And it's over.

[cabenson]

Terri Shiavo Dies

Rest in peace , Terri.

And to all of you out there without a living will, get one. Save your family the grief and the media a story.

Comments

[sooozie1982.livejournal.com]

Finally she can go to wherever one goes when they die, and stop being in the middle of this fight.

And I've said it before(to my family), and I'll shout it from the rooftops: Don't put me on any tubes or any rigamarole! Let me die, for christ's sakes.

[bast2.livejournal.com]

amen.

[theholyinnocent.livejournal.com]

I'll second that amen.

[betsybanger.livejournal.com]

There are tens of thousands of people that die each year after their feeding tube is removed. None of them are in the media.
Yet a bigger issue is that same-sex partners cannot visit their partners in the ICU nor do they have any legal rights.

It is ironic that what lead to Terri's heart attack, leading to lack of oxygen and brain damage was an eating disorder. Then her parents legally fight to keep her on a feeding tube for 15 years.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

Right on the money, yo!

When Mrs. CB and I got together and realized that we were in it for the long u-haul, we went to an attorney. We had our wills updated, gave each other not only legal power of attorney, but also medical durable power of atty (I think that is the term), a healthcare power of atty and signed living wills. We added an addendum that any family member that challenged the partner, was automatically disqualified from receiving anything from the deceased's estate. Our lawyer did everything she could to protect our partnership.

And I agree with the irony. They should have been shouting out to teen girls that "this is what anorexia and bulemia can lead to".

[bluepoet.livejournal.com]

What an awesome attorney, and thanks for the reminder of what all needs to be done. I keep telling myself I'll do it soon enough, but now more than ever, I'm reminded of why this is something to not put off.

And: Word on the eating disorder. Oh, the irony... Been there, and Terri is a reminder of what could have happened and why it's important (and ok) to be where I am today with food.

RIP Terri Schiavo.

[betsybanger.livejournal.com]

did you have a 'gay' attorney or will any attorney do all of that?

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

She was not gay, but she had put together quite a few legal arrangements for Teh Gayze.

[betsybanger.livejournal.com]

The steps you and your gf took is a very huge step in a relationship. I guess you can say its the legal version of gay marriage in the US, wouldn't you agree?

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

I suppose a protecting-the-other way it is. We saw that 2nd version of "If These Walls Could Talk" that was Lesbian relationship centered. When we saw Vanessa Redgrave get tossed out by her deceased partner's nephew, we knew we never wanted the other to experience that.

[lonejaguar.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I'm sure someone with that severe an eating disorder would have wanted to be kept alive with all the world seeing her like that, too.

What I also found ironic was that at cbc.ca, the two "famous cases" regarding persistent states of vegetation were about families fighting in the courts to remove the feeding tube.

[betsybanger.livejournal.com]

I think Bush administration is pushing the Terri media to pull attention away from Iraq. Plus he's pushing his Pro-Life, anti-abortion agenda in the name of Terri. makes me sick

[mikee-pm.livejournal.com]

i have a living will and i'm a member of Lilach - the israeli organization to live and die with dignity.