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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (77717)	10/17/2003 12:16:41 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Parents hoping for comatose daughter By VICKIE CHACHERE ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Mary Schindler leaned over her daughter, trying to coax a word or a smile from the 39-year-old woman the way a mother would try to prompt a response from a baby. "Mommy loves you," Schindler told her daughter, as she nuzzled her on the cheek. Terri Schiavo moaned and blinked during the session, secretly recorded more than two years ago by the Schindlers. Through six years of legal battles, Bob and Mary Schindler have never given up hope that their daughter, who has been in a vegetative state since 1990 after a heart attack, might one day be able to talk, or that the courts would stop their son-in-law Michael Schiavo from ending her life. Michael Schiavo has won the legal fight. A feeding tube that kept his wife alive was disconnected Wednesday, and doctors say she will die within two weeks without it. The Schindlers still hope their daughter can be saved. "It's an emotional roller coaster," Bob Schindler said. "I go one day at a time." The Schindlers have been here before. In April 2001, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was disconnected for two days before a judge ordered feedings resumed based on new evidence. But there is no new evidence this time, and no judge appears to be willing to step in. On Thursday, the Schindler's supporters sent legal memorandums to Gov. Jeb Bush outlining potential options for his intervention. The governor, who has sided with the Schindlers, says his office has not yet found a means to intervene. Terri Schiavo's husband says he is carrying out his wife's wishes that she not be kept alive artificially. Her parents believe she responds to them and could benefit from therapy. The Schindlers have been encouraged by her moans and groans, by what they see as a smile or a tear, and by what they believe is an occasional word from their daughter. But doctors say it's all reflexes. The Schindlers have received support from many corners. Anti-abortion activists are helping them stand 24-hour vigils outside the hospice where Terri is. Thousands have sent them e-mails and messaged Bush in support. On Thursday, Mary Schindler briefly visited her daughter, who was not responsive, family supporters said. "Her mother's a wreck," said Randall Terry, a national anti-abortion activist who has taken on the Schindlers' cause. The Schindlers have accused Michael Schiavo of wanting his wife dead so he can marry his girlfriend, with whom he has a child and another baby on the way. They have begged him to divorce Terri and let them care for her. "This is not about the Schindlers' wishes, it's about Terri's wishes," said George Felos, the attorney for Michael Schiavo. There was a time when Terri and Michael Schiavo were so close to her parents they lived with the Schindlers after the quartet moved to Florida from their native Pennsylvania. "I am an eternal optimist," Bob Schindler said. "I believe it's in God's hands."

To: Lane3 who wrote (77717)	10/17/2003 12:19:02 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

And they said infants didn't feel circumcisions.... I don't believe people when they talk about other people's suffering. I understand why people would like to believe that certain people don't feel pain, but it doesn't seem very rational. I've read several books that detail the process of starving (books about shipwrecks) and the brain isn't all that great at blocking out the pain. I hope it's true, you understand- i would LIKE it to be true that she won't feel any pain, but logic tells me that will not be the case.