But it probably would not have occurred to you to do so otherwise, right? I know I'm in my forties and it wasn't even on my horizon until I was in the hospital this October being admitted and they were asking me who they should call "in case."
Dana On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:28:40 -0800, Gregory Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually for what it's worth, I'm 26 and mostly because of the Schiavo > situation; I made out a living will. There will be no fighting over how > I die now thank you... > > Dana wrote: > > >By not filing a living will she failed to say otherwise. Nothing more. > >I know I damn sure would not want my ex making medical decisions for > >me and would not have wanted him to so in the five years we stayed > >married after breaking up, in which it did not occur to me to make a > >living will. How many twenty-somethings do? > > > >Now the law, yes, the law may well be that he is her guardian, but > >this is a case where the law is an ass. It's very clear that he is at > >a minimum not concerned with her. When was the last time he visited? > > > >As for wanting it over, he has only to walk away. It need not concern > >him, but divorce does not seem to be an option for him, which makes me > >suspicious. Why not? That's a red flag for a bad relationship. > > > >The other remark about putting her there refers to an allegation that > >he hit her and she fell, hitting her head. I have no information as to > >actual causation, but I have not heard the story the way you tell it. > >I believe the husband's current version is that she was bulimic and > >gave herself a potassium imbalance through dehydration from vomiting. > > > >Dana > > > > > >On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:57:04 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>Dana wrote: > >>>I'm saying I don't believe him. I have heard him and I have heard the > >>>parents. I believe them and I don't believe him. In my opinion what we > >>>are seeing is state-sanctioned domestic violence, and that's assuming > >>>he in fact has nothing to do with putting her in this condition. > >>> > >>> > >>I don't see how he could've had anything to do with her accident since > >>it was due to medication she was prescribed by doctors who were then > >>sued due to their malpractice. He would've had to have coerced her > >>doctors into prescribing the wrong drugs and then taking the heat from > >>his lawsuit. Not too likely. > >> > >>As to him wanting it over, who wouldn't? He's been in legal battles > >>for 15 years and probably has millions of people that harass him every > >>day due to this. I'd want it over too. > >> > >>As for the state-sanctioned violence, that's way off the mark since > >>Ms. Schiavo did make her wishes known: by not filing a living will she > >>told the state that she wanted her husband to make the decisions. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148489 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
