“What?s the difference between these two cases, that Congress and the President act on one, but not the other?”<\/p>\n
Great question<\/a>. I have another<\/a> (not a great one, but a question).<\/p>\n Terri?s hands are curled up around little soft cylinders that help her not to injure herself. I understand that these contractures are likely very painful, although there was a time when Terri was receiving simple motion therapy when her hands and arms relaxed and were no longer as constricted. When the therapy was discontinued by order of her guardian and the court, the contractures returned. These contractures would apparently be avoidable if Terri were given the simple range of motion therapy she previously received. It is very sad to observe firsthand these conditions that make her life more difficult, but that would be correctable with little effort.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yes, it is very sad, that her parents didn’t perform the therapy once it was discontinued. ROM can be done by anyone in less than 15 minutes. Her parents visit every day?<\/p>\n I’m not saying a decision like this, absent a Living Will or other document signed by the person in question, should be made based upon the number of times a family visits. But it does say a lot about the depth of their concern as Terrance’s item<\/a> does about America’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “What?s the difference between these two cases, that Congress and the President act on one, but not the other?” Great question. I have another (not a great one, but a question). Terri?s hands are curled up around little soft cylinders … Continue reading