I don't know where you all stand on the Terry Schiavo situation, but despite my best intentions I was following the news on this. What a terrible tragedy this family endured - I feel sorry for everyone involved. I was furious when Congress through their two cents in. On the other hand if this were my sister, I would be doing anything I could to save her and do what I thought she would have wanted. Who'se to say really? It's susch a personal family decision, and I guess that's why it really bugs me to think that now the government is going to get involved in these ways.
I can't even imagine going through all this - so this weekend when I talk to my family I'm telling them how I want my medical care to be run in the event of something catastrophic happening to ME, and finding out what their wishes would be in the same situation. And then I'm documenting it, so Tom DeLay or George Bush never has the need to use my life as a discussion topic on Meet The Press.
This is one of the better articles I've seen about this whole situation. It gets past this complete media circus that has surrounded this poor family and this poor woman and talks about who Terri Schiavo really was. It's long, but well worth it. I would like to think that now that this woman has died this family's pain has ended, but somehow I'm not so sure.
I promise to be funny tomorrow.
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I read that WP article, too, although I have been trying not to get too caught up in the issue. (Guess I'm asking too much to think that chaos in Kyrgystan should at least be mentioned in the news amdist the Shiavo mess.) The article was very good. It was certainly a real tragedy. I hope that the family on both sides can finally move on and find peace.
The only thing I can think is that it is lucky that this is such a rare thing -- where someone is so brain damaged but still breathing and has family that disagrees so vehemently. People have been trying to tie it into the greater euthanasia issue, but I think that is hard to do.
The political aspect is frightening to me. I'm confused about people not trusting the gov't with tax dollars (that's MY salary and perks! :)), but trusting them with lifestyle and health issues...
OK, time for more funny things, Gayle!
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