Terri Schiavo
A number of months ago, I had heard a story about a Florida woman who was a mental vegetable being taken off life-support. Jen and I talked about it a bit and let the subject drop. Today, Sherri from
Straight Up with Sherri left a comment here directing my attention to this woman's plight.
It seems that Terri Schiavo is actually able to respond to people and changes in her environment. She laughs at some music, her eyes track objects in her room. This can be seen in several video clips that Sherri links to.
A blog-burst is being organized by the
Hyscience blog to raise people's awareness of what is going on and to persuade them to contact Florida media (which haven't been covering the story much) and government officials.
Sherri has a list of things that people can do (scroll down a bit)
Here is a link to a
website run by Terri's parents. It has a lot of documentation and the history.
I'll be writing a few letters -- it would be good if you did the same thing. If everyone spent 15 minutes, they could be saving this person's life.
Posted by DaveH at February 17, 2005 6:57 PM