Comments on: Don’t Compare Terri to Tirhas

By: Suricou Raven

Suricou Raven — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:36:15 +0000

Dragging up conspiricy theories now are we? Time to get the tinfoil hats on.

Because clearly if the facts dont agree with your conclusion, the facts must have been manipulated by someone.

By: And Rightly So! » Another Texas Hospital Trying to pull the plug??

And Rightly So! » Another Texas Hospital Trying to pull the plug?? — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:52:51 +0000

[...] I really hope it’s not like this. It would be way too soon to remove this woman from life support and I really can’t see it the way this article writes it. A similar situation popped up a couple months back, involving a Texas hospital and a “life saving” debate. Until the details came out. Seems some like to use these situations as a basis for bashing the former Govenor of Texas, George Bush, currently our President. [...]

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:29:11 +0000

No Timmah. These people are speaking about what they know- Terri was not in that state.
I had contact with nurses and aides who worked with Terri and there were alot of things being said that were not truth.
A big cover up has occurred to.

By: Timmah420

Timmah420 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:57:31 +0000

Actually that was a statement from the national institute for neurological disorders, followed by the testimony of one of the most respected neurological doctors in America.

You’re wrong. Just admit it.

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:03:52 +0000

That assessment was from ONE doctor.
ONE. I realize there were several MD’s who said these things but it’s funny how the voices of so many other docs have been hushed up. It’s funny how these MD’s were all paid by Terri’s hubby to “assess” her.
It’s funny how so many docs who saw Terri’s medical records and brain scans questioned the one or two doc’s DX…

persistent vegetative state- is an awful term that just doesn’t equal the actual condition the very DX people with this are in.

By: Timmah420

Timmah420 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:03:16 +0000

That link is 404 now btw, but it links back to the national institute for neurological disorders, it’s just the first thing that came up in google.

By: Timmah420

Timmah420 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:57:15 +0000

Hate to play “Nuh-uh you’re wrong” but the autopsy says the vision centers in Terri Schaivo’s brain were *dead* that proves she was blind and was not responding to stimuli.

You’re a nurse right? Maybe you should pick up a text book and look up “persistent vegetative state”.

“A persistent vegetative state (commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as “brain-death”) sometimes follows a coma. Individuals in such a state have lost their thinking abilities and awareness of their surroundings, but retain non-cognitive function and normal sleep patterns. Even though those in a persistent vegetative state lose their higher brain functions, other key functions such as breathing and circulation remain relatively intact. Spontaneous movements may occur, and the eyes may open in response to external stimuli. They may even occasionally grimace, cry, or laugh. Although individuals in a persistent vegetative state may appear somewhat normal, they do not speak and they are unable to respond to commands. For more, see: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm”

DR. RUSSELL PORTENOY (neurologist and chairman of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York)”A patient in a persistent vegetative state can appear to have a normal level of consciousness with alertness and with normal sleep cycle but they have no content of consciousness. They don’t experience emotion. They can’t think. They can’t interact with the environment. They have no memory. So the persistent vegetative state is actually a very difficult condition for caregivers because the patient can look as if he or she is awake and interactive but there’s really no… nothing left of that person there.”

Any more stuff to make up “nurse” Raven?

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:02:18 +0000

“The bottom line is Terri couldn’t see, she couldn’t think, and she couldn’t feel. At least in any approximation science is aware of. So why make a martyr out of her?”

Noooo you are wrong once again. She was able to think…this is a HUGE misconeption among people who don’t work with this population. Her thought process was certainly at a low level, but her abilty to smile and cry and move her eyes with stimulating subjects SAYS there was a connection. Of course she could FEEL things to. She wasn’t paralized for chrisakes!