent to the hospital." I sure didn't know I was going to one. After my experiences, I would like to amend that rule a bit: wear six pairs of clean underwear, a bathrobe and slippers, and carry shampoos, toothpaste and a tooth brush, at least three exciting paperback novels, gum, note paper, minor office supplies and... well, the list goes on. And -- this is very important -- get sent to a hospital that has laptops on loan. I had five horrible days of computer withdrawal.
If you don't happen to think of these things in advance, have a spouse like my wonderful wife who visited me faithfully, brought me everything I needed, and even went out for huge steamy cups of Starbucks coffee. (Maybe it takes a second cup of hospital coffee before you fully appreciate Starbucks, but I'll bet the first cup does the job.) (Thanks, honey! Thanks for everything.)
Hooray for my friends and for Free Republic!
Thanks, Mauser -- ready for duty, suh! If it matters, with 20-20 hindsight, I don't believe our joint adventure had anything to do with my trip to Lenox Hill. But I would have been glad to do it anyway.
Please see #1278 for a reply to all concerned.
I believe my medical condition was misdiagnosed, meaning I did myself no medical harm journeying to D.C. Wouldn't have missed it in any case! It was a real lift. And at the end of the ceremonies and we listened to that stirring, hymn-like musical salute to U.S. servicemen, I happened to look up the hill toward the Washington Monument. People stood at attention all over the hill, rapt, joining our salute, paying tribute on their own. Free Republic had touched every heart nearby.
Please see #1278 for a reply to all concerned.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.