Thread: Florida Bill Blocks Feeding Tube Removal

There are a lot of folks that think the hubby is the reason she's a veggie to begin with(including the DA). I can see them strongly resenting him trying to pull the plug.

If she's really a brain dead vegetable, then there's no harm in leaving her plugged in, is there?

Originally Posted by M21Sniper

There are a lot of folks that think the hubby is the reason she's a veggie to begin with(including the DA). I can see them strongly resenting him trying to pull the plug.

If she's really a brain dead vegetable, then there's no harm in leaving her plugged in, is there?

Money.

Originally Posted by M21Sniper

There are a lot of folks that think the hubby is the reason she's a veggie to begin with(including the DA). I can see them strongly resenting him trying to pull the plug.

If she's really a brain dead vegetable, then there's no harm in leaving her plugged in, is there?

I think the husband should just divorce her and give custody of her back to the parents. If they want to take care of her, thats their buisness.

"How can the libs not realize that she is dead? She isent going to come out of that coma. Shes brain dead. And even if she does come out of it she has no chance to a normal life, I heard on CNN that only around 40% of her brain still functions and none of that 40% controls normal life processes."

I could have sworn this was being spearheaded by the otherside...

"She is brain dead, all that is left is her body. Let her die. Everyone here knows that's what they would want if they were a vegetable."

I gotta agree...

It's a difficult case. All of the neurologists agree that her cerebral cortex is dead. While other parts of the brain can survive for 10-12 minutes without oxygen, the cerebral cortex can only stand about 6 minutes. She collapsed due to a heart attack, and was revived, but it was too late.

The neurologists are unanimous in their opinions- they describe her condition as much worse than a coma, with zero chance of recovery- no one has ever come out of PVS. Her responses are reflexes only- there is no cognitive thought or personality, and never will be. The neurologists say that these reflexes can be misinterpreted, even by other doctors, but there's nobody home, nor can she feel pain, because that portion of the brain is dead.

I know I wouldn't want to live like that.

Originally Posted by highsea

It's a difficult case. All of the neurologists agree that her cerebral cortex is dead. While other parts of the brain can survive for 10-12 minutes without oxygen, the cerebral cortex can only stand about 6 minutes. She collapsed due to a heart attack, and was revived, but it was too late.

The neurologists are unanimous in their opinions- they describe her condition as much worse than a coma, with zero chance of recovery- no one has ever come out of PVS. Her responses are reflexes only- there is no cognitive thought or personality, and never will be. The neurologists say that these reflexes can be misinterpreted, even by other doctors, but there's nobody home, nor can she feel pain, because that portion of the brain is dead.

I know I wouldn't want to live like that.

She's already dead.

From the Washington Post

Bush signed a Texas law in 1999 that created a legal mechanism to allow attending physicians and hospital ethics boards to pull the plug on patients -- even if that specifically contradicts patient or family wishes.

As it happens, a major test case for that law was resolved just last week -- with a baby's death.

Leigh Hopper writes in the Houston Chronicle: "The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. The 17-pound, 6-month-old boy wiggled with eyes open and smacked his lips, according to his mother.

"Then at 2 p.m. today, a medical staffer at Texas Children's Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his Sept. 25 birth. Cradled by his mother, he took a few breaths, and died.

"Sun's death marks the first time a hospital has been allowed by a U.S. judge to discontinue an infant's life-sustaining care against a parent's wishes, according to bioethical experts. A similar case involving a 68-year-old man in a chronic vegetative state at another Houston hospital is before a court now. . . .

"Texas law allows hospitals [to] discontinue life sustaining care, even if patient family members disagree."

I'm against killing this lady. The government wastes enough money on stupid crap, they can pay to keep her alive.

Also, what's with this starving thing? At least give her the needle or something.

Very sad.

I heard something mentioned today that allowed me to decide on this case. I had only though of it from her parents', her husband's, and my perspective. I had totaly neglected her view point. She had an eating disorder, it's what brought her to this state. People with eating disorders have a different view of themselves and their looks than people without. If she knew her pictures were being broadcast on national TV in the state she's in, she would want to die.

As to her husband wanting money, it really doesn't look that way now, he turned down 11.7 million to divorce her recently. Also, the original award was placed in a trust for Terri, and administered by a judge.