I used to think they should just pull the
plug on Terri because I believe that once a person is unable to eat on their
own that’s the body’s way of saying it’s time to go—especially
with the elderly. I’ve seen the elderly kept living for years at
the end of a feeding tube, curled up in a bed, totally gone mentally. She
can be given pain killers that will keep her from suffering as her body
starves. Keeping a feeding tube in a person is certainly an artificial
means of interfering in nature taking its course. Terri’s case, however, is so very
complicated and I doubt I have all of the facts on it. But I finally
decided it is wrong to let her body die, for just one reason—to spare her
parents. Terri probably feels no emotions one way or the other about
dying. In fact, I think it would be kind to let her go on to whatever is
her eternal reward. But her husband has it in his power to spare her
parents the double grief of losing their daughter twice—once when she was
brain injured, and now this final parting. He could have let her live at
least until her parents passed on. My heart aches for them. David Shiavo
is thinking of himself, not of Terri’s parents. And it seems that he
stopped thinking about Terri long ago. Izzy From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Taylor There may be more to this story than
meets the eye. I didn't see the Nightline interview but I did hear an interview
with Terri Shiavo's brother on the radio yesterday in which he spoke of new
evidence that is coming to light after 15yrs years. Apparently they found a
full body scan taken three weeks after she went into the coma which shows
multiple broken bones and mended fractures so abuse on the part of the husband
is suspected along with the fact that he did not take long to move on with
his life; within a year he was living with another woman by whom he now has two
children. Michael is wanting to get Terri's death over with so that he
can have her body cremated, or at least this is how it appears. Why should
it matter to him whether or not her parents and brother keep her alive if they
are willing to take responsibility? He can divorce her and go on
with his life can't he? jt On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:02:46 -0600 Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes: Michael very likely took a vow to love his wife until they were separated
by death. I am not too surprised that he did not take
the money. I am surprised that he wants to kill someone that he
took for better or worse. Terry
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