Woman in Florida left to die in hospital

[Dis]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/10/15/coma.woman/index.html

Well the husband say the woman told him before she was injured that she wouldn't want to be a burden, and wouldn't want to be kept alive.

But her parents want her to be kept alive.

Her feeding tube has been removed.

She will die in a couple of weeks if she doesn't get food.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I suppore euthanasia, but looking at the video of her makes me think it shouldn't be used in her case.

[Lorizael]

She's well over eighteen, so I don't think the parents really have a say anymore. Doctors in the case said that there was no chance that she could make a recovery. Yah it's sad to have to end a life this way, but I think it's the right thing to do.

[Jon Miller]

people come out of coma's all the time

even when doctors don't expect them to

Jon Miller

[TheStinger]

She is in PVS that is not the same as a normal coma.

She looks alive however that is merely reflex.

It is all very sad

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Lorizael
She's well over eighteen, so I don't think the parents really have a say anymore. Doctors in the case said that there was no chance that she could make a recovery. Yah it's sad to have to end a life this way, but I think it's the right thing to do.

She's over eighteen, but we don't actually have her say -- just what her husband said.

I've heard enough bad things about him to really wonder.

[Ben Kenobi]

I heard that while he is married to Terry, that he is living with another woman and has a kid by her as well.

Why should this man decide whether Terry lives or dies, if he does not love her enough to be faithful?

No one forced him to get married to her after all.

[MichaeltheGreat]

IIRC, he hooked up with the "other woman" after six years, and numerous diagnoses that Terri Schiavo wouldn't recover.

One might wonder (I have) why he didn't file for divorce, but that's another issue.

The question should be whether there's any real evidence whatsoever (as opposed to ideologically motivated testimony from issue-friendly "doctors" on either side) as to whether she can recover even the slightest quality of life.

The agendas of the husband and parents and Randall Terry shouldn't be part of this medical issue.

[MrFun]

this sucks

[SlowwHand]

Very bad deal.
I vote yank the cord.
All the parents are doing is disrupting the master plan.

[Ben Kenobi]

The agendas of the husband and parents and Randall Terry shouldn't be part of this medical issue.

True, however both sides admit that Terry did not put anything in writing detailing her wishes should she be put on lifesupport. If this had been done, this would just be a medical issue, and the wishes of the parents and husband would not matter.

All we have is the word of her husband who stands to gain from the death of Terry Schiavo. That's why these agendas are coming into play.

as to whether she can recover even the slightest quality of life.

We don't pull someone off life support because we feel their quality of life is bad. We can only do so at their request, or if they are brain dead. Terry Schiavo meets neither of these criteria. Quality of life is something that ought to be determined only by the person involved.

Frankly, I wonder if her husband even cares about her suffering, given his documented actions, and why he did not choose to divorce his wife given the tragedy that occurred to her.

[SlowwHand]

Right, Ben. Divorce her. That's the honorable thing to do, isn't it?
umm,umm,umm. Rub that head.

[Snotty]

Would this guys chances of getting the plug pulled be decreased if he got the divorce?

If he truly thinks it is the right thing to do to pull the plug, and he did love her, then he should stay married. This way he could have the best chance of getting what his wife wanted.

In the mean time I do not begrudge this guy getting on with his life.

I havent heard any of the smears against this guys character, but I can imagine they are just that, smears.

[Snotty]

Re-reading, I think its a shame she has to die this way.

I should have voted 'I want to kill her myself' simply because I could make it quick for her.

[Odin]

If I was in that situation I would rather die then be a vegetable for the rest of my life. The family is a victim of thier own wishful thinking, they were projecting emotions to here reflexes.

[chequita guevara]

In order to avoid such things, you need to set up a living will and discuss it with your family. Now that I'm getting married, I will need to do this, because I know Bunnygrrl would never have the strength to make them take me off the machines, and she'd end up saddled with a horrible debt.