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Kimberly did make it, but the family still faced a decision.
"They said she would be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life. They said she would never breathe on her own."
One night in the hospital, they got what they took to be a sign.
Justin was speaking to his daughter. He whispered, "If you want to go, you can go."
According to Julie, "She literally raised her hand up in the air ... and we said we can't let her go."
They knew the downside.
"We did not want our child to live with this the rest of her life, but when she gave us that hand, that 'don't let me go' type thing, we said we can't do that, we'll do what it takes.
"We don't feel that God is done with her."
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From Karen Ann Quinlan to Terri Schiavo, from statehouses to the U.S. Supreme Court, this country has had a continual public debate over the ethics of continuing life support in dire situations.
To the family, it's strictly personal.
"Terri Schiavo wasn't 2 when that happened to her," Julie said. "Doctors have told us the brain can still develop.
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Mr. Thompson didn't make any news in his stump speech or the Q&A here. But he did in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times, whose reporter asked him about the Terri Schiavo case. The man who was shepherding Chief Justice Roberts through the Senate during the controversy said he didn't know enough about the case to offer an opinion. "Local matters generally speaking should be left to the locals," he told the Times. "I think Congress has got an awful lot to keep up with. ... I don't know all the facts surrounding that case, I can't pass judgment on it. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best. ... That's going back in history. I don't remember the details of it." By "history," Mr. Thompson apparently means "two years ago."
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http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com and http://www.michaelschiavo.org
NEVER FORGET ALL THE TIMES THEY ATTEMPTED TO KILL TERRI AND THE DAY THEY MURDERED HER.