A death not in vain. Remembering Terri.

I was not a part of the fight to save Terri. I was in a hospital bed in Ft. Worth TX. I now only wish I had done more. She was murdered, her husband did not honor or protect her, he murdered her. She died one of the most painful deaths imaginable. Though I never read accounts of her suffering, I am sure by the end her skin was cracked and her hair falling out. This is not a death with dignity, this was a horrible murder that reduced her to the level of a vegetable. Even our animals have more humane deaths.

Terri was not an animal, or a vegetable-she was a woman. A beautiful, vibrant, disabled woman. So who draws the line on how disabled is too disabled? My son was on a feeding tube for weeks after his birth. I suppose it would have been acceptable for us to remove his feeding tube and let him slowly die? No, this is unacceptable. I pray that Terri has peace and that those who killed her will come to see just how horribly wrong they were.