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Mar 23, 2005 09:30

this terry shiavo case is dragging on and on...I mean I do feel bad for all 3 groups in this case, the parents because they lost a daughter 15 years ago, the husband for the same reason, and terry shiavo herself, because well, she died 15 years ago. Just because you are breathing doesnt mean your alive. An independent court appointed doctor said ( Read more... )

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farrah83 March 23 2005, 17:09:08 UTC
Yeah, I feel bad for all parties involved as well; it sucks that they can't compromise. Like why can't they keep her alive and then try some sort of experimental procedure on her and if she dies from that well, at least she didn't die from thirst and maybe she would have helped benefit the rest of mankind.

Those are my wishes, to be kept alive as long as possible and to try anything that a neuro surgeon may think help, heck, try something new, it's not like I care I'm a vegetable, and if I die harvest my organs. Then I think it would be cool if like an oak tree were planted in my memory (whatever is left of me can be buried there) and like maybe a plaque "RIP-Farrah"

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funwithcognates March 23 2005, 17:27:58 UTC
Interestingly enough when Bush was Governer of Texas he signed a law which allow doctors to decide to remove life support from persistent vegetative patients who were indigent regardless of their personal wishes or the wishes of their family or guardians. So here we have Bush's constituency whipping themselves into a frenzy over Shiavo, whereas the texas advance directives act (the implications of which are far more frightening than in the Shiavo case) went over without a hitch in 1999.

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kristanel March 24 2005, 00:00:16 UTC
Jason and I discussed this last night. We decided that the other one could keep the comatosed one alive as long as that person felt that it was worth it. I said if I was in a coma for 5 years, get rid of me b/c and ONLY b/c I don't want Jason sitting there wasting his life away while I'm sleeping really well. I can't remember what Terry Shiavo said she wanted done, but I think they should definitely follow her wishes. However, if there's no living will, I think the family member have every right to do what they think is best. People wake up after years and years and years... I think I read somewhere that a woman woke up after 20 years in a coma. And like Jason said, the he wastes/I waste if I'm in a coma is well worth it even if I don't come out of it b/c at least then he knows that he did what he could and he didn't just kill me off.

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kevin840 March 24 2005, 17:54:25 UTC
ya im for following the families wishes. the law says that the closest person to her is her husband, and he says that she did not want to be on life support like this. her parents though think they have the right to say....as far as waking up, ive read that a good percent of her brain is liquid so I dont think shes gonna do that. The whole issue I have with this is, look at it from the husbands side, which really I havent seen anyone do on tv...he believes that his wife is dead and he said she didnt want to be like this, he is trying to follow her wishes, and the courts have ruled in his favor before, but the parents just get an unlimited amount of appeals? I am glad that finally this seems to be over, since the supreme court ruled not to hear the case.

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kristanel March 24 2005, 18:15:35 UTC
Yeah, I really think the husband has more say than the parents. I mean, no matter how close I am with my parents, I talk about these kinds of things with my bf more than them b/c we're together more and we're the same age and want to talk about these things. And I'm sure that's how it was with Terry Shiavo. Her parents are likely doing this for selfish reasons and not b/c they think this is what their daughter wants. Hopefully they will drop it soon...

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