Stealing from Terri
In an effort to win sympathy, Terri Schiavo's pretend husband has claimed that he has spent all of the money from the malpractice suit he filed. the money was for her medical care, but little of it actually went for that. The vast majority of the money went to lawyers, either in the original malpractice suit, in in the subsequent efforts to have her murdered.
The trouble is, after lining the pockets of various attorneys with the estimated $3 million, Terri's care is now being paid for by taxpayers. So, why isn't the state of Florida demanding the money handed over to lawyers returned, so it can be used for what it was supposed to have been used for?
The Ass. Press has released a detailed account of what one goes through when being starved to death, conveniently omitting what the person is actually experiencing. The ghouls who like to see handicapped people murdered will claim that it is irrelevant since Terri (who, BTW can been seen smiling and interacting with her family in various videos online) is in a coma and won't feel a thing. Watch the videos and judge for yourself. Or better yet, ask Kate Adamson, who experienced it.
After my stroke, I suffered from locked in syndrome. I spent 50 days in the ICU. During those 50 days, I was conscious and could feel everything. I could feel pain, but was unable to move any part of my body. I was totally trapped in my body. Fed by a tube surgically placed in my stomach, breathing only by using a tube surgically placed in my throat. I could not speak, could not eat, could not drink, and could not move. My body was trapped, unable to move and remained in a rigid death-like position, that my body had assumed....
When the feeding tube was turned off for eight days, I thought I was going insane. I was screaming out in my mind, "Don't you know I need to eat?" And even up until that point, I had been having a bagful of Ensure as my nourishment that was going through the feeding tube. At that point, it sounded pretty good. I just wanted something. The fact that I had nothing, the hunger pains overrode every thought I had.
I don't expect the Ass. Press to cover that.
Posted by Danny Carlton at March 18, 2005 11:21 AM