Terri's Story

Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation ^ | December 3,2006 | Schindler Foundation

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Theresa Marie Schindler was born to Robert and Mary Schindler on December 3, 1963. She was the first of three children the Schindlers would have.

Terri was a shy, but comical, child who had an affinity for music, animals and the arts. She kept a small circle of friends and was dear to schoolmates, neighboring families and her own extended family.

Following high school, Terri came into her own. She developed a knack for sketching and doodling. She enjoyed outings with her friends. She was an adoptive mother to the family’s dog, Bucky.

Terri attended Catholic School while growing up and remained close to her faith throughout her life.

In 1983, Terri met Michael Schiavo at Bucks County Community College and the two began dating. He was the first romantic interest Terri had.

The couple was engaged within a few months and married a year later at Terri’s church in Southampton, Pa. She was 21.

In 1986, Terri and Michael relocated to Pinellas County, Florida and her parents followed three months later.

In 1990, at the age of 26, Terri suffered a mysterious cardio-respiratory arrest for which no cause has ever been determined. She was diagnosed with hypoxic encephalopathy – neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Terri was placed on a ventilator, but was soon able to breathe on her own and maintain vital function. She remained in a severely compromised neurological state and was provided a PEG tube to ensure the safe delivery of nourishment and hydration.

On March 31, 2005, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of marked dehydration following more than 13 days without nutrition or hydration under the order of Circuit Court Judge, George W. Greer of the Pinellas-Pasco’s Sixth Judicial Court. Terri was 41.

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>> Nobody that is not silly could disagree with what you said.

The visitors have eyes to see. It is their hearts and souls that have grown icy.

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Thanks for the good news about Scott!

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The story stealer of the day is George Will whose gentle treatment of Barney Frank approaches my limit on how much I can bear to hear about this critter. George Will continues to leave me whelmed by his gentle compassion for a being I classify along with flying cockroaches and STD's.

Frank mildly says that Congress should "pay a little more attention" to the seven governors of the Federal Reserve System, all of whom are confirmed by Congress. The Fed, says Frank less mildly, should not be considered "above democracy": "We can debate whether Terri Schiavo's life should be recognized as over" and other fundamental questions of existence, "but God forbid anybody in elected office should talk about whether or not we need a 25-basis-point increase" in interest rates. "Somehow that's sacrosanct. No, it isn't. It's public policy."

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Frank may be the biggest liberal in Congress. His thinking is what today's liberalism looks like when organized by a first-class mind. He discerns cultural contradictions of conservatism: Some conservative policies — free trade, and tax and other policies that (he thinks) widen income inequalities — undermine support for other conservative policies. When capitalism's "creative destruction," intensified by globalization, churns the labor market and deepens the insecurities of millions, conservatives should not be surprised by the collapse of public support for free trade and an immigration policy adequate to the economy's needs.

My opinion George F. Will : Frank favors government role growing

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This links to a post on Terri by KMC1. Thanks, cyn for bringing it to our attention.

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Terri's "Another Day in Paradise": The production piece opens with Terri following her doctor's orders to "open her eyes" - which she does and you hear the overt praise that two doctors both praise her with. Dr. William Hammesfahr - the Nobel Prize nominated brain injury specialist who examined Terri longer than any other doctor, AND Dr. Ron Cranford who testified on behalf of Michael Schiavo - both acknowledge that she is following their instructions and thus proving she is NOT in PVS.

Hear TRIBUTE TO TERRI to roll out oon Radio Stations Monday...

Also, here is the link from Cyn.

Tribute to Terri

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Thanks, narses. I really wish we could be there at the Ellipse, hope many others can make it. Coleus has some valuable links here.

Freepers can Meet at the March for Life, 2007

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Thanks, Pacific, for this ping. Thread by FriendlyFreeper.

I’ve just returned from Gowana Middle School, in New York’s Shenendehowa School District. I interviewed students who attempted to speak out against abortion, as part of the national day of silent protest organized by Stand True - Christ Centered Pro-life.

Abortion Discussions in School?

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George Will has always been the one "conservative" whom the liberals are pleased to quote, and this is why. He presented Barney Frank's views all the way through without offering any refutation. In short, he did a public relations puff for the enemy.

La trahison des clercs.

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>> a being I classify along with flying cockroaches and STD's

Come now, you have to give him a little credit, Barney has made history. It isn't every congressman who has run a homosexual prostitution ring out of his apartment.

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I did give momma Barney a little credit. I withheld what I wanted to say! If I even said a little I would be banned from this forum for good reason. Years ago in a far corner of the world I encountered a creature who must have been an identical twin of this piece of fresh doggie doo.

Press accounts by their nature sanitize such behavior, but to see it up close oozing all the evil, is bone chilling. I have no fit words to describe it. Our tender public would be horrified at seeing such behavior, but easily can gloss over it as just another scandal, without a second look.

Hence this blob survives and thrives with little alarm.

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>> I did give momma Barney a little credit. I withheld what I wanted to say!

Thank you, this is a family forum :-)

I don't read George Will anyway. Life is too short for all that polysyllabic wind. There are plenty of good conservative columnists out there whom one can read without fear of encountering puffery for the likes of Barney Frank.

>> Years ago in a far corner of the world

Can you mention where? If not, would a hint be suitable? Forum rules will be observed :-)

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Manila

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This is the day, the day of the March, the anniversary of that dark day in what was once called justice.

UNDATED Activists on both sides of the issue today will mark the 34th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

The annual March for Life will be held in Washington, D-C. President Bush will call in his support to the anti-abortion rally.

Pro-choice activists will hold a vigil at the Supreme Court and present political leaders with a petition signed by thousands of women who said they had abortions.

Roe versus Wade was handed down this day in 1973

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Designer babies, a thread by KantianBurke. Thanks, metmom.

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The power to create "perfect" designer babies looms over the world of prenatal testing.

But what if doctors started doing the opposite?

Creating made-to-order babies with genetic defects would seem to be an ethical minefield, but to some parents with disabilities -- say, deafness or dwarfism -- it just means making babies like them.

Idea of 'designer' babies with defective genes stirs ethics questions

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Wagglebee thread on what is happening to our children...

Every single day sickening reports emerge of missing and murdered children-- as sexual assaults by teachers, coaches, strangers, and sometimes by the clergy and family members-- make headlines. But what is more sickening to stomach is the little pat on the wrist many predators are receiving by many judges who are allowing them back out on the streets to stalk and molest their next victim/victims--as if this practice should be accepted or tolerated.

It’s ironic that many of our leaders in Washington support allowing underage girls to secretly get abortions, and yet they are far removed from getting involved with protecting students from sexual predators who hide behind a veil-- pretending to have the education of their students as their top priority.

War on Children in America . . . More Dangerous Than Iraqi War

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>> Pro-choice activists will hold a vigil

Whom do you pray to, to give thanks for killing babies?

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Their father, the father of lies.

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I mentioned Manila, a place where I once worked where a clone of Barn held a key post as a mini-tyrant.

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I don't like that place one bit. Hang out in the lobby of The Pen and don't wander more than a few blocks, it's safe enough.

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>> a clone of Barn held a key post as a mini-tyrant.

Sadists of one stripe or another are attracted to gummint service. I'd be willing to bet that State has more than its share.

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I didn't really consider the area dangerous, however was expected by Security to vary my routes to work each day. Kidnappings are very annoying.

I guess I got used to it.

And, yes I had to slip out of the country when nobody was looking to avoid certain elements displeased with me, but that is another story.