Subaqua Sternal Rubs

do you think it has cost a lot of money to keep her alive all these years, or is it not really that much food/machine cost? (not that i´m advocating killing people because it´s too expensive t keep them alive!..but then again it´s not really killing, since they are basically dead without the machines…so letting them die I guess is better put..)

Update: Terri Schiavo has died

Terri Schiavo, the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman who became the centerpiece of a national right-to-die battle, died Thursday morning, nearly two weeks after doctors removed the feeding tube that had sustained her for more than a decade.

Wednesday, the Schindlers lost what their lawyer described as their “last meaningful legal appeal” in their desperate battle to have their brain-damaged daughter’s feeding tube reinserted.

More at CNN.com

May she finally rest in peace.

[…] hiavo Autopsy Released Thanks to a reader tip, as a follow-up to previous posts (1, 2), the Schiavo autopsy report has been relea […]

[…] emt036 (emt036) wrote,@ 2005-06-16 14:32:00      Schiavo Autopsy Released Thanks to a reader tip, as a follow-up to previous posts (1, 2), the Schiavo autopsy report has been released, and it seems to support the position of husband Michael Schiavo:The autopsy of Terri Schiavo found no evidence that the severely brain-damaged woman was strangled or abused and that no amount of therapy would have reversed her condition, a medical examiner said Wednesday.He said his examination turned up no sign of abuse or trauma — allegations leveled by Terri Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, against her husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo.A report from a neuropathologist who served as a consultant to the autopsy said Schiavo’s brain was “grossly abnormal and weighed only 615 grams [1.35 pounds].”That weight is less than half that expected for a woman of her age, said the report written by Dr. Stephen J. Nelson. Schiavo’s brain damage “was irreversible, and no amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons,” Thogmartin said. “Her brain was profoundly atrophied, and the vision centers of her brain were dead,” he said.Source: CNN.comWill this report finally lay the controversy to rest? Probably not:Regardless of the autopsy findings, the Schindlers continue to believe their daughter was not in a persistent vegetative state, their lawyer, David Gibbs III, said after Thogmartin’s report was issued. He said they plan to discuss the autopsy with other medical experts and may take some unspecified legal action.Source: MSNBC.comAccording to this competely unscientific vote, about two-thirds say yes, and the remaining one-third (along with the Schindlers, and even the President) are still in Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ first stage in the death process: denial. I hope all those still in this stage will continue their grieving process and move to the final stage of acceptance before their own mental and physical health suffers. View or post comments on my blog […]