Actually, I made no specific comment on my opinions about Schiavo. My post was perhaps overly long and not very concise, as the three points I was really trying to make was: 1. The decision to take someone off life support is always emotional and difficult. 2. Therefore, a person should have a living will stating how that person would like such an event handled so that their loved ones can do so, and finally, 3. politicians of either opinion used Schiavo to further their own agenda. If I seem offended it is because I am unsure if you are likening Terry Schiavo to the personal case of my mother, if in fact, you believe that I and my family murdered her by denying her food and water. Whether Terry Schiavo should have been take off food and water will always be up for debate, because there was no proof of her wishes, only her husband's word, which was suspect. In my mother's case, it was not up for debate, because she had made it clear what she wanted, in writing, through an attorney. Do you feel that it is always wrong to stop life support, if there is no prognosis for recovery (as was our case), and there was a living will stating a desire not to receive life support? It is your view on this point that I am unclear. I truly hope that I am not angering or offending you, and I'm also sorry to prolong this particular conversation with you, because I suspect it has become unpleasant, but as my feelings are still raw (mom died about three weeks ago) I took your last comments personally. That is all.
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Re: Terry Schiavo
Date: 2005-08-06 07:31 pm (UTC)If I seem offended it is because I am unsure if you are likening Terry Schiavo to the personal case of my mother, if in fact, you believe that I and my family murdered her by denying her food and water.
Whether Terry Schiavo should have been take off food and water will always be up for debate, because there was no proof of her wishes, only her husband's word, which was suspect. In my mother's case, it was not up for debate, because she had made it clear what she wanted, in writing, through an attorney. Do you feel that it is always wrong to stop life support, if there is no prognosis for recovery (as was our case), and there was a living will stating a desire not to receive life support? It is your view on this point that I am unclear. I truly hope that I am not angering or offending you, and I'm also sorry to prolong this particular conversation with you, because I suspect it has become unpleasant, but as my feelings are still raw (mom died about three weeks ago) I took your last comments personally. That is all.