Update (3/18/05): If you’ve landed here through an Internet search, please see the latest post on Terri Schiavo.
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Email from a reader (edited for spelling/clarity):
“I took care of Terri as a respiratory therapist not long after her initial brain injury. She had every test…swallowing, etc. She is in a state of irreversible brain damage. People in her condition have their eyes open, grunt and can make alot of grimaces. The lay person does not realize what a person goes thru day in and day out…how hard it is on the human body…the constant care, and this is really for the people that cannot let go. In this case, her family that can not and will not face the truth. In this case, it is a control issue. When family members will not accept the facts they hang on for selfish reasons.
Please advocate letting Terri go…I have taken care of so many people in this state, and there is no happy outcome. Just heartbreak. The person who is suffering the most is Terri, whose body is in need of constant care, battling infections, bedsores, etc. Blog for the good of Terri…love her and let her go in peace. When a tube feeding is disconnected, a person is never denied water or meds. People need to be aware of the truth of people with severe brain damage and the suffering that lingers. Love is learning to accept the truth and giving peace to Terri finally.
Jo Ann F.”
Semi-Related Update: In response to In the Womb, reader Elizabeth B. sends link to an ultrasound photo and others of her baby boy, delivered last week.
