Terry Schiavo Dies At Age 41

Originally posted by Echuu
i think it is totally unfair and the husband is a creep.

first he filed a lawsuit to get a bunch of money to support her and now he is trying to kill her and get a bunch of insurance money.

Terri is obviously not in a vegitative state; she can laugh and almost make out words and you can see reactions in her face- she is not on any sort of resporator, she just needs a feeding tube because she cant feed herself.

I heard on the radio today about a story involving terri in the news.
there was an attorney talking with terri at one time- she was quoted in an article- she asked terri if she could just say the words " I want to live"
Terri tried desperately but she could only say I waaaa.
After that she looked very frusterated to the attorney.

I'll see if I can find the story for posting.

shes on a breathing resperator to isnt she?

Also how do you know she didnt say "i want to die?"

no she isn't on a resperator

i know that she didnt say i want to die because the attorney specifically said to her that this could all be avoided if she just said i want to live.
The attorney asked her to say I want to live.

I know what you mean though, it's a little hazy; im looking for the article right now.

If she really is in a vegitative state and there's no possibility of her recovering, the only fair thing to do is let her die. Though if her husband is making it up to get insurance money, that's disgusting.

I think the reason that he won't let her be taken care of by the parents is because he will lose power of attorney and the right to demand her death and therefore any insurance money

Article by the Associated Press

Pinellas Park, FL - Armed with a new law rushed through Congress over the weekend, the parents of Terri Schiavo pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube reinserted.

U.S. District Judge James Whittemore said after the two-hour hearing that he would not make an immediate ruling, and he gave no indication on when he might act on the request.

Monday marked Schiavo’s third day without the feeding tube.

George Felos, an attorney for Schiavo's husband, Michael, said he was "pleased" with the hearing.

"It was obvious from the questions of the judge" that no federal right exists for Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to make their plea in the federal court, Felos said.

David Gibbs II, attorney for the Schindlers, said the judge was "very sensitive" to the urgency of a ruling since Schiavo has gone without food for three days.

During the hours leading up to the hearing, a few demonstrators appeared outside the federal courthouse, saying they were praying for Whittemore. Only a few people stayed outside the hospice where Terri Schiavo has been a resident, while others said they planned to return during the afternoon.

Because any insurance money he seeks to gain will almost cover the 15 years of medical bills she has accrued. 🙄

think I saw something like this in that movie The Seventh Sign ... only that was about killing that retarded murderer, the last Zion or the last starfighter or something...

if she dies, that will signal the end of the world as we know it...

and I feel fine...

like i said- he also got a ton of money from the first lawsuit

Here's part of the article I was looking for, from The Empire Journal;

"TERRI SCHIAVO SAYS SHE WANTS TO LIVE!
By The Empire Journal

For more than 10 years, Michael Schiavo has said that his neurologically impaired wife, Terri Schinder-Schiavo would not want to be kept alive by artificial life support.

On Friday afternoon, less than a hour after probate court judge George W. Greer ignored federal subpoenas and ordered that Michael Schiavo remove the feeding tube from Terri which will cause her death by starvation, Terri Schiavo before multiple witnesses indicated that she wanted to live.

According to attorney Barbara Weller, one of the attorneys representing Terri’s parents, Mary and Bob Schindler Sr., when her parents and attorneys visited Terri at the Woodside Hospice where she resides to tell her they were going to remove her feeding tube, Terri began to cry and tried to say “I want to live”

Attorney Weller said she had a difficult time calming Terri down. "

Why is it that Terri only seems to speak in the presence of her parents and their attorney, when she has not spoken in the presence of anyone else in 15 years?

Actually in another article it says that the family was saying she is often talkative but it is similar to a ten-month-old

That does not answer my question; Why is it that Terri only seems to speak in the presence of her parents and their attorney, when she has not spoken in the presence of anyone else in 15 years?

one reason may be because the husband hasn't let hardly anyone around her and when he does it is for a short time

That's right, she has been under constant medical care for 15 years but has had no opportunity to speak to anyone. 🙄

Thats just silly. Even if she does have the vocal capability of a ten month old (which I doubt) its not like a 10 mo old can say much of anything and certainly not entire sentences..

Well, Dubya & congress' reprehensible attempts at circumventing the legal system have have failed for now. Federal judge in Tampa has ruled that the tube NOT be placed back in Terry Schiavo..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7254897/?GT1=6305

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 ?

Kill it

I used to feel that removing her feeding tube and starving her to death is inhumane. Then I learned that individuals in a persistent vegetative state appear to be concious but have no more brain functioning then an individual in a comatose state. This means that such an individual has absolutely no conciousness; he cannot think, feel, or even dream. Therefore, if her feeding tube is removed, she will not be aware that she is starving, nor will she feel any pain.

Husband should have the say in this matter.....as the law states.

Being in a vegitative state for 14 years is long enough. Not that I should put a limit on how long a person gets to live....but christ....14 years...❌

Agreed

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
I used to feel that removing her feeding tube and starving her to death is inhumane. Then I learned that individuals in a persistent vegetative state appear to be concious but have no more brain functioning then an individual in a comatose state. This means that such an individual has absolutely no conciousness; he cannot think, feel, or even dream. Therefore, if her feeding tube is removed, she will not be aware that she is starving, nor will she feel any pain.

*Shrugs.*

It's not like disconnecting life support, where the person will be dead in minutes (with luck). I can't explain it, but that's just how I am.