Terri Schiavo’s execution is still on schedule for this Friday, March 18. A "persistent-vegetative-state" survivor, whose attorney husband saved her life, has come forward to testify to the experience of starvation by tube removal:
"Struck down in 1995 at the age of thirty-three by a rare double brainstem stroke, Kate [Adamson], then a mother of two young girls, was completely paralyzed; she was unable even to blink her eyes. Like Terri Shiavo, the medical staff treating her questioned the merit of continuing granting Kate the most basic human right of food and water.
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"Frequently described by medical authorities as a humane way to die, Kate — now as vibrant and beautiful as before her stroke — testified before the crowd of Terri’s family and supporters that this form of legalized execution was ‘one of the most painful experiences you can imagine.’ Unable to respond or to indicate awareness, Kate Adamson asserts, ‘I was just like Terri … but I was alive! I could hear every word. They were saying "shall we just not treat her?" … I suffered excruciating misery in silence.’"
(Nod to Bill Cork of Ut Unum Sint.)
There is a very good book called “I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes” that everyone associated with Terri’s case should read. I forget the author’s name, but I remember being captivated by her story. She was also physically disabled and completely non-communicative, but all the time was of normal intelligence and completely and totally aware of everything that happened to her. She finally, after decades of trying, managed to communicate to a nurse by blinking her eyes. It is an inspiring and fascinating read.
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