Agreed completely. In fact I wonder if the percentage of twenty-somethings with living wills has gone up since the Schiavo incident became public....would be an interesting statistic...
Dana wrote: >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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148492 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
