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[vet_supporter]

I find it interesting that Mr. Schaivo has started the talk show circuit this week in a media PR blitz to garner sympathy for starving his wife to death.

If the media presented the actual facts about death by starvation, the public outcry would be so loud there would be a successful movement to remove Judge Greer from office. I've written everyone in the State that I can demanding that this incompetent judge be removed. Starving a handicapped person to death by court order? This is someone who should sit in judgment of anyone?

Just to give an example of how clueless the public is about this case, a friend of mine ask why I had sent them a request to sign a Terri petition. When I told them the woman was not in a coma or on life support, that was news to them. They had been led to believe Terri was in a coma and would simply have the life support machine turned off. How outrageous is this?

The media could make a difference in this case. Instead, we hear how distraught Michael Jackson is.

[shawa]

TRANSCRIPT: Michael Shiavo on 'Nightline'

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=584124&page=1

What a sack of S**T!!! I think I'm going to barf.

[LewWaters]

Odd that the attorney, Felos, neglected to mention, that included in the "fees" mentioned in what happened to the malpractice money, he has received some $600,000 of it.

Michael Schiavo seems hellbent on replacing Scott Peterson as the most hated man in the country.

[AMOS]

Michael St. Schiavo's attorney, George Felos said "It's a constitutional right to say, "I don't want medical treatment" and the state can't force you to have it."...............I didn't know that. Thomas Jefferson and the other framers of the Constitution were really looking ahead.

[shawa]

Just to show you who Michael Shiavo's selected 'expert doctor' is, and upon whose medical diagnosis Judge Greer has based all of his 'rulings'.

Starving for a Fair Diagnosis
Terri Schiavo is not out of medical options. But that’s the “fact” her husband wants you to believe.

[shawa]

Newly elected Senator Mel Martinez of Florida explains the Bill now
before congress:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/martinez200503161444.asp

[vet_supporter]

I am outraged that the appeals court keeps ruling against Terri.

The Govenor of a State can commute a death sentence for a condemned murderer but the courts of Florida says he can't save a court condemned handicapped person? A person whose supposed guardian has worked against her best interest for the last 13 years?

Govenor Bush and the Legislature saved Terri once before and the Florida courts overturned the law. How outrageous is this?

How outrageous that the perponderance of experts disagree with the "expert" who goes around the country promoting killing handicapped people.

You know, allowing Terri to be killed in this inhumane way is just the tip of the iceberg. The euthanasia crowd are pouring money into this. They view this as the precedent. Who will be starved to death next because of this?

Don't you find it interesting that the "judge" and I use this term loosely, is so unsure of the validity of the diagnosis, that he has refused all the modern tests, developed since Terri's "accident" that are now available for diagnosis? This right there should show that the "judge" has something to hide as well.

What disgusts me is the stupid appeals court rubber-stamping the rulings of this incompetent "judge".

So, when the precedent is set, we can legally take granny out after her stroke and let her starve to death out in the yard. All we have to do is get Mr. Schavio's attorney to represent us. The State would dare not challenge us.

This lunacy has got to be stopped.

[Rdtf]

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

With the 2nd Circus declining to hear a petition for a stay yesterday, the Florida legislature better get this done today.

And God, can't something be done to allow at least visitation by her family? (Her real family, I mean - not that POS that is legally married to her.)

The whole thing is just sick, sick, sick. What her parents must be going through is just beyond my imagination.

I've written to my Congresswoman and both Senators and hope that they will look into this case and see that there is so much more to it than what the husband wants you to believe that there is.

There are at least QUESTIONS in this case and differing medical views - and where there is a question as to whether or not someone has any quality of life, the benefit of the doubt simply must be given to the person who is incapacitated.

It seems clear from the video clips that I've seen that this woman is definitely interacting with and reacting to her environment. Is that alone not enough to convince these pinhead judges that there is someone in there????

Good Lord, you don't need a medical degree to see that this woman is capable of emotion and expression. Very sad. How can we be letting this happen in the United States?

EJ
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~ Echo Juliet ~
Altering course to starboard - On Fire, Keep Clear
Navy woman, Navy wife, Navy mother

[shawa]

Where are all those bleeding-heart liberals who scream at any percieved
mistreatment of terrorist murderers???

http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200503170758.asp

[vet_supporter]

This is the type of information the judge refuses to admit as evidence:

Perhaps the most dramatic affidavit is from Registered Nurse Carla Iyer. Here are some excerpts:

One time I put a wash cloth in Terri’s hand to keep her fingers from curling together, and Michael saw it and made me take it out, saying that was therapy.

Terri’s medical condition was systematically distorted and misrepresented by Michael. When I worked with her, she was alert and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence, saying such things as “mommy,” and “help me.” “Help me” was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times. Terri would try to say the word “pain” when she was in discomfort, but it came out more like “pay.” She didn’t say the “n” sound very well. During her menses she would indicate her discomfort by saying “pay” and moving her arms toward her lower abdominal area. Other ways that she would indicate that she was in pain included pursing her lips, grimacing, thrashing in bed, curling her toes or moving her legs around. She would let you know when she had a bowel movement by flipping up the covers and pulling on her diaper and scooted in bed on her bottom.

When I came into her room and said “Hi, Terri", she would always recognize my voice and her name, and would turn her head all the way toward me, saying “Haaaiiiii” sort of, as she did. I recognized this as a “hi", which is very close to what it sounded like, the whole sound being only a second or two long. When I told her humorous stories about my life or something I read in the paper, Terri would chuckle, sometimes more a giggle or laugh. She would move her whole body, upper and lower. Her legs would sometimes be off the bed, and need to be repositioned. I made numerous entries into the nursing notes in her chart, stating verbatim what she said and her various behaviors, but by my next on-duty shift, the notes would be deleted from her chart. Every time I made a positive entry about any responsiveness of Terri’s, someone would remove it after my shift ended. Michael always demanded to see her chart as soon as he arrived, and would take it in her room with him. I documented Terri’s rehab potential well, writing whole pages about Terri’s responsiveness, but they would always be deleted by the next time I saw her chart. The reason I wrote so much was that everybody else seemed to be afraid to make positive entries for fear of their jobs, but I felt very strongly that a nurse’s job was to accurately record everything we see and hear that bears on a patient’s condition and their family. I upheld the Nurses Practice Act, and if it cost me my job, I was willing to accept that.

Here is the most amazing part of the nurse’s affidavit:

Throughout my time at Palm Gardens [one of Ms. Schiavo’s nursing homes], Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri’s death. Michael would say “When is she going to die?,” “Has she died yet?” and “When is that ***** gonna die?” These statements were common knowledge at Palm Gardens, as he would make them casually in passing, without regard even for who he was talking to, as long as it was a staff member. Other statements which I recall him making include “Can’t anything be done to accelerate her death - won’t she ever die?” When she wouldn’t die, Michael would be furious. Michael was also adamant that the family should not be given information. He made numerous statements such as “Make sure the parents aren’t contacted.” I recorded Michael’s statements word for word in Terri’s chart, but these entries were also deleted after the end of my shift. Standing orders were that the family wasn’t to be contacted, in fact, there was a large sign in the front of her chart that said under no circumstances was her family to be called, call Michael immediately, but I would call them, anyway, because I thought they should know about their daughter.

Any time Terri would be sick, like with a UTI or fluid buildup in her lungs, colds, or pneumonia, Michael would be visibly excited, thrilled even, hoping that she would die. He would say something like, “Hallelujah! You’ve made my day!” He would call me, as I was the nurse supervisor on the floor, and ask for every little detail about her temperature, blood pressure, etc., and would call back frequently asking if she was dead yet. He would blurt out “I’m going to be rich!” and would talk about all the things he would buy when Terri died, which included a new car, a new boat, and going to Europe, among other things.

http://www.patterico.com/2003/10/26/re-start-the-clock-mickey-kaus

How outrageous is this?