GET A LIVING WILL
This is none of our business
Terri et al are being exploited for political reasons
A black infant was unplugged last week, against his parents wishes. Texas has a law signed into effect by W which allows hospitals to unplug individuals from life support if they are out of money to pay for continued treatment.
"If the patient or the person responsible for the health care decisions of the patient is requesting life-sustaining treatment that the attending physician has decided and the review process has affirmed is inappropriate treatment, the patient shall be given available life-sustaining treatment pending transfer under Subsection (d). The patient is responsible for any costs incurred in transferring the patient to another facility. The physician and the health care facility are not obligated to provide life-sustaining treatment after the 10th day after the written decision required under Subsection (b) is provided to the patient or the person responsible for the health care decisions of the patient …"
Here's a link to the entire law:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/htm/hs.002.00.000166.00.htm
On Mar 24, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Stacy Harim wrote:
<x-tad-bigger>I'm sure they tested her brain waves to see if there were any. I know they did it with me. If I had it done with no insurance, I am sure through this process it's been done more than that for her. No brain waves, no action going on in there. The brain doesn't rehabilitate itself.</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Stacy</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-smaller> </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>From:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> </x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller>Sent:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:52 AM</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Subject:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> [QUAD-L] Shedding light on terri's situation</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-bigger>I'm sorry, kiddo. But I'm surrounded daily by people who have been told by </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>specialist and doctors that they "Can't" or "They Won't" and yet, these people </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>continue to survive and prove their doctors wrong.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>The court doctor was not allow to touch her during the court inspection, only </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>review her charts.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>How many stories do you know of where the impossible was... not so impossible?</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Is the glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>W</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>In a message dated 3/24/05 1:04:48 AM, </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> writes:</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger><< She is brain damaged. Are you gonna use your time to argue with 20</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> something neurologists that have said so? She doesn't even know that she is hungry.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Stacy >></x-tad-bigger>
