Terry Schiavo

Since this news story hit a few months ago I have been inspired to write a living will. I’ve downloaded a living will and need to fill it out to state my last wishes in case something like this happens to me. I have actually been hoping they remove the feeding tube and just let this person who obviously has no hope of recovery die. Now, 11 days later I’m thinking, what an inhumane way to allow someone to die. Starve them to death and dehydrate them for 2 weeks or more. I hope this case brings some attention to something that obviously needs to be addressed, assisted suicide. I wouldn’t want to be starved to death, but if I am in a persistant vegitative state such as Terry Shiavo, I would want to be put out of my misery. The family and friends of Terry are saying she is being “so verbal” now trying to say “save me” or “help me”. This woman is obviously in a persistant vegitative state and has no clue or control over her emotions or actions, although I do think it is inhumane to starve someone to death. I would like to stress, as I will in my will, that if assisted suicide is not legal in the event this situation happens to me, take my food and water away and let me starve to death. do not pray or protest for me, it means nothing to me.