Official Terri Schiavo Thread

[CaptnKirk]

For someone's question earlier about an 'Eating Disorder' -
She was being treated for Bulimia


Her face has a frozen 'death grin' which has been photographed from certain angles to simulate a 'smile',
her hands are drawn into claws, her arms are retracted to he chest/shoulder area, and from the distance facial presentations,
I, for one, would expect that if youy looked tono her eyes, the pupils would be fully dialated -
no disernable eye color if there was any functional iris . . . blank pools of ink.
The damage to the brain and the breakdown of tissue in the section of the brain that deals with vision -
that in the very back of the brain are long gone.

And now at this stage of the process . . it won't help to put the tube back in . . it's too late.

Goodbye Terri . . Peace.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
The sad tale of Terri Schiavo, minus the three ring circus
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050325-4737.html
with her brain scan pics

I thought someone from on here, possibly Roarin said she didn't have a Cat scan???

If that is her brain, there is no doubt, she is looooooong gone.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
The sad tale of Terri Schiavo, minus the three ring circus
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050325-4737.html
with her brain scan pics

I thought someone from on here, possibly Roarin said she didn't have a Cat scan???

If that is her brain, there is no doubt, she is looooooong gone.

I've heard from a few places that she has not had a CAT scan. But hell, who really knows anything in this whole ordeal? All we know for sure is that this is quite possibly the most retarded political battleground fight ever chosen.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I've heard from a few places that she has not had a CAT scan. But hell, who really knows anything in this whole ordeal? All we know for sure is that this is quite possibly the most retarded political battleground fight ever chosen.

CT Scan

 

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Terri's brain

 

[sapiens74]

RIP Terry

 

[JulesMaximus]

Is she dead yet? I hope she holds out until tomorrow so I can win some money in my dead pool.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I've heard from a few places that she has not had a CAT scan. But hell, who really knows anything in this whole ordeal? All we know for sure is that this is quite possibly the most retarded political battleground fight ever chosen.

CT Scan

nice higher res pic.

i guess they are relying on the power of emotion to restore her lost brain cells

 

[Phokus]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/LAW/03/27/schiavo/top.1810.schiavo.ap.jpg

"God will judge america"

Can someone PLEASE explain the difference between fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist muslims?

 

[preCRT]

Originally posted by: Phokus
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/LAW/03/27/schiavo/top.1810.schiavo.ap.jpg

"God will judge america"

Can someone PLEASE explain the difference between fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist muslims?

The latter group doesn't eat pork.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: preCRT

Originally posted by: Phokus
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/LAW/03/27/schiavo/top.1810.schiavo.ap.jpg

"God will judge america"

Can someone PLEASE explain the difference between fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist muslims?

The latter group doesn't eat pork.

:losing it laughing on the floor:

 

[sapiens74]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=44858


I guess Nader is a right wing nut as well

Some of us honestly feel there is something not kosher about this case.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: sapiens74
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=44858


I guess Nader is a right wing nut as well

Some of us honestly feel there is something not kosher about this case.

I'm thinking it might be too late, even if a normal and healthy person were found this dehydrated in her condition, they would be hooked up to IV to get fluid levels back up, this won't be possible for Terri, and just getting little bits of water or jello or whatever, is it enough?

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: sapiens74
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=44858


I guess Nader is a right wing nut as well

Some of us honestly feel there is something not kosher about this case.

Yeah, trampling the US constitution in order to invade the privacy of others is definetely not kosher.

 

[apairoflegsanyone]

This is my opinion about this: I am sick and tired of this. Never in my life have I ever been so annoyed in the news that I wanted to blow up the t.v. What is even worse is that the goverment is involved in this. You got some who are using it to help their political career. People like terry schiavo die every day and yet she gets the spotlight for it. I'm not bad mouthing schiavo at all. It is sad that she is in that vegative state. My heart goes out to the family and husband because this is a complex situation that none of us including the goverment should be involved. The courts have made their decision so we need to respect it.

But what makes me want to barf is that this isn't going to end. More people like this case will be in the news and make the spotlight. Thank god for the "liberal" media.:disgust:

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: preCRT

Originally posted by: Phokus
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/LAW/03/27/schiavo/top.1810.schiavo.ap.jpg

"God will judge america"

Can someone PLEASE explain the difference between fundamentalist christians and fundamentalist muslims?

The latter group doesn't eat pork.

:thumbsup:

 

[chowderhead]

2003 Article on Terri Schiavo

But, given the vehemence with which he has been fighting to prolong Terri's life, it is a little surprising to learn that Robert decided to turn off the life-support system for his mother. She was 79 at the time, and had been ill with pneumonia for a week, when her kidneys gave out. "I can remember like yesterday the doctors said she had a good life. I asked, 'If you put her on a ventilator does she have a chance of surviving, of coming out of this thing?'" Robert says. "I was very angry with God because I didn't want to make those decisions."

First, Delay and now apparently Mr. Shindler made an end of life decision. I don't know what to say except that I wish the media would butt out of this personal family decision. The federal gov't had no reason to meddle in this. I wish Terri final peace.

 

[preCRT]

The Schindlers were the ones that dragged the government and media into this personal family matter.

 

[Insomniak]

Get this one:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/LAW/03/27/schiavo/top.1837.hospice.sings.cnn.jpg

Are these people really that ignorant, or are they just blindly ravenous to have their way? Gov. Bush has no jurisdiction, and never should have had any. He has already told those that would keep Schiavo "alive" that there's nothing left for him to do. The law has decided on this matter. Will they please let it go so the media and politicians can move onto their next abominable issue of vote grabbing and ad-selling?

 

[conehead433]

Just want to wish Terri the peace that she deserves. Happy Easter everyone. Amen.

 

[jhu]

i found a presumed ct scan of her brain. if it is her brain, she has severe vetriculomegaly and attenuation of the cerebral cortex. there's csf where brain should be. i'll bet the full scan isn't any better. the brains of end-stage alzheimer patients look better than this.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
It's highly unlikely that Terri Schiavo exists in a state other than PVS. There's no doubt what her husband wants and there's no doubt what the courts have concluded. But medical science doesn't have Supreme Courts. We are always beholden to the limits of our technology and our expertise. If I was caring for Terri Schiavo, I would have recommended barbituates if the spouse wanted a peaceful death that might be hastened. If I was afraid of activist politicians/judges, I would recommend opiates. Even if I thoroughly believed she was PVS, I would still recommend use of opiate analgesics.

1. so even you cannot make a definitive statement on the matter (Personally I do feel that she is braindead) but just wondering how you can make hard and fast statements about her not feeling pain and then waffle on this one.

2. With regards to her husband of couse he wants her out of the picture, he is already shacked up with another woman, has kids and is jumping at the chance to marry....not that there is anything wrong with that but I still cannot for the life of me understand why he didn't just divorce Terri especially after seeing how her parents wanted to keep her alive...

Also what motivates him to deny her communion, and also deny her parents the right of taking photos of her as she currently is...since when did husbands get so much control...

I often wonder if his being a controlling husband/overbearing is what led her to her eating disorder?

It was Mr. Schiavo who made a big ordeal out of this by not divorcing his wife...had he done that and moved on with his life then we wouldn't be hearing about this in the news...end of story.

 

[Darkhawk28]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
It's highly unlikely that Terri Schiavo exists in a state other than PVS. There's no doubt what her husband wants and there's no doubt what the courts have concluded. But medical science doesn't have Supreme Courts. We are always beholden to the limits of our technology and our expertise. If I was caring for Terri Schiavo, I would have recommended barbituates if the spouse wanted a peaceful death that might be hastened. If I was afraid of activist politicians/judges, I would recommend opiates. Even if I thoroughly believed she was PVS, I would still recommend use of opiate analgesics.

1. so even you cannot make a definitive statement on the matter (Personally I do feel that she is braindead) but just wondering how you can make hard and fast statements about her not feeling pain and then waffle on this one.

2. With regards to her husband of couse he wants her out of the picture, he is already shacked up with another woman, has kids and is jumping at the chance to marry....not that there is anything wrong with that but I still cannot for the life of me understand why he didn't just divorce Terri especially after seeing how her parents wanted to keep her alive...

Also what motivates him to deny her communion, and also deny her parents the right of taking photos of her as she currently is...since when did husbands get so much control...

I often wonder if his being a controlling husband/overbearing is what led her to her eating disorder?

It was Mr. Schiavo who made a big ordeal out of this by not divorcing his wife...had he done that and moved on with his life then we wouldn't be hearing about this in the news...end of story.

If everything you said was true (which it isn't), why in the hell is it your business?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
It's highly unlikely that Terri Schiavo exists in a state other than PVS. There's no doubt what her husband wants and there's no doubt what the courts have concluded. But medical science doesn't have Supreme Courts. We are always beholden to the limits of our technology and our expertise. If I was caring for Terri Schiavo, I would have recommended barbituates if the spouse wanted a peaceful death that might be hastened. If I was afraid of activist politicians/judges, I would recommend opiates. Even if I thoroughly believed she was PVS, I would still recommend use of opiate analgesics.

1. so even you cannot make a definitive statement on the matter (Personally I do feel that she is braindead) but just wondering how you can make hard and fast statements about her not feeling pain and then waffle on this one.

2. With regards to her husband of couse he wants her out of the picture, he is already shacked up with another woman, has kids and is jumping at the chance to marry....not that there is anything wrong with that but I still cannot for the life of me understand why he didn't just divorce Terri especially after seeing how her parents wanted to keep her alive...

Also what motivates him to deny her communion, and also deny her parents the right of taking photos of her as she currently is...since when did husbands get so much control...

I often wonder if his being a controlling husband/overbearing is what led her to her eating disorder?

It was Mr. Schiavo who made a big ordeal out of this by not divorcing his wife...had he done that and moved on with his life then we wouldn't be hearing about this in the news...end of story.

Maybe because he feels strongly about it?

Fvck, if it were me I'd hope my wife has the decency to terminate my treatment in this situation. Apparently, 80% of the population of this country agree with me too. It's the nutjob 20% fringe on the far right that made this such a media circus.

Why on earth would the parents want to take pictures of their daughter dying? Are they planning on suing Mr. Shiavo over this when she's dead? These people are nuts.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.onthemedia.org/
False Dichotomy
Anybody watching TV coverage of the Terri Schiavo legal wrangling this week was most likely left with the impression of a nation divided down the middle over what should be done. But that picture doesn't match public opinion poll data, which suggest an overwhelming majority of Americans side with Shiavo's husband. Brooke talks to Salon senior writer Eric Boehlert about why news organizations are ignoring their own research.

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