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> From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
> On Behalf Of Marta Russell
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:35 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"
>
> >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.
>
> >
> >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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