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I am so torn over this one. I feel for both her husband and her family. If she told her husband she would not want to live this way then why did he wait 8 years to petition for removal of her feeding tube? I just think it is a horrible way to die, this poor woman suffered so much.
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
Posted by nov04LIbride
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
But if left to let nature take its course, the tube would never have been inserted, and she would have died immediately. We play G o d to keep her alive, but yet it is different when it is a matter of letting her die? Humans interfered to the extent that they did to keep her alive. And the husband has been trying for 8 years to have the tube removed, as soon as her doctors said it was a lost cost. It has been in and out of the courts ever since. It's not like this case just started--it's been in the news on and off for over 5 years.
Posted by lullabella
Posted by nov04LIbride
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
But if left to let nature take its course, the tube would never have been inserted, and she would have died immediately. We play G o d to keep her alive, but yet it is different when it is a matter of letting her die? Humans interfered to the extent that they did to keep her alive. And the husband has been trying for 8 years to have the tube removed, as soon as her doctors said it was a lost cost. It has been in and out of the courts ever since. It's not like this case just started--it's been in the news on and off for over 5 years.
I understand what you are saying. I just think that you can't undue what has already been done. Removing a feeding tube isnt like turning off a respirator, it will take her 2 weeks to die... all the while starving to death. It is not right.
Posted by nov04LIbride
We play G o d to keep her alive, but yet it is different when it is a matter of letting her die? Humans interfered to the extent that they did to keep her alive.
Posted by lilmrs
Posted by lullabella
Posted by nov04LIbride
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
But if left to let nature take its course, the tube would never have been inserted, and she would have died immediately. We play G o d to keep her alive, but yet it is different when it is a matter of letting her die? Humans interfered to the extent that they did to keep her alive. And the husband has been trying for 8 years to have the tube removed, as soon as her doctors said it was a lost cost. It has been in and out of the courts ever since. It's not like this case just started--it's been in the news on and off for over 5 years.
I understand what you are saying. I just think that you can't undue what has already been done. Removing a feeding tube isnt like turning off a respirator, it will take her 2 weeks to die... all the while starving to death. It is not right.
She does not have the mental capacity to understand that she is starving to death though.
Posted by tracyg
In the beginning I thought the parents were selfish and that's no way to live.
But the more I read about it the more I;m on their side. She was talking about divorce when the accident happened. There were signs of broken ribs and bones, and he left her face down for the paramedics. Plus he's started a new family. I think he just wants her out of his life so he can remarry, or according to some article I read (not sure how true it is) to cover up strangulation, which is how she (according to this article) got that way. I don't feel bad for the husband! Since the husband has a new family now, he should be removed as the decision maker! they should be considered legally separated!
Plus she shows signs of NOT being in a vegetative state. she shows signs of awareness and trying to communicate. SHe has been denied rehab which could possibly help her.
I hope they overturn this decision.
Posted by lilmrs
Posted by lullabella
Posted by nov04LIbride
Posted by lullabella
I can't help feeling that this is not right???? She isn't dying of natural causes, you know? I think if her parents want to care for her then they should be allowed too.
But if left to let nature take its course, the tube would never have been inserted, and she would have died immediately. We play G o d to keep her alive, but yet it is different when it is a matter of letting her die? Humans interfered to the extent that they did to keep her alive. And the husband has been trying for 8 years to have the tube removed, as soon as her doctors said it was a lost cost. It has been in and out of the courts ever since. It's not like this case just started--it's been in the news on and off for over 5 years.
I understand what you are saying. I just think that you can't undue what has already been done. Removing a feeding tube isnt like turning off a respirator, it will take her 2 weeks to die... all the while starving to death. It is not right.
She does not have the mental capacity to understand that she is starving to death though.
Her husband should just move on and let her parents be
Posted by tracyg
In the beginning I thought the parents were selfish and that's no way to live.
But the more I read about it the more I;m on their side. She was talking about divorce when the accident happened. There were signs of broken ribs and bones, and he left her face down for the paramedics. Plus he's started a new family. I think he just wants her out of his life so he can remarry, or according to some article I read (not sure how true it is) to cover up strangulation, which is how she (according to this article) got that way. I don't feel bad for the husband! Since the husband has a new family now, he should be removed as the decision maker! they should be considered legally separated!
Plus she shows signs of NOT being in a vegetative state. she shows signs of awareness and trying to communicate. SHe has been denied rehab which could possibly help her.
I hope they overturn this decision.
I can say that I would not want to live under these circumstances. I am going to write a living will too. It makes things so much easier for your family.
