On Wednesday, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court Judge George Greer set Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. as the date to remove the artificial feeding tube that has been keeping the 39-year-old Pinellas woman alive for the past 13 years.
In another ruling, Greer denied Terri’s parents’ request for immediate therapy for their daughter. They had hoped she could be taught to swallow food even if the feeding tube is removed…..
So that gives Governor Bush a month to intervene, Terri’s parents a month to keep working through the legal system (the federal suit is still pending) and us a month to keep praying….
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I am so flabbergasted-I honestly did not think the judge would make such and inhuman ruling…
What is WRONG with that man? How could he say such a thing? Has our society gotten to the point where food cannot even be given to a starving woman because her husband says no? I am so sick about this. I am praying so hard that somebody will find a way to save Terri!
Also how can the standard be “whether she would want to live this way?” Aside from the lack of real evidence that she would refuse this kind of treatment, I didn’t want to live without a boyfriend at one point… They keep throwing around the term PVS without seeming to care what it means. It seems like the point is just, “Oh come on, she’s useless anyway and this is taking up important people’s time.”
“whether she would want to live this way….” It’s awfully… weak, isn’t it, considering she has no advanced directives. Property is not decided by potential beneficiaries going before the judge and saying, “But great-uncle Harry would have wanted me to have it!” That’s why we have wills.
So if I can’t get great-uncle Harry’s favorite ashtray without a will, why is this being allowed to happen? Is the judge just getting bored and impatient?
But then why did he give Terri a month? Is he waiting for the federal case to shake out?
This whole case just fries me. It is scary that there are so many doctors and nurses who are going along with this.