monoceros blogsHorrid days. Another earthquake in Indonesia and more deaths. The latest or impending death on this side of the world will be Terri Shiavo's.
I'm not sure whose side I would take, though for now, I'm leaning slightly towards saving Terri Shiavo's life if it were possible. She collapsed from brain damage caused by heart failure when she was 26 years old. She is 41 today and on the road to death since her feeding tube was removed 13 days ago. Who knows what she really wished - her husband claims she would want her life to end; her parents say she would live on if she could articulate her desire.
Either way, the idea of depriving the woman of food and water - even if she feels no pain - so that she can die is horrific and inhumane. Isn't there some other way? I feel for her parents, especially after reading her mother's plea. This was her message to Michael Shiavo, Terri's husband, and his live-in girlfriend, who is the mother of his two children - "Michael and Jodi, you have your own children. Please, please give my child back to me."
Read more here.
Posted by Monoceros at March 30, 2005 5:16 PM