On Focus on the Family today, Dr. Dobson talked about Teri Schaivo’s case again. He actually replayed his phone interview with Teri’s brother and sister. It sounded like Teri was able to interact with them a bit and at one point she even tried to say “I ~ want~” then broke down crying. [They asked her to...
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I actually knew nothing about this case until I read your entry. I read up on it. I really think they need to reinsert that feeding tube. That husband’s actions are very sketchy. I missed the show last night. I wish I would have DVR’d it. Maybe they’ll air it again.
Yeah this case has been on the national spot for days now. Key figures are trying to help Teri Schaivo survive. I thought it was cool that Dr. Dobson was on MSMBC last night talking about this case. It’s encouraging to see people like him stand up for Christians in the political realm.
i personally think it’s a lot more complex than what the extremists on either side of the argument are making it out to be. . .
on the one hand, the sanctity of life should be and must be protected, especially as christians. you are right that the husband’s actions are sketchy. from a legal standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to me how Teri’s supposed statements to her husband, which are not in writing, could be used to establish the truth of what she wanted . . . to die. in any other area of law, this would be considered hearsay. if my wife were to die, i couldn’t walk in and say, she wanted me to have everything~! they’d be like get the heck outta here with that! they’d look for a will and then if no will existed, they would distribute the estate according to intestate law. how is it that he can say she wanted to die and the courts are so willing to believe him?! also very sketchy is the fact that the husband openly admitted that he didn’t know her wishes when Teri first went into the comma. it wasn’t until many years later, after he began this serious relationship with another woman, with whom he had children, that he decided that he remembered she said she wanted to die. very very suspect.
but on the other hand, is she really alive? if brain activity has ceased . . . meaning no electrical signals in the brain at all, is she still alive? i don’t know. while i tend to err on the side of protecting life, i am troubled by this situation on a more philosophical level. if her survival is utterly dependent on the feeding tube . . . and she has no brain activity on the EKG . . . is she really alive, OR are we actually playing God by sustaining her life beyond the time which God gave her the ability to function? i think its a fine line . . . if it was a situation in which this “life support” was temporary to assist the patient to be able to recover or there was real hope of recovery, it’d be cut and dry for me. but if the person has no chance to recover any brain activity and the only thing that is keeping them “alive” is a man made device that we use to prolong life . . . it just seems like a dangerous proposition. i don’t think its as simple as being pro-life like in the abortion debate.
it raises the question, where does it stop? our playing God that is . . . we as christians obviously oppose cloning. but we are down with sustaining and prolonging life . . . what if we found a way to keep everyone alive forever? what if some new technology came out and we could really cheat death? are we still down to protect life? see i don’t know. part of me feels for the family for sure . . . that same part finds the husband very unsavory . . . but another part of me wonders what it is that God really wants. the media on both sides have made compelling propaganda . . . with the “i wa~~” and crying. but they don’t show film of her throughout the day . . . for all we know, she says “i wa~~” and cries all day! its not uncommon for people in commas and vegetative states to moan all day. i’m just saying, i don’t think its as cut and dry as the media makes it out to be. i don’t think as christians it only comes down to are you pro life or pro death . . .
Good points Roy. No wonder you’re a Roy-er. haha. Yeah~ I don’t know where to draw the line either between keeping someone alive by injection/tubes or just letting them die b/c they are not capable of sustaining life themselves. There seems to be so much to this case that I hear about from the media and we know how media tends to be corrupted many times.
Noah is so cute. hehe Just a few days ago, he started to say “hi” and wave. We encourage him to wave and say hi to others and when he does it, it’s so cute. Just want to bite his cheeks. My endless efforts of signing to him for the last 10 months is paying...
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awww…so cute! he’s so korean!!
Well he does have a fobby father. =)
haha, fobby father 
i tried getting megan into ppung ttee gee’s, but i ended up eating it all. she is the american one – loves gerber’s fruit star things and ritz dinosaurs
Want to hear something scary? Last night, our family went to church for a prayer meeting. Afterwards, we were walking towards our car (we parked where nobody really parks) and we noticed a white Taurus parked near our car. We’ve seen this car before like 4 weeks ago after a bible study. We got scared...
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wait, wait, i don’t get it . . . if there isn’t much to do, why would people have babies? does boredom cause pregnancy?
i bet you anything the people in the white taurus were “bored”~! i’ve caught people in the back of our church parking lot, “bored”!
hahahahahhaha. scary stuff for you.. but that doodoostain is HILarIous! :O) heehee.. i’m glad nothing bad happened.. i’m the biggest scaredy cat in the world. no scary movies, parking in dark areas, going out at night by myself (unless i absolutely have to cause i’m craving Golden Spoon or something). :O)
Wait a minute. I’m “bored” right now and my tummy’s sticking out. Does that mean I’m… oppah nah puh suh~! hahaha.
We’ve uploaded our pictures from our LA trip. Please click on the link to view the two new albums. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/han_tommy@sbcglobal.net/my_photos
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hi tommy!
ur baby is very chubby (cute) and ur wife is very pretty…haha…
Hey how come you don’t write anything about me!
DVR all the way!!! Now that you got your Phat check….you deserve to get DVR. We got it through SBC and we pay about $100 for cable w/DVR, internet, and phone. I think it’s a pretty good deal. I love those pictures of Kylee and Noah in the living room. They crack me up.
hey, that’s susan from new life!! that’s right…. susan and dave are in sj now. take good care of them tommyandstaci!!! staci, you look beautiful in that dress… who would believe that you are a mom!!!!
We spent about 10 days in LA this past week. So many things happened that I don’t know where to begin. Overall, trip was good. Noah took the drive really well. We stopped only twice both way. We got to spend some quality time with Pastor Ben, Hetty, and Kylee. Finding quality time seems to...
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hi tommyandstaci you guys are so cute and your baby is even cuter !! it was good seeing you at the dol. about the baby sleeping thing . . . hang in there – just be strong and comfort him a little, but let him try to fall asleep on his own . . .
It was good seeing all of you too Jeff, Helen, and Megan! Yeah we successfully trained him to sleep on his own before UNTIL he got sick. Then he got really clingy. So to make our long story short, we need to re-train him now. Hopefully he’ll take it better than last night going forward. Anyways, I miss you man especially the good old PARK WATTS days. haha.
thanks for coming to ethan’s dol. it was so good to see you guys, especially noah. it’s hard traveling with kids because they get used to sleeping with you in the same room. i hate to say it, but he’s just going to have to cry it out. it may take a while, but it will be worth it.
I think Noah is old enough to be able to put himself to sleep but I know how hard it is to hear your baby crying for you. It sucks! You know me, I hate when Kylee cries like that. I’m sure you will decide what’s best for Noah and what works for you.
Thanks for all the advice! =) I think we know what we need to do. It’s just so sad to hear him cry, just standing on the crib and hoping that we show up to embrace him. He cries so … so… sadly. Why can’t he at least sit down and cry. He’s standing against the crib sliding rail the whole time crying. We’re talking like 20 mins of standing. Oh wells… hope he will learn fast!
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