Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Court to Weigh Schiavo Emergency Motion

My Way News: "PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - A federal appeals court agreed to consider an emergency bid by Terri Schiavo's parents for a new hearing on whether to reconnect her feeding tube, raising their fading hopes of keeping the severely brain-damaged woman alive." ... "Dr. Sean Morrison, a professor of palliative medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said it's hard to predict what would happen if the tube were reinserted because it's highly unusual to do that after life-prolonging treatments have been stopped. "He said that if her kidneys have already shut down, reinserting the tube at this point might prolong her life by just hours or days. However, it could also hasten her death, Morrison said, because it would supply fluids to a body that can no longer get rid of them. "The resulting fluid buildup could essentially drown Schiavo, and she could die gasping and choking, he said. "Morrison said Schiavo would have no awareness of this because of her persistent vegetative state, but reinserting the tube might 'transform a peaceful death into one that can be very distressing for families and friends to witness.'" If starvation was so peaceful and euphoric then why did they give her a morphine drip? I know why, because Terri was moaning from... yes, the PAIN. So, we should be under the opinion now that because she's gone through so much already (but no suffering mind you) it would be cruel to try and save her life. What's cruel is a judge (and those that agree with him) who thinks he has the power to take innocent life without any oversight.

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