Originally posted by bilb
Well I understand what you mean, but as someone stated earlier, if she is indeed in a comatose / vegetative state then she would also suffer from a lack of sensory perception and would feel nothing in the process. Theoretically at least.
Okay. I'll finally post on this subject. I wish I cared for her, in the least. But, I don't. Tests have been run, procedures have been peformed. The assumption that the end has come is beyond dispute. Despite the fact that I have issues with handicapped and retarded people...simply based on physical appearance....has little to do with it. She should be off'ed. Do I need to get into it?
well i dont really think she should die, i have heard before that terri was doing ok and the nurses asked her questions and she could at least talk somewhat but after years of no help this is what has happened to terri, also her husband does not want her to get help that is strange, i saw him on tv just a few days ago talking with larry king and it seemed like he had no Heart when he was talking about terri like he didnt even care, he has a new wife and 2 kids, also i have heard that some of the nurses have heard him talking in the hospital about terri and asking someone if that )badword( has died yet?? it seems like they had a very ruff marriage and he dont care for her anymore or he never cared for her, her family has said that she never said that she would want to die it is just something her husband has said. if he doesnt really like her just let her mom and dad take care of her, she needs help which her husband has never really gave her
From what I've read/seen/heard in the news, blogs, and Abstract Appeal, I feel that the Schindlers have deliberately gone to the media and turned Terri's situation into a political circus, pulled a character assassination on Michael Schiavo, and more or less used Terri (or what's left of her) as a stepping stool into the limelight and their 15 minutes of fame. If Michael Schiavo was out for money, would he have turned down the offer of $1 million to walk away from the case? And if he had indeed been offered $10M to do the same, and had indeed refused just like the $1M offer, would you need further proof that he is not "in it for the money?" Perhaps his repeated efforts to separate himself from the financial aspects of the situation by placing the malpractice award in a trust fund, accessible only to a neutral third party, and repeated offers to fully divest himself (disavow his right to financial gain) from the award, would be ample proof.
Furthermore, the case has been brought to a number of courts, nearly every one who has fully heard the case has ruled in favor of Michael in terms of what they believe Terri's wishes to be.
Truth is, Terri's brain has literally been rotting in her skull for the past decade-and-a-half. Michael Schiavo has sought radical treatments in the past in hopes of bringing Terri out of her PVS (persistent/permanent vegatative state) in one way or another. Numerous sources have also said that Michael is the most regular visitor to Terri's side at the hospice at which she is receiving treatment, and the fact that she has not fallen ill from infection or received a single bedsore in her entire stay at the hospice is a testament to Michael's continued efforts to ensure Terri received and continues to receive the best of care.
Brain scans have shown Terri's brain to be a mass of mostly dead matter, with much of her cerebral cortex a fluid-filled void in her skull. Pretty much the only part of her brain still functioning is the primitive section, which controls very basic, autonomous or near-autonomous functions and reflexes. Succinctly put, Terri, as in reference to her pre-cardiac-arrest self, is dead and gone. She is a corpse which has not yet cooled. To continue to keep her alive is sickly inhumane, like breaking an animal's back and just watching it squirm. This is not a "right-to-life" or "right-to-die" issue as much as it is the issue of a family that cannot let Terri rest in peace, even after nearly 15 years of the same state of non-being she has been in and confirmed to have been in the whole time by doctors, both court-appointed and private. To keep her alive by vital signs only is to prolong the inevitable. The woman has pretty much no brain left. What little bits are left are riddled with fluid-filled holes. It has been put forth by many doctors that she most likely cannot feel pain, let alone generate the complex brain activity that would comprise even the most rudimentary speech, personality, or intelligent response to external stimuli. She has been dead for 15 years, it is just that the Schindlers have not allowed her to rest.
Didn't read it all, but I figured it's pretty easy to sum up. LIke BN said, she's been "dead" for 15 years, she isn't getting any better, it's selfish for her family to keep her "alive", however , putting deciding to just finally put her under would be a little more humane.
Starving to death is wrong, granted. It's kind of ironic that this very instance is what brough on her condition in the first place.
I haven't payed much attention to this. But from what I understand, she's been in this state for 15 years, and her parents are hoping for some sort of medical miracle. I think they just need to move on and say goodbye. The husband has nothing to gain from any of this, so I don't so why he'd lie about her telling him she doesn't want to live like that. In fact from what I hear the parents offered to pay him to back off. Personally I think it's disgusting how much attention this whole thing is getting.
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
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?
Riiiight....why doesn't she speaks to her husband that wants to see her die? Anything she might say to him could be turned around or twisted so that husband may make her sound like she wants to die. Best thing for her to do is to speak to the people she trusts. Not to her ex-husband that wants her death.
As for the kid getting arrested...WTH? It takes two big cops to arrest a kid? What are those pigs up to with the police brutally? Bah!
Originally posted by WindDancer
Riiiight....why doesn't she speaks to her husband that wants to see her die? Anything she might say to him could be turned around or twisted so that husband may make her sound like she wants to die. Best thing for her to do is to speak to the people she trusts. Not to her ex-husband that wants her death.
Riiiiight...because her husband is their all the time. It's not like there weren't doctors to talk to or specialist who were appointed by the court examine Terri.
As for the kid getting arrested...WTH? It takes two big cops to arrest a kid? What are those pigs up to with the police brutally? Bah!
Yes it does. Should anyone feel sorry for that kid who tried some sh!t like that?