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To my knowledge she's only on a feeding tube not umpteen life support just one!
I know several people that depend on a lot more equipment to live.
I know and yes I'll keep saving what society considers plants too because I know people that are on feeding tubes and are told how much to eat and when to eat and what to eat much like a plant and their whole body and mind depend on it also.
And no these plant people don't want to die at least not the ones I know personally.
We just had one lady my age moved from the nursing home into a house with 3 other ladies that need assistance 24/7 the one is not only on a feeding tube but a vent also and can't speak so I learned sign language to talk to her and this is where things become scary for her, watching the news and seeing the feeding tube taken kind of hits home for her.
Terri's case is not unusual to me.
When I spent my 2 years in the nursing home there was a guy there about 30 I guess and he was in the exact shape Terri's in but after spending 1 1/2 years with him and talking to his parents "every day" (because they were there every day) it would've been strange and sad to see him go and there's no way in hell I would've sat back and watched someone take his feeding tube.
He was very much like a plant in your eyes but I never seen a plant loved as much as he is.
So maybe you might want to get some actual experience with people like this before giving an opinion on a matter you have no personal experience with or any experience with at all that I know of.
Mark
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Date: 03/28/05 12:57:44
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Playing God
I'm talking about those whose whole body and "mind" are dependent on umpteen hospital life-support machines. THEY tell her how much to eat, WHAT to eat ... no decisions made on her part.
She's very much like a plant (like I said in another email). She's watered, fed and google-eyed over. That's for the OWNER'S benefit ... not the plant. In nature plants live and die according to the laws of nature (or God if ya like).
Go out and save as many plants as you can IN THE WHOLE WORLD today ... they don't really "want" to die do they?
Lori
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Date: 03/28/05 11:46:29
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Playing God
Man there's a lot of quads on this list that are on "artificial" life support like a ventilator that would not make it if you took them off so what are you trying to say?
This is where the problem begins.
Mark
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Date: 03/28/05 12:30:53
Subject: [QUAD-L] Playing God
Seems like everyone wants to play God in Terri's situation. And play God here on the list by stating what and why and where and when
Terri should live (or not live).
By taking her off artificial life support ... the situation now truly IS in God's hands. If she's meant to stay ... she'll come around and survive to tell about it. If she's meant to go ... God will take her when it's time.
It's an argument by using the Gods of science to keep her living or the God of religion to do as he/she/it sees fit or just plain fate. The latter we've all discussed before with our own injuries.
Terri is being a puppet and the puppet masters are pulling the strings (playing God).
I'm not a God but, if there be one, it's in his hands according to your reply :-)
Lori
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I'm a parent and once a parent always a parent. I would want to live as long
as God allowed and not a jif longer.
Hope that answered your question. If not, I'll make up one.... next time.
W
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