Starvation
We wouldn't even starve a dog. Any animal that is found lacking food on the Animal Planet police show.....You surely would go to jail.
My 2 cents and then I will shutup. Shaivo situation is sad.
Fifteen years of this mess continues and will continue until someone has enough balls to stand up and make a decision. Make the decision....Its on your head....Do you starve her to death or not!?! Come on....What's it gonna be...Yes..Or...No!
Renegade judges don't have the right to decide - then it went to Congress. They couldn't make a decision....Why?
Because the whole thing falls around starving a woman to death.
Your dog is sick and can't eat - you put them down. There are humane ways to do it. A shot - a last breath. It's over.
We treat the folks on death row better.
I feel for the parents. Although she didn't have a living will and her husband is really trying to uphold her wishes. If I put myself in the parents shoes for two seconds....Two seconds...Let them have her.
******EDIT - I AM ADDING THIS CLIP THAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO WATCH AND THEN THINK ABOUT HER MOTHER******* (The clip takes a minute to come up - but I think you will undestand where I am coming from)
That is their baby. They have been there since the beginning. They see her every day. When is the last time hubby went to kiss his wife on the forehead. To whisper that he's doing everything he can? When's the last time that he showed up to court in person and didn't send a lawyer?
If I didn't have a will and the same circumstances happened to me. I would hope that my husband (although I don't have one) would let my Mom have me. If that is what she would want. If that would make her happy to try and try again to make me better. She's not going to let anyone hurt me. I am a veggie - so what do I care.
Its too late for me to care. I had the opportunity to let everyone know on paper - I failed. Now - I must live with the consequences of having my Mom do everything she can to keep me around.
Really - is that so wrong?
My two cents.
posted by J's Mom @ 2:34 PM
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If it was up to me, she would not be in this situation in the first place. Too many times, as I have stated previously, the doctors try to play God and heal that which cannot be healed. They should have let her go fifteen years ago.
If it ever comes down to this for any of us, I pray we or your spouses can do the right thing right then and not fifteen years later.
Government does not belong in this situation and God help us all if they succeed.
Well they didnt let her go 15 years ago. She is breathing on her own.
I will say this - I agree I wouldnt desire this situation for myself. But I would not want my family to have to sit there for two weeks and watch me die.
I believe the topic at hand should be a better way to kill someone. I believe that is a Governmental issue. Because they are killing her. In a terrible fashion. Her poor parents will sit by and watch her starve to death. How sad.
A marriage is a contract between two people and you go into the marriage thinking that the person will take care of you.
That doesnt always happen. I think that you stating that parents have no rights of guardianship for good reason is just sad too.
I think you need to put the shoe on the said parental foot. You now have a daughter. She grows up gets married. Gets in a horrible car crash. The husband walks out to greet you in the waiting room and says...we had to pull the plug - Sorry. I doubt your gonna pat him on the back and say...I am sure you made the right decision.
If you do then you sure have a lot of trust.
I would hope my Mom would question it. I would hope my spouse would go to her and ask her opinion and views. I want them to make that decision together.
I believe in this so much so that IF I ever get married again - I
will put this in my pre-nup.
If I ever am in that situation and my husband didnt consult with my Mom (whose opinion I think far outweighs any man!) they can be held accountable for my murder!
So there!
I also want to add - that she was 20 years old when this happened.
20 years old! I was married. I don't know if I would want a 20 year old making any decisions about my life.
Your very trusting JSC.
Marriage - somethiong you speak so highly about...come on.. think about it....do you really want to put your life in the hands of someone who you may be divorced from in a few years.
Family...they are forever.
As you stated - I agree that a situation like Mom and Dads might be different. Thats why law needs to get involved.
If that was Dad in there being starved (with the video that you have seen attached) - I think I might take Mom to task on it.
Thats why I looked into the Heathcare Proxy as opposed to the living will.
No matter what - no matter what loophole - that person has been assigned.
My primary gripe was the starvation tactic that they have chosen.
What a terrible slow death to witness.
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