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Sounds like a noble effort, but I wonder if the author understood beyond the media blitz what Terri really wished and what was in the hearts of those who wanted her dead in the worst way...

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In a recently-released book by Mt. Lake native, Paula Harder Kenemore, that independence, and that individuality, is found in the title, My Life, My Care, My Way.

The fill-in-the-blank workbook, published in 2007 by Lake Effect Media, deals with a topic not always in the forefront of our minds — an advance personal care plan.

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Realization of the need
Harder Kenemore dedicates the book to the memory of Terri Schiavo.

Schiavo was a Florida woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a feeding tube after collapsing in her home on February 25, 1990, and experiencing respiratory and cardiac arrest.

After 15 years of institutionalization and a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state, her husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, petitioned the Pinellas County Circuit Court to remove her feeding tube.

Robert and Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s parents, opposed this, arguing she was conscious.

The court determined that Schiavo would not wish to continue life-prolonging measures.

The battle stretched on for seven years and included involvement by politicians and advocacy groups.
The local court decided on March 18, 2005, that her feeding tube could be removed.

Schiavo died at a Pinellas Park, Fla. hospice on March 31, 2005, at the age of 41.

The circumstances surrounding Schiavo’s life and death inspired Harder Kenemore to create a more complete tool for individuals to communicate healthcare wishes.

Handling the journey into your future

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Tragos?

George E. Tragos, a longtime criminal defense lawyer in Pinellas County, has formed the firm of Tragos & Sartes with Peter A. Sartes, and opened the practice in the SunTrust Bank building, 601 Cleveland St., Clearwater. The firm will practice criminal defense and personal injury law. Tragos had been a sole practitioner since 1985. He is board certified in criminal trial law and has worked on such high-profile cases as Terri Schiavo and Gen. Manuel Noriega's co-conspirator, Enrique Pretelt. He was formerly chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office and chief of the Felony Division in the State Attorney's Office. He has represented the United States in European courts and lectures extensively on national and international criminal law for the Florida Bar and the American Bar Associations.

Sartes has had several articles published on criminal law for the Appellate Section of the Florida Bar and the Clearwater Bar Association. He is a board member of the Young Lawyers of the Florida Bar and a past president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Clearwater Bar Association. He serves on the Florida Bar's rules of judicial administration committee........

Prominent lawyer starts new firm

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HULK HOGAN SON MVA UPDATE: Marine John Graziano now resides at the VA facility in Tampa with a broken skull and comatose. His mom thinks he is slowly improving. Nick Bollea, the Hulkster's son turned himself in the other day. My friends talk of this mva more than I have but I have advised them that Nick Bollea's cares and troubles may all go away if they make a deal under the table with the scalliwag BERNIE MCCABE who refused to impanel a grand jury to investigate Terri Schiavo. BERNIE'S IN GREER'S POSSE.

http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com (McCabe and Greer are who's ruining the GOP).

Thank you! In answer to your question, I did not know what Terri’s wishes were. That’s why I wrote the book, to encourage more people to put their wishes in writing so that loved ones will know. After twenty years of working in long-term care I know how very important it is for families to have conversations about the healthcare they would want under tragic circumstances. However, conversations are easily forgotten, and wishes change over time, and as we saw with Terri’s case, conversation is not enough to keep private matters out of the legal system. I would encourage anyone to take a look at my book, “My Life, My Care, My Way” and judge for yourself if it’s the right tool for you. It’s a tool designed to address living-until-end-of-life issues, not simply end-of-life issues. As for what anyone else wished for Terri, I choose to not stand in judgement of what I can not possibly know.