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Florida seems to be the state for debate, whether it's for electing a leader, to determining life or death.
And no, I'm not gonna trash talk Florida cuz I've got lots of friends there, and it is a pretty cool state. Just weird that Florida has issues when it comes to these political issues.
But there.... you have to ask,...are these things supposed to be political?
It's been on the news lately. One woman who by stroke of fate as fate would have it back in 1990 collapsed in her home when her heart had stopped because of some chemical imbalance, which halted oxygen to her brain and did a really good deal of damage to her.
She could breathe on her own, but used a feeding tube. Basically, she was classified as being under a vegetative state. The national Institutes of Health define this as:
A coma is a profound or deep state of unconsciousness. The affected individual is alive but is not able to react or respond to life around him/her. Coma may occur as an expected progression or complication of an underlying illness, or as a result of an event such as head trauma.
A persistent vegetative state, which sometimes follows a coma, refers to a condition in which individuals have lost cognitive neurological function and awareness of the environment but retain noncognitive function and a perserved sleep-wake cycle.
It is sometimes described as when a person is technically alive, but his/her brain is dead. However, that description is not completely accurate. In persistent vegetative state the individual loses the higher cerebral powers of the brain, but the functions of the brainstem, such as respiration (breathing) and circulation, remain relatively intact. Spontaneous movements may occur and the eyes may open in response to external stimuli, but the patient does not speak or obey commands. Patients in a vegetative state may appear somewhat normal. They may occasionally grimace, cry, or laugh.
I don't know whether or not it should have gone to the political arena the way it has. All I know is, one side of the family wants her to go, while the other side fights for her life. Right now, I am leaning more towards her family as they fight for her. This is just a personal opinion.
In this state, all I can wonder is the quality of life and chances for recovery. I don't think there are any.
But given her status, if it was time to let her go, let her do so with dignity. Not by playing the hokey pokey with her feeding tube. Not by starving her to death.
Regardless of what she might have said in a will that doesn't exist, I think she would wanted it with dignity.
posted by Bum at 22:45
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I don't think it should've gone into the political arena at all...it should be a family decision. And, the last I heard this morning, they have removed her feeding tube once again.
Every bit of news, on the radio...on TV...seems to be about this issue. I believe they need to let her die with dignity also....not by starving her to death. My God, think about it...they put people in jail for doing less than that to their animals!!! They say she won't really feel any pain or even hunger pains because of the damage to her brain...but how can they know that's 100% accurate? And I've heard it may take her a week or two to pass...although that can't be true if she's not even getting fuilds, can it? I thought you could only live a day or two without water. I don't know.
It's all just plain sad.
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