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

From: Sandi (sanditypes_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:58:32 -0500

> All I know is I don't have any idea what I would do in this particular
> incident or how I feel about this EXCEPT the government has no business
> getting involved. This is appalling to me that the president and congress
> is even involved.
>
> Again, however, get a living will, Advanced Directives and in Washington
we
> have something called Five Wishes (I have no clue what that is but type it
> all the time for our cancer patients). Guess I better find out.
>
> This is just a horrible issue and one that is none of anyone's business
but
> the parties involved as it is so emotional. No one knows what they'd do
> until it happens in your family or your situation. I just know if you
feel
> strongly you best have documentation and you better follow that up with a
> lot of discussion all the time with everyone in your family as the
> documentation will do no good if you do not discuss it a lot with your
> family. My dad always said if we put him on a tube he would haunt us
> forever and make our lives miserable. We certainly knew his feelings!!
>
> --
> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> (to reply send to medlawtrans@comcast.net)

The sad and scary thing, though, is that you can make a living will and I
can still envision a scenario where this would happen to you anyway. As it
is, Terri Schiavo's situation was a normal one where her husband as next of
kin had absolute power to decide what was to happen to her, and look where
we are. It's an error to assume that there's anything unusual about it
other than the fact that her parents and her husband were each willling to
go to such lengths in pursuit of their view. A living will seems to be the
solution, but who knows if one day down the road my husband and my son might
not disagree on whether I may have changed my mind in the interim, and
battle it out in the courts? Then will Congress decide, "When in doubt,
maintain life"? It is truly frightening what has happened in the last
couple of days.

Sandi

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