[lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Sat Apr 9 17:34:41 PDT 2005



>Gary Williams wrote:
>Anyhow, Sue Rodriguez petitioned the government for the right to end
>her own life. But who shows up to stop her? Precisely the same
>groups. The Anti-abortion crowd came up and got the "Persons With
>Disabilities" activists riled up with the same rhetoric (You're
>next!) and we had a circus identical to the one in Florida. Many of
>the players names were the same. I wouldn't doubt if Marta was
>there. She certainly heard about it.

I did not hear of this case and I was not there. It is just incredulous how you make assumptions about a person you don't even know. Seems I've become the whipping post for anyone who wants to jump in. It is sickening not to mention disillusioning.


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>So... in any case, Sue lost. The "God (read that 'the Church') owns
>you" crowd were successful in insuring that Sue died of suffocation,
>one of the most frightening experiences that a person can possibly
>undergo.

Didn't they give her morphine and other drugs to take away the fear and pain? My mother had pulmonary failure from pneumonia and was in intensive care for 2 weeks on a respirator. In the end she was not able to regain lung function and technically you could say that she died of suffocation because when they removed the respirator per her prior written instructions she could not breathe. She did not know much, if any, of this because the doctor and I saw to it that she had plenty of morphine and one other drug that I cannot recall its name and was resting in no pain and no fear. My daughter, cousin and myself were there to hold her hand when she died. She did not squeeze my hand and there was no response. She died very peacefully in a short period of time. So I'm telling you there is a way to transition a situation like this - by using medicine.

I'm REALLY DISGUSTED by this attack on me. If you wanted to drive me from being active on this list you have succeeded.

Marta

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