Terry Schiavo Dies At Age 41

Please take the time to read this news story and visit the link below BEFORE you post. I'm curious to know what other people think of this situation.

Court Won't Intervene to Save Schiavo
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TAMPA, Fla. - A state appeals court Wednesday refused to block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube later this week in the long-running right-to-die battle between the woman's husband and her parents.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland turned down a request from Bob and Mary Schindler for a delay while they pursue further appeals, and for a new trial on their daughter's fate.
The tube is scheduled to be removed on Friday at 1 p.m.
Schiavo, 41, suffered severe brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped beating, and court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state.
Her husband, Michael Schiavo, has said she told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Her parents dispute that, and say she could get better.
Late last month, Circuit Judge George Greer granted Michael Schiavo permission to remove his wife's feeding tube.
Meanwhile, state House and Senate committees have endorsed bills aimed at preventing removal of the tube.

and then the other side of the coin

http://www.terrisfight.org/

You know what really bugs me about all this? Not whether a person has teh right to die, etc.... but rather that everyone in a postition to mediate the situation is afraid to because tehy are scared they will get sued.. Friggin litigious society...

Kind of a hard one since there seems to be no evidence of what she told her husband (alteast that's what I know). Personally I'm all for people being able to have their live terminated in a state like that.

However the way they are doing it is just wrong

Her own husband said she would want to die? pfft, jackass! 😐

I told my family that if anything should happen to me and I have to live in a vegetative state, they can end my life after a certain amount of years.

The thing is, if you look at the videos on her site, she doesnt seem to be completely mia brain-wise to me.

WOW no one else has an opinion about this? 😖 😖

The husband said she didn't want to live as a vegetable and she is legally under his care, since they are husband and wife. But, if the parents want to take the expense on their selves, use their own money to sustain her, then I think they should be allowed to.

Just my opinion

Im for all forms of euthanasia 😬

I dont care about any of this 'its gods decision' crap, if God wanted you to keep living he would turn you into a zombified creature with the intelligence of a vegetable.

So if there is no chance of recovery, empty the bed.

Let her die.

If its her wish, its her right!

Originally posted by Fire
Kind of a hard one since there seems to be no evidence of what she told her husband (alteast that's what I know). Personally I'm all for people being able to have their live terminated in a state like that.

However the way they are doing it is just wrong

Like I said, everyone is scared of being sued....

Terri Schiavo has to be dependant on others to live, but frankly i wouldnt want to be a dead weight to any of my realtives, especially if i am in a vegetal state. After almost 15 years of battling to try and regain her former self, i think its time to let go.

Keeping her alive by friends and relatives is the proper gesture one initially expects, but one has to look at the odds of a human brain (that was oxygen starved) to get back to what it used to be or as close as it can get to a general functional brain.......which so far have yet to make history.

Touchy touchy subject.
Its really hard to decide because my usual stance on issues does not really apply, I usually say I am OK with it if it doesn't affect anyone else. But this does and it doesn't.
Im thouraly confused

Personally I would not want to live in that state, but I do not feel comfortable with starving this poor woman to death. That has got to be a horrible way to go.

What a sad situation the whole thing is. 🙁 Not to mention her husband has long ago moved in with another woman and has had 2 children with her. Why doesn't he just divorce her, give custody over to her parents, and go on with his life?

Originally posted by frau
Personally I would not want to live in that state, but I do not feel comfortable with starving this poor woman to death. That has got to be a horrible way to go.

i gotta agree with that ; there must be a more humane way.

off topic but:

Recently a friend of mine was expecting a baby with his girlfriend. During the pregnancy she never suffered the slightest of side effects some women get during pregnancy. She stopped drinking and she stopped smoking.
When her waters broke, at hospital she was delivering the baby. Then those 2 minutes of nothing as the baby would not come out. She (the babay) had to be delivered through ceaserean. Sadly Page (baby's name) was born in a coma and is currently being kept alive artificially.

both my friend and his girlfriend know that there is nothing that can be done. The baby was born in a comatose state....so it hasnt even started to live and its already dead. The parents have accepted it but still go visit it daily. Does anyone agree to pull the plug off ?

Originally posted by frau
Not to mention her husband has long ago moved in with another woman and has had 2 children with her. Why doesn't he just divorce her, give custody over to her parents, and go on with his life?

I wondered that myself. 😖

[renamed thread - please use a relavent title so we don't get dupes - thanks]

Yeah realised that after it was too late to edit. Thanks boss for fixing it. 🙂

Originally posted by GCG
i gotta agree with that ; there must be a more humane way.

off topic but:

Recently a friend of mine was expecting a baby with his girlfriend. During the pregnancy she never suffered the slightest of side effects some women get during pregnancy. She stopped drinking and she stopped smoking.
When her waters broke, at hospital she was delivering the baby. Then those 2 minutes of nothing as the baby would not come out. She (the babay) had to be delivered through ceaserean. Sadly Page (baby's name) was born in a coma and is currently being kept alive artificially.

both my friend and his girlfriend know that there is nothing that can be done. The baby was born in a comatose state....so it hasnt even started to live and its already dead. The parents have accepted it but still go visit it daily. Does anyone agree to pull the plug off ?

Wow that is awful.. I dont think you can really know what you would do until you are actually in that situation but if it were me, I probably would pull the plug. I have lost a child & know how gut wrenching it is, but at leasr my baby died in his sleep with no suffering. Seems like seeing your infant child being hooked up to all that would be too much to bear. But then again, I cannot imagine having to sign that paper to remove life support. What an awful choice to have to make.. Your friends have my sympathy and my prayers..