He didn't pull the tube so technically the hospital would be guilty.
Despite all the media coverage I think the whole thing will end up paling into insignificance when the Pope passes away.
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He didn't pull the tube so technically the hospital would be guilty.
Despite all the media coverage I think the whole thing will end up paling into insignificance when the Pope passes away.
I totally agree with you. I worked in a nursing home with geriatric & AIDS patients for 5 years, and my sister is a nurse so we've both seen this happen to others more than once. Unfortunately it's not uncommon. Thousands, or even tens of thousands, of people get their feeding tubes pulled each year. Having seen what happens to a person first hand, from 18 to 80 years old, I can tell you that it's absolutely horrible. Eyes wide, gasping for every breath, and looking like one of the bodies shown in the concentration camps. It's gruesome and unbearable to watch. Animals are treated better when it's obvious that they are suffering and have no chance of surviving. I grew up on a farm with many animals and we'd put them down with a shotgun to the head when it was time. I'd rather be "put down" in that manner that slowly die a horrible death.Quote:
Originally Posted by imadreamer2
Like imadreamer said, the family should have the choice to have a shot administered to humanely end their loved ones life. If PETA put the same effort into Human rights as they do with animals we might have some laws in place by now. (they're even against fishing because they consider it "inhumane". Pisses me off, but that's another issue) In any event, I hope something gets done now. Maybe her death will someday help the tens of thousands of people that go through the same thing every year by stirring up some serious debates on the subject. Who knows? There's so much crap going on in the world it's easy to get distracted by something else. I hope this isn't one drama that's so easily forgotten.
I hope it isn't forgotten easily either. Did you hear the latest? Now her husband wants to have her cremated, which is not acceptable in the catholic faith, and then not tell her family when and where he will bury their daughter. It just seems like one last cruel act.
imadreamer2 Through him all things are possible.
i read on cnn that the court has ordered him to tell the family where the ashes will be placed and i think that is the first time the court hasnt sided with him
michael should have been arrested and convicted 14.5
years ago when he tried to murder terri.
he worked in a hospital.[ ie: easy access to meds]. i know how he did it, but i will not say for fear of any copycats out there.
forensics and paramedic care 15 years ago was not as good as it is now. if he did
what he did to her 15 years ago this year, he
might not get away with it.
that's what michael is afraid of, and has been afraid of,
and why he desperately did not/could not let the parents have custody.
Can't you just do it by injecting air into a blood vein thus creating an embolism.
If enough air is introduced then Yes, that method can kill a person, but not very painlessly. The opposite in fact.
http://goc.subdomain.de/Air_embolism
I was appauled when I saw the videos of Terri after her passing. I hadn't seen them before and when I saw a woman smiling and responding to those around her I stared in disbelief. And to think, she was starved to death.
yes evening star, you 'get it'.
lots of folks just don't seem to.
and/or it helps them sleep at night, i'm guessing.
what did she DO to deserve the death penalty ?
nothing, absolutely nothing. :eek:
the same crowd that did that to her....
will turn around and want to stop the death
penalty for a convicted murderer. :eek: :eek: :mad:
here's a clarification on 'starving to death'.
'you'really don't.
what you die of is...
dehydration if no fluids are given.
the blood turns to sludge,and clots. organs
are not perfused well if at all.
at the end... if any consciousness is present,
'you' may even feel the pain of a heart attack-
as the heart muscle is starved of blood circulation
from the clots.
terri lasted about twice as long as a person normally
would when dehydrated to death.
When people say she had no will to live, I think she did. If a person has lost his will to live, as one person in my church did, a cold will kill you in less time than it took Terri to actually pass on. I think that the fact that she survived 15 years indicated that she really had the will to live. Still think her husband is guilty of murder..... I would hate to be either the judge or her husband when they meet our maker.
imadreamer2