Day By Day© by Chris Muir.Saturday, March 05, 2005
Looks like Terri Schiavo might have a chance to live after all.
Some people might compare this to the Nancy Cruzan case here in Missouri. I felt it was wrong to let her starve to death as well. But this isn't the same thing. Mrs. Schiavo isn't a vegetable. She responds to stimuli and recognizes people. And despite what some people might say, starvation is a horrible way to die. If they don't think so, let them fast for, say, three days and see how they feel. I've done it before, on more than one occasion, for religious reasons. Prayer is the only way to get through it. The hunger pangs can get to you. Now picture yourself as a person feeling those pangs, yet unable to reach out to get something to eat. Your mind wants to, but your body won't respond. That's Terri Schiavo. She's not on any machines to keep her alive. She just needs food and water. There is even a doctor who says he treats people in her condition successfully all the time. But her husband won't let her be treated.
Please pray for this family. And pray about her husband. He is in serious need of some humanity.
A Florida judge will hear arguments next week on whether the state's social services agency will be allowed to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case with an investigation of alleged abuse by her estranged husband.If you don't know who Terri Schiavo is, you should be ashamed of yourself. Her husband has been trying to kill her legally for the past five years. Now her last chances to survive depend on the above-mentioned court case, and the fact that her parents are trying to annul her marriage. Her "husband" has been living with his "fiancee" for the past ten years, and has two children by her. He plans to marry her as soon as Terri dies.
Some people might compare this to the Nancy Cruzan case here in Missouri. I felt it was wrong to let her starve to death as well. But this isn't the same thing. Mrs. Schiavo isn't a vegetable. She responds to stimuli and recognizes people. And despite what some people might say, starvation is a horrible way to die. If they don't think so, let them fast for, say, three days and see how they feel. I've done it before, on more than one occasion, for religious reasons. Prayer is the only way to get through it. The hunger pangs can get to you. Now picture yourself as a person feeling those pangs, yet unable to reach out to get something to eat. Your mind wants to, but your body won't respond. That's Terri Schiavo. She's not on any machines to keep her alive. She just needs food and water. There is even a doctor who says he treats people in her condition successfully all the time. But her husband won't let her be treated.
Please pray for this family. And pray about her husband. He is in serious need of some humanity.
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