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(One of my very few posts on) Terri Schiavo

Unfortunately, she had to die of starvation in the end. But I’m not sure if she was actually aware of it…

LARGO, Florida (AP) — An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband’s contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner’s office said Wednesday. It also found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise abused.

CNN 6/15/2005

Via Kinky Convolution.

Terry Shiavo case on Weekend America

Weekend America had an interesting ten minute segment on the Terry Shiavo case this weekend. I thought it was interesteing and had a lot more info than the little 45 second snippets I mostly hear. I thought it was interesting enough to share. It’s available Real Audio or MP3 (go about 2 minutes in) (or as a podcast). Is it Terri or Terry? (Yes, I know it’s Theresa).

The bright side

I do have to agree with Judi the is one good thing out of the Terri Schiavo media coverage: people are thinking and talking about what their wishes are. I just hope they’re writing them down also…

I hope that some families do this and it helps avoid the problems and pain the Terri’s family is having.

MYOB: So I’ve kept my mouth shut on the Schiavo stories…

So everyone is chatting about Schiavo whom they don’t know about just giving their two cents. I haven’t give my two cents but since you asked, I would say it’s time to let her go, no matter what end you measure it from it’s probably the best thing in the long run.

But that’s not why I’m here today. I’m here for something far more local and that I actually have a little bit of an opinion on because it happens in my neighborhood.

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