AS I followed and read the heartwrenching struggle regarding Terri , I found myself in utter disbelief.How could doctors, nurses, lawmakers and legislatures stand and watch this innocent woman be " legally Murdered"? That is , after all, exactly what hapenned! Anyone including myself ( No legal and minimal medical background) could clearly see what was really going on.
Why was Micheal Schiavo allowed to remain her gaurdian , after he pleaded and swore during the malpractice suit and then SECURED IT, that the money was for her needed treatment and rehabilitation; but then refused her treatment, tests, medicine for infections, and even the human caring of the simple task of cleaning her teeth!
How could ANYONE with even a minute portion of a functioning brain not see that he wanted her death in any manner he could get it?
How could a Judge, SWORN to uphold the law sit on the bench and deny this woman basic human civil rights, deny her the barest opportunity of a chance? How could this Judge say that Micheal and his family presented a clear and convincing case that Terri would have wanted to die.
It was stated that Terri was unaware of her environment and did not feel pain... if that is the case why was she given Morphine ( a pain medication)?
If she was unaware of her surroundings, Why was it reported that he placed a note on the TV in her room that the Tv was not to be turned on to the news on a particular day, that her story was to be aired. If she was truly unaware what would it have mattered if the TV blared the News? Evidence shows the money he claimed was for her rehabilitation and treatment was used for attorneys to win the right to kill her! Over half the money! And the Judge ordered the attorneys be paid with Her rehabilitation money...!!!
If this is an example of what our judicial system has become, and no judge would overrule or stop this horrible torture, if this is an example of what our hospitals , nursing homes and legislature has become, and even worse.. if this is how WE the citizens of this country have become.. that we sit back , without all the true facts, without demanding hard core evidence... ( A signed Living will or statement of the patient herself)...
Or without the evidence of NEW RECENT tests..(FACTS).
Then we are truly headed for another Holocaust..
A holocaust where the innocent disabled....elderly or? are LEGALLY MURDERED or as the " More gentler version that has repeatedly been shoved down our throats" They are allowed to die Peacefully" .. The dignity of " not interrupting the death process" isn't that what Filo's said?
Bottom Line? There was no evidence to substantiate pulling her feeding tube...There was evidence, Growing evidence that Terri had been DENIED the mere chance of rehabilitation by her " gaurdian" .
The only way to assure that Terri did not die in vain is for the people to SCREAM loudly until those in power hear and pass any and all bills to prevent this cruelty from EVER happening to anyone again!
But, somehow, I do not believe anything will be done.. Terri's sad and cruel tortured death will be swept under the " rug". not mentioned except in fleeting and then with the most compassion regarding her death.. with the persistent statement " permanent vegetative state" a constant deliberate subliminal... to make her torture and death more palatable to the masses.
THe judge who broke the law, violated the constitution and was personally set on assuring her death.. will remain a judge.. no penalty.. no impeachment...
the situation will just be shushed.. so that over time Terri becomes a sad memory... that no one quite got all the facts about.
So the next Terri we hear a passing news report on.. will not require the slightest interest from the mass. it will become everday.. as they switch the channel. That is the agenda, it seems, which is the only conceivable reason that anyone, judge, doctor, nurse or politician would stand back and allow this atrocity.
NO one still has gotten the message.. Murder and Torture was just committed , with Millions watching.. and no one intervened. WE the public witnessed a Televised Legal Public EXecution, complete with gaurds to assure the penalty was carried out. A silent Court order: a Panel of " experts" have found the patient to be unable to feel, communicate and/or interact appropriately" and as the patient is unable to present any defense to the contrary, therefore For being unable to interact with society and/or communicate as we deem Fit and appropriate to indicate " humanity exists" the patient will be confined to the room under gaurd.. without food, water until such patient is dead!" Terrible to voice it that way.. but the evidence that is steadily being exposed substantiates this far more than her Gaurdian's statement that he " suddenly " remembered she Supposedly would not have wanted to live AFTER Securing the money!
What a sad and pitiful society we have become.. No better than those other societies that killed their " undesireables".
Nurses and doctors were " afraid 'to treat and care for their patient, afraid for their jobs! So now it appears that people with money ( even if that money was really for his spouse) can now order doctors and nurses to refuse to care for their patient, in fear of their jobs. Hmmm, whatever happened to the Famous , Symbolic "Hypocratic Oath" and the doctor who " would cause no harm".?
Hmm, removing food and hdydration causes no harm? Hmm, that's news! THe new ERA " Hypocratic Oath" must have been revised and must now read" Cause no harm, UNLESS there is a question whether the patient would want to be harmed, Or unless causing harm is seen beneficial to ?" How pitifully sad ! Nature's animals kill out of necessity. we the " higher Society" justify senseless death and torture.
So once again.. society proves, if you have money.. regardless of where or how you got it...
one really can do anything and not only get away with it... but gain a whole following!