Friday, August 05, 2005
Never Forget Terri Schiavo
We don’t know as much about comas, brain damage, etc., as some would have us think we do:
When Sarah Scantlin woke up earlier this year after two decades in a semi-comatose state, she was ready to resume her life. Her body was not...
For 20 years, Scantlin, the victim of a hit-and-run accident, was cut off from the world, unable to communicate. But it's now clear that - at least some of the time - she could see, she could hear, and she could understand what was going on around her.
Shortly after she began to talk earlier this year, her father asked her what she knew about something that had happened years earlier, Sept. 11."
"Sarah, what's 9-11?" Jim Scantlin says he asked. "And she says, 'Bad…Fire…Airplanes… Building. Hurt people.' Now, that's pretty good."
Lucky Sarah… none of her loved ones were pressing to exercise her “right to die” for her.
Hat tip: Dymphna’s Well.
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I'm so glad that you are still thinking about this subject. I think we generally have too short a memory in this country.
I agree with Kristine. We certainly do have a short memory in this country! When it happens again (and we happen to hear about it) the country will be shocked and surprised.
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