Terri

[MParedon]

They took out Terri's tube a little while ago, despite one judges court ruling and a subpeona from Congress.
I've been glued to the news about this and I feel so drained right now.



I just wanted to ask for some prayers and hopefully ask that you support your Representives in bills that would not allow this to happen to another person.

 

[Monica02]

This is so sad. I stopped after school last night and prayed before the Blessed Sacrament and also lit a candle for Terri. So sad. I have heard that her husband will not even let a priest in to give her Communion or Last Rites.

 

[rural_preacher]

Terri has had her feeding tube removed at least twice before this in past years. Once for a rather extended period of time. Take heart that she can live for several days without her feeding tube. There is time for the decision to be reversed. Keep Praying!!



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[Crazy Liz]

I just wanted to ask for some prayers and hopefully ask that you support your Representives in bills that would not allow this to happen to another person.

I will pray for Terri and for her family, and for you, but I won't get involved in the politics. Hard cases make bad law. The law isn't bad. What is bad in this case is the difficulty of figuring out what Terri really wants, or wanted when she could express herself. I think the law is right, that the person's own wishes should be followed. However, in this particular case the person claiming to speak for her has dubious motives and may be lying. People lie in court all the time, and no amount of laws can change the fact that judges sometimes believe a witness who lies, rather than one who tells the truth.

(BTW, it is also possible in this case that no one is lying, and the fight between the parents and their son-in-law is just another tragic family feud that leaves bodies in its wake because of differences in basic values, basic distrust, and unwillingness to listen. We could all learn a lesson about family members fighting each other, and all the carnage it can cause.)

 

[FreeinChrist]

They took out Terri's tube a little while ago, despite one judges court ruling and a subpeona from Congress.
I've been glued to the news about this and I feel so drained right now.



I just wanted to ask for some prayers and hopefully ask that you support your Representives in bills that would not allow this to happen to another person.

I think folks are making a medical decision into a 'cause', a political issue.

If I were in Terri's condition, I would folks would let nature take its course and let me die. Such things have been going on for a loooong time.

And I wonder if anyone is pitching in for the huge bills - or just passing judgements.

 

[Monica02]

Terri did in fact receive the Blessed Sacrament yesterday. Praise God for that! Lets keep praying that He will intervene to save her life.

 

[Monica02]

I think folks are making a medical decision into a 'cause', a political issue.

If I were in Terri's condition, I would folks would let nature take its course and let me die. Such things have been going on for a loooong time.

And I wonder if anyone is pitching in for the huge bills - or just passing judgements.

Regarding the bills. Her husband got a large malpractice settlement for her care. There is some dispute over whether he has spent it on her care or still has some of it. I have heard that there is about $300,000.00 left???

Also, her parents and siblings are willing (and fighting) to take care of her.

 

[MParedon]

If I were in Terri's condition, I would folks would let nature take its course and let me die. Such things have been going on for a loooong time.

But see the difference is that Terri is not dying. She is not in the process of dying. She will have to be starved to death from a period of 2 to 4 weeks in order to 'force' her to die. That is a big difference than allowing a natural course of dying to take place. I think the biggest heartbreak is that people are very quick and unclear by lumping life-support machines and regular feeding of a person together. That is a dangerous thing if people can not differentiate.

I honestly don't want to argue about this topic. I just wanted to ask for some prayers.

Bless You

 

[FreeinChrist]

But see the difference is that Terri is not dying. She is not in the process of dying. She will have to be starved to death from a period of 2 to 4 weeks in order to 'force' her to die. That is a big difference than allowing a natural course of dying to take place. I think the biggest heartbreak is that people are very quick and unclear by lumping life-support machines and regular feeding of a person together. That is a dangerous thing if people can not differentiate.

I honestly don't want to argue about this topic. I just wanted to ask for some prayers.

Bless You

I will pray fro her and family, of course. Have been.

But, yeah, this would fall in line with letting natural causes occur. She cannot feed herself, cannot eat.
It is sad.

I would like to see more education about anorexia nervosa come out of all this, as that was the cause of her problems in the first place.

 

[desert_island_1]

Some sourt in the US just said that they will meet tomorrow to pass a bill to allow the case to go to the supreme court. Hopefully they will get it back in after that! I think the best we can do right now is keep praying!

I think the worst thing is that having her feeding tube out is just causing her more brain damage due to an imbalance of electrolytes. I honestly do not understand why her husband won't give her over to her family and move on with his life. I mean he is living commonlaw with another woman right now and has 2 kids with her. Why not just go, get a divorce from Terri and then go marry the other person. If he would do that I think that everybody would be happy.

I really feel so awful for Terri though. No therapies since 1993? I have a disabled sister and her not getting therapies to help with her disability would be terrible. Terri has basically just sat there for 12 years and at this point we don't know if she would ever get just a bit better thanks to her husband and being the jerk he is. Also did anyone notice that she apparently said she never wanted to be hooked up to artificial means to keep her alive to anybody that she is related to (other than her husband and brother in law?? notice these are not blood relatives?) Could they just be making it up???

I do not know much about the legal system of the US but couldn't her family take the matter to court and say that the husband commited murder because she is not near the age of where she would normally die? If anyone would be willing to answer this for me and explain why they could/couldn't that would be great.

This is just my $0.02 on this... Sorry if you take any offense from it... Just my opinion.