]Originally posted by Roadtoad [/i]
>>An infant recognizes that there is something wrong when it's laying in it's own filth. Therefore, it cries until something is done for it, because it cannot do for itself. (I'm a father of four. I know this.)
"During her menses she would indicate her discomfort
by saying "pay" and moving her arms toward her lower abdominal
area. Other ways that she would indicate that she was in pain included
pursing her lips, grimacing, thrashing in bed, curling her toes or
moving her legs around. She would let you know when she had a
bowel movement by flipping up the covers and pulling on her diaper
and scooted in bed on her bottom."
-- Nurse Carla Iyer (sworn affidavite)
>> If it's hungry, it cries, and when it's near it's mother, it roots for the appropriate appendage, seeking to feed itself. That's nature. Terri Schiavo could not do that.
>>"[Another CNA] and I frequently put orange juice or apple juice in her washcloth to give her something nice to taste, which made her happy. On three or four occasions I personally fed Terri small mouthfuls of Jello, which she was able to swallow and enjoyed immensely."
Law testified that the only reason she didn't attempt to feed Ms. Schiavo more frequently was "because I was so afraid of being caught by Michael.""
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/20/102601.shtml
>>I'm not too certain about the beginning, but when it comes to the end, I'm damned sure. And Terri was gone fifteen years before her body was.
According to representative studies, a clinical diagnosis of PVS by trained, board certified neurologists has an error somewhere between 37 and 75 pecent of the time. Damned sure, eh?