If you haven't been following this:
A lady collapsed in her home under questionable circumstances, causing severe brain damage. A few months after this happened her husband moved in with his pregnant girlfriend.
Because her husband claims that she said that she wouldn't want to live in such a state, has petitioned the courts to starve her to death.
Friends and family dispute the death wish.
This woman is still able to smile, recognize family members and responds to her environment. Because she can't chew or swallow she is fed through a tube, otherwise lives independent of any other life support.
For the past 15 years her husband has spent the money allotted for her rehabilitation to fight her parents in court, as her parents want him to divorce her so they can provide the proper retraining and care she needs, which he is not willing to give.
For 14 years a single Florida State court judge has presided over the case, and ruled in favor of the husband almost every time.
This man is truly an evil and sinister man.
Last year her feeding tube was removed under court order.
The husband does not allow Terry any visitors as she slowly dies, especially her family. He has even denied the family priest to give her last rights.
He just wants her to die a slow, painful agonizing death and do it all alone.
Florida courts agree this is the right thing to do.
Thankfully the Florida Governor intervened and gave Terry more time, which as ran out today.
This is what happens to a person who is slowly starved over 10 days:
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_Day One: The percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy tube, which is placed through the skin and into the stomach, is removed.
_ Days Three to Four: Urine output decreases and patients begin to lose normal body secretions. The mouth begins to look dry and the eyes appear sunken. Patients will look thinner because the body tissues have lost fluid. Their heart rate gradually goes up and their blood pressure goes down.
_ Days Five to 10: Respiration becomes irregular with periods of very fast and then very slow breathing. Some patients will become restless, while others will be less active.
_ Days 10 to Death: Patients do not appear to respond to their environment at all and may appear to be in a coma. Length of death process is determined by how well-nourished patient was and how much body fat and fluid they had when procedure began. May be outward signs of dehydration, such as extremely dry skin. Kidney function declines and toxins begin accumulating in the body. Toxins cause respiratory muscles to fail. Multiple organ systems begin to fail from lack of nutrition.
Source: LifePath Hospice.
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I thought there were checks and balances between the judicial, legislative and executive branches.
How can we allow the Judicial branch to assume power over all and starve this woman to death?
Congress & Senate are even wishy-washy about this.
What would we say if a state carried out a death sentence on a prisoner by simply denying food under the order of a judge?
Sarvation begins again today. She dies alone.
This is insanity.
http://www.helpterri.com