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phoAm
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:38 pm
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It's strange how we can put a dog to sleep humanely, yet we can let a woman starve and dehydrate to death slowly.
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Courtney
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:49 pm
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I think the husband is a sleazeball. He shouldn't have any control over what happens to her, as he can't really be in love with her anymore. He's moved on with his life, living with a girlfriend he has 2 kids with. I don't see why he won't relinquish control over to her parents. Well, really I do.. money. I think once she dies he gets a life insurance policy and money from malpractice settlements.
As for removal of the feeding tube.. it's done all the time. I think it's horrible, even if she's in a vegatative state. If you're going to let someone die, at least do it painlessly (i.e. euthanasia).
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Sunny
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:45 pm
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15 years? let her go. she is brain dead.
Its over.
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Adam
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:33 pm
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We gotta thin the herd out somehow.
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TheDude
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:36 pm
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| Courtney wrote: | | I think the husband is a sleazeball. He shouldn't have any control over what happens to her, as he can't really be in love with her anymore. He's moved on with his life, living with a girlfriend he has 2 kids with. I don't see why he won't relinquish control over to her parents. Well, really I do.. money. |
There has been speculation that he may have a more vested interest in why she dies...there has always been a shroud of mystery surrounding her situation...not many young people her age have sudden heart attacks like she (allegedly) did. I'm not saying that he did something to try to kill her 15 years ago at all...I'm just saying that there are just some questions that have never really ever been answered.
| Quote: | | As for removal of the feeding tube.. it's done all the time. I think it's horrible, even if she's in a vegatative state. |
Yeah, agreed. None of us are named "God", so I don't think that any of us have a right to decide when someone leaves this world. Whatever happens to us in this life, we were meant to face...
| Quote: | | If you're going to let someone die, at least do it painlessly (i.e. euthanasia). |
There is no painless way to die.
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JasonB
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:44 pm
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I say let her go. Pull the plug. Do not delay the inevitable. It just doesn't make any sense to keep her around. Like adam said, thin the heard.
I'm about sick of seeing her on tv 24 hours a day. She isn't a news story, and even more important, she isn't a circus animal. The entire media circus surrounding this is bullshit. I don't think that politicians should have gotten involved either. It's a publicity stunt.
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Norris
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:11 pm
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It would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to let this chick live a life no one would want. I think her family is fucking stupid and I hope someone pulls the plug on them in the future.
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JasonB
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:22 pm
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yeah, i see no way possible for her family to be able to afford the hospital bills that she has had up to this point. Even if they all write a book, those bills will never be paid.
No one should be forced to live with a tube in their throat.
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AWE
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:25 am
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I know if there was any chance of me coming out of a comma I would want the feeding tube to stay in.
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TiGeR_PriNcEsS
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:19 am
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| Quote: | | If you're going to let someone die, at least do it painlessly (i.e. euthanasia). |
There is no painless way to die. |
I think there is. My Grampa passed in his sleep. We found him in the same position he went to sleep in. No clinched fists, no twisted face showing pain - just a look of peace on his face. I think he had a wonderful dream and that was that.
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I know if there was any chance of me coming out of a comma I would want the feeding tube to stay in. |
It has been 15 years already. Are we supposed to just let her hang on for another 15 years praying that a miracle drug is created? Then, IF that would happen, How would she react knowing she missed the past 20 years of her life? Things would be really hard for her. It's unrealistic really. I agree that she should be given morphine or something to make it as painless as possible, but don't prolong her vegetated state any further.
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TheDude
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:11 pm
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| JasonB wrote: | | Pull the plug. |
First of all, get your facts straight. There is no "plug" to pull here. She is not a brain-dead person being kept from the brink of death by a life-support machine like you portray.
She is a concious person who needs assistance with feeding, because she cannot communicate effectively. True, her brain activity has gone down in recent years, but even doctors that say she should die have been known to say that she has shown responses.
Yes, she has an unenviable life right now, but should she have her life ended? That is a pretty big thing to do to a person...I mean, you know and I know that some people in similar situations have in fact made recoveries after doctors said that they wouldn't. It's a small chance, but it does happen.
| Quote: | | Do not delay the inevitable. |
The problem with this idea is that death is inevitable for EVERYONE. How far do you want to go? I mean, why not go ahead and kill retarded people, mentally-ill people, and physical invalids as well, since they will inevitably die and aren't living up to master race standards right now?
| Quote: | | Like adam said, thin the heard. |
Try starting with yourself... 
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phoAm
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:11 pm
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We need to implant a cyborg brain inside of her skull. It's the only way.
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phoAm
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:16 pm
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Maybe if people keep praying to Jesus she will get better.
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Courtney
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:38 pm
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I just think the whole case is messed up. While I think that the parents should have control over her because of what I said before, I don't think they should be keeping her alive IF she never wanted to be kept alive in this way. I don't believe a word out of the husband's mouth, but it's not a stretch to think she wouldn't want to live like that. And though I don't think she should be kept alive, especially after 15 years of being PSV, I don't think the way to go is to starve her. As I said, euthanasia would be far more humane, even if it's not completely painless.
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JasonB
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:34 pm
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| TiGeR_PriNcEsS wrote: | | TheDude wrote: |
| Quote: | | If you're going to let someone die, at least do it painlessly (i.e. euthanasia). |
There is no painless way to die. |
I think there is. My Grampa passed in his sleep. We found him in the same position he went to sleep in. No clinched fists, no twisted face showing pain - just a look of peace on his face. I think he had a wonderful dream and that was that.
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I know if there was any chance of me coming out of a comma I would want the feeding tube to stay in. |
It has been 15 years already. Are we supposed to just let her hang on for another 15 years praying that a miracle drug is created? Then, IF that would happen, How would she react knowing she missed the past 20 years of her life? Things would be really hard for her. It's unrealistic really. I agree that she should be given morphine or something to make it as painless as possible, but don't prolong her vegetated state any further. |
15 + 15 = 30.....not 20....
no child left behind..hard at work in louisiana 
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