Terri Schiavo dead

Fifteen years after the medical events that left her in a persistent vegetative state and almost two weeks without her feeding tube Terri Schiavo has passed away among a cloud of bitter controversy. The fighting between her husband and blood relatives continues even now. It’s sad that they could not resolve their issues with one another prior to her death.

It is being reported that her husband would not allow her family in the room with him at the time of her passing. I’m not sure that is entirely accurate though. I don’t know if you can predict when the exact moment of someone’s death is to be so how was he to know? I might be wrong. All the coverage against Michale Schiavo has made it difficult to support him, but I guess we’ll never know the true facts as none of us were there and we’re all human.

Also disheartening is hearing priests and other supposed people of ‘God’ stand in judgement of Michael Schiavo. I’ve read countless posts on websites and heard numerous scary comments by people on the right of late. They say they are supporters of ‘the culture of life’. Yet they scream about how people who believe Terri Schiavo did not want to live that way and supported efforts to see her pass should be ‘killed’ and deserve to ‘go to hell’. Their religious fervor seems only equalled by their intolerance. It’s disgusting.

It’s time to rally around this family – both sides of it. They need help to get through this time especially. Letting go is never easy. I feel the most for her parents. No parent should have to see a child die, especially in circumstances as difficult as this.