Re: U.S. House panel to seek to keep Schiavo alive

From: Jeannie Wilson (jwilson421_at_comcastspamkills.net)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:54:11 -0600

"Su" <.@hotmail.com> wrote here for all to
seenews:ifF_d.38680$c72.37254@bignews3.bellsouth.net:

> Something else I just thought of: Karen Ann Quinlan, who was
> unquestionably in a permanent vegetative state. Her parents fought to
> have her taken off life support so she could "die with dignity." They
> won the case and life support was removed, but Karen remained alive
> for about 5 years, with a feeding tube (I believe she eventually
> succumb to pneumona). How is this case different than that Schiavo
> case?

What other form of "life support" is she on other than the feeding tube?
Are there brain waves? Is her heart beating on its own? Is she breathing
on her own? I don't remember.

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