Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: Chadder007
http://www.hospicepatients.org/terri-schindler-schiavo-docs-links-page.html
Please read some of these statements made by the doctors and hospice care takers of Terri...
Terri is neither Brain dead, nor in a permanent vegitative state....she is just severely brain damaged and cannot feed herself.
And if she hadn't been denied physical therapy by her "husband" it's quite possible that she could be feeding herself.
Not a chance, almost all or all of her brain is
gone. Her "parents" are in denial:
"The Second District's first opinion in this case explained:
Since 1990, Theresa has lived in nursing homes with constant care. She is fed and hydrated by tubes. The staff changes her diapers regularly. She has had numerous health problems, but none have been life threatening.
Over the span of this last decade, Theresa's brain has deteriorated because of the lack of oxygen it suffered at the time of the heart attack. By mid 1996, the CAT scans of her brain showed a severely abnormal structure. At this point, much of her cerebral cortex is simply gone and has been replaced by cerebral spinal fluid. Medicine cannot cure this condition. Unless an act of God, a true miracle, were to recreate her brain,
Theresa will always remain in an unconscious, reflexive state, totally dependent upon others to feed her and care for her most private needs.
In a later opinion in the same case, the Second District further explained:
Although the physicians are not in complete agreement concerning the extent of Mrs. Schiavo's brain damage, they all agree that the brain scans show extensive permanent damage to her brain. The only debate between the doctors is whether she has a
small amount of isolated living tissue in her cerebral cortex
or whether she has
no living tissue in her cerebral cortex."
If God is ever going to heal her, since no one else can, why has He waited 15 years?
