minime28
Monday, March 28, 2005
Terri Schiavo
Having insomnia, so here is my take after reading the reports.
She has been in a vegetative state since 1990 after suffering brain damage, and is being kept alive by a feeding tube. Recently a court agreed with the hubby that she will not want to live such a life, and so ordered the feeding tube be removed.
This could have been a quiet affair, but it got blown up in the media as conservative christians gave support to the parents who fought the ruling.
Her parents made several unsuccessful appeals for the tube to be re-inserted and now Terri has been without nourishment for more than 8 days. Her parents are watching her waste away day by day.
I find the gloating by the media disturbing as they blast the conservatives for politicking and hail the judge for taking a brave stand. This is not a case of taking a terminally ill patient off a respirator. Like us, she only needs food and water to survive. The judge gave the order to remove the feeding tube, she is starving to death and there are people applauding the decision. Now i agree with the hubby that she should be allowed a dignified death, just that i am uncomfortable with the way it is happening. What a mess this whole affair is, as she is dying from starvation and dehydration, one side is claiming she looks peaceful and the other says she is wasting away.
I think in these cases if the expertise of Dr Kevorkian is called on there will be a better closure. I mean even your typical household pets in terminal condition are allowed a swift and merciful end by lethal dosage. May it be that the doctors who diagnosed Terri to be brain dead is correct , as she slowly fades away.
What do you feel about this case?
She has been in a vegetative state since 1990 after suffering brain damage, and is being kept alive by a feeding tube. Recently a court agreed with the hubby that she will not want to live such a life, and so ordered the feeding tube be removed.
This could have been a quiet affair, but it got blown up in the media as conservative christians gave support to the parents who fought the ruling.
Her parents made several unsuccessful appeals for the tube to be re-inserted and now Terri has been without nourishment for more than 8 days. Her parents are watching her waste away day by day.
I find the gloating by the media disturbing as they blast the conservatives for politicking and hail the judge for taking a brave stand. This is not a case of taking a terminally ill patient off a respirator. Like us, she only needs food and water to survive. The judge gave the order to remove the feeding tube, she is starving to death and there are people applauding the decision. Now i agree with the hubby that she should be allowed a dignified death, just that i am uncomfortable with the way it is happening. What a mess this whole affair is, as she is dying from starvation and dehydration, one side is claiming she looks peaceful and the other says she is wasting away.
I think in these cases if the expertise of Dr Kevorkian is called on there will be a better closure. I mean even your typical household pets in terminal condition are allowed a swift and merciful end by lethal dosage. May it be that the doctors who diagnosed Terri to be brain dead is correct , as she slowly fades away.
What do you feel about this case?
posted by 桔梗, 2:02 AM
