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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:00 PM
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The latest on the Schiavo case
Edited on Fri Oct-17-03 09:36 PM by Valerie5555
Other than how the "dastardly deed" (removal of the feeding tube) appeared to have been done :scared: :mad:, was asking what the latest was on the Schiavo case or that of the Florida woman was.


On edit 2 words, to keep from getting into a situation like that: LIVING WILL.
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Stupdworld Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:02 PM
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1. aside from the fact that she'd probably like a big mac right now,
not much. i heard * might get involved, but she probably will be dead before the weekend is through.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:10 PM
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6. Wouldn't it be funny if someone snuck her a pizza and she proved able to
Edited on Fri Oct-17-03 09:15 PM by Valerie5555
eat the thing. Wonder what her husband would have done in that case, maybe smothered her with a pillow, no doubt. <cynicism off>

On edit I wonder if Al Gore would have been more likely to intervene had he been allowed to even enter the White House and assume his official office as President and I also wondered if his vow to the effect of "I will fight for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," also applied to the severely incapacitated.
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:02 PM
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2. http://news.google.com/news?q=Schiavo
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:04 PM
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3. The main source of info I also had was her family's page or
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:05 PM
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4. I've been wondering why the parents haven't just...
kidnapped her and taken her to a safe place, away from her husband and the courts, if they wanted to save her life?

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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:08 PM
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5. they need the machines to keep her alive?
I guess it's just a feeding machine?
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:11 PM
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7. Actually a feeding tube
of the sort that doctors may not recommend for other conditions such as advanced Alzheimer's or something.
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:23 PM
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10. They could hire a private nurse to re-install the feeding tube. n/t
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:27 PM
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11. Or talk some "pro life" dr. into doing it covertly
if they're really "pro life"
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:13 PM
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8. Maybe any friends she knew should have tried that
if they considered it worth the risk
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:16 PM
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9. What nothing on the latest Kobe front?
How about that Laci Peterson?

Are the sharks under control yet?


Still Missing? Check your milk carton
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 09:28 PM
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12. This is as much a tragic situation as it is a
"wag the dog" diversion.
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