It's Not Over Yet
Sadly, Terri Schiavo passed away this morning at 9:05AM , as you will undoubtedly see plastered all over the news today. The inevitable has come to pass and now we can finally move on...nope, think again.
This case has polarized a nation on moral and legal issues surrounding healthcare and guardianship. We will have to endure further television specials and legal battles for weeks to come.
It has become abundantly clear to me that the Schindler family truly loathes Michael Schiavo as they cannot seem to agree on anything. They are already complaining that Michael asked part of the family to leave the room about 10 minutes before she died. It's not like he KNEW she was going to die right then and the Schindler family are the ones that requested separate visits and did not wish to be in the same room with Michael. Michael said that Terri will be cremated...the Schindlers said they don't want her cremated as it is against their religion. Michael said Terri will be buried in a family plot in Pennsylvania...the Schindlers want to bury her in Florida.
Do these people hate each other so much they can't muster a single civil moment between themselves? There are obviously deep personal issues going on in this situation that we don't fully understand. I think I have a hunch though and it has to do with the Schindlers being pissed off that Michael did not share any of the malpractice money he received in 1992 totaling more than one million dollars.
If the Schindlers really want to be mad at someone why aren't they mad at Terri for having Bulimia, which resulted in a potassium deficiency that triggered the heart failure that interrupted oxygen flow to the brain and ultimately left her in a persistent vegetative state for the next 15 years? Were Bob and Mary Schindler always so controlling of their daughter during her life that they won't even relent after her death?
posted by neonangel at 12:49 PM
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"I think I have a hunch though that it has to do with the Schindlers being pissed off that Michael did not share any of the malpractice money he received in 1992 totaling more than one million dollars."
Or, maybe, they think Michael murdered their daughter? Right or wrong, that seems like a much stronger motivation to hate the man than a few hundred thousand dollars.
4:00 PM
Ummm, they were mad at him long before she died. They stopped visiting with Terri while Michael was there shortly after the malpractice suit. This is also about the same time that they tried to have him removed as her legal guardian. I was trying to point out an incident that may have triggered their dissent within the family. As far as Michael "murdering" their daughter I believe that would be a criminal offense punishable by law, yet numerous courts (including the U.S. Supreme Court) have given no indication that this allegation has ever been considered. Finally money is a perfect excuse to be mad at someone regardless of the amount.
7:08 PM
Neonangel,
I think you asked the most poigniant question I've read, surrounding this discussion. A person who engages in the self-destructive behavior of bulimia, is a person who feels she is not good enough the way she is. That thinking is usually deep-seeded and comes as a result of years of subliminal messages by those around her. Based on everyone's actions I can only imagine what her life must have been like, at it ain't pretty.
In seeing this tug of war between the 2 groups, I would venture to guess that Terri's finally at peace from her inner and outer torment she was still living!
Michele
lettersfromnyc.mu.nu
9:57 PM
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