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.
There are so many people in Florida who are prosecutable and they'll live the rest of their lives knowing they helped kill an innocent woman.
Florida is the Starvation State and they don't take no for an answer if they're not sure.
"Am I missing something??"
Only what you refuse to see - DSS jumped the gun calling for a termination of life support and now the state has to decide whether to pull the plug on DSS.
Wow, you're a month late replying.
"Somebody has to make the decision to terminate medical care when the patient is beyond help and hope. "
If we accept this much we have abandoned our commitment to humanity.
There is a glass of water in front of that *^&%$#!er Greer. I guess being a modern, progressive-minded judge means you can order a disabled woman to die of thirst, but you yourself get to enjoy all the food and drink you want.
Greer is in the dictionary pictured for the definition of male chauvanist pig.
You think so? I can respect that, and I agree with it in the sense of fully honoring the right to life. But I defined my terms so as to make it clear that further "medical care" was useless and meaningless. The patient was "beyond help and hope" [from medicine]. If the care doesn't help, it doesn't help. There is reason to continue it and no moral reproach for discontinuing it.
Needless to say, one goes on hoping and praying for the patient.
Sorry, typo, should be "there is no reason" to continue it...
Somebody bumped it up today.
You do understand, short of law, you speak for yourself?
Of course I speak for myself. Who was the "we" you spoke for in saying "we" have abandoned our commitment to humanity?
Very popular man. Being the unbiased judge that he is, he either hides out at the Fort Harrison Hotel or at death seminars in or out of this country. Heck, I haven't even seen him at any of the popular Michael Schiavo rallies lately.
AP, as usual, uses biased rhetoric in its "story." For instance,
>> Robinson, a Republican from Duxbury, issued a statement noting that Lynch, D-Boston, was in the majority when the House voted in March 2005 to support federal intervention as Schiavo sought to let his brain-injured wife, Terri, die naturally after her feeding tube was removed.
(For those with short memories, Terri wasn't dying. They killed her by taking away her water and food.)
Robinson announces Schiavo support in campaign against Lynch
Btw, Michael seems to have disappeared from the political map. Maybe his endorsements aren't playing so well after all? At least one result is in. Peggy Lamm, the congressional candidate in Colorado whom he endorsed (and a death cult-er in her own right) got creamed in the primary, with only 37% of the vote.
Never forget that Peggy Lamm is the sister in law of the architect of
the American abortion holocaust, Dick Lamm!
Nope, I didn't forget that Dick Lamm is a baby killer nonpareil. But then, let's give Peggy Lamm full credit. She's a Hemlocker in her own right. She is poisonous with or without her former BIL in the picture.
MS could lose his job if he's politically active because he works for govt (well, when he's not in Vegas that is). The Hatch Act. I believe he's still freepin' though.
Not sure, but I think the Hatch Act applies only to federal employees. As far as local rules go, what the heck are they paying Mikey for if he's running around the country instead of working? He CANNOT have so much vacation/leave time coming. This does not smell right.
Right you are!!
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