How can the insurance money be gone, though, since she hasn't died yet?
Hostel care ain't cheap.
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Betsy HP - Mar 18, 2005 8:53:27 am PST #7598 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Nora Deirdre - Mar 18, 2005 8:55:35 am PST #7599 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I will be going to Lush tomorrow.
I have cried at work today in front of my boss.
People are fucking insane.
Guess I should go do some work before I get fired. Though the concept has a certain charm to it right now.
brenda m - Mar 18, 2005 8:55:50 am PST #7600 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I had kind of assumed he couldn't, because she can't respond or work with an attorney, and did not choose to abandon him.
This was an x-post, but see the answer below.
It always weirds me out to see the pictures of her. A family close to mine had a situation where Mary Lou, the mother, had an aneurism and ended up in basically an infantile state of awareness/comprehension. Her face and expressions were a lot like Terri's when they want to show her smiling at someone.
Her situation was very different though - Mary Lou definitely had actual awareness - she recognized people, and would smile and laugh when you approached, and eventually learned a handful of words. As it happened in their case, her husband ended up divorcing her so that she could get better medical care without him and the children losing their house. He remained her guardian, though, and even after he remarried a few years later, they always visited and brought Mary Lou home from the nursing home for holidays, birthdays, etc, and she ended up living a good ten or twelve years in that state. A wrenching, horrible situation, but a better outcome than anything that this case will bring.
erikaj - Mar 18, 2005 8:56:19 am PST #7601 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'll um, keep that in mind, gallant Hecubus. It makes me sad to feel so apart from my brothers and sisters on this issue, but I still can't see it as black and white as they do, even so. "Why are the liberals trying to kill us?" and such. Because their argument is, in re 'Right-to-die" people like me aren't free to decide, anyway.
Cashmere - Mar 18, 2005 8:56:43 am PST #7602 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think the husband and parents have not had much love lost
The marriage wasn't perfect. Terry had emotional issues and an eating disorder. I believe she may have been talking about ending the marriage (according to the family). This wouldn't negate any desire not to be kept alive artificially, of course, but I think her parents have lost all objectivity.
The money is the result of a malpractice settlement, not life insurance.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 8:57:05 am PST #7603 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aieee! {{{Nora}}}
tommyrot - Mar 18, 2005 8:57:49 am PST #7604 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The money is the result of a malpractice settlement, not life insurance.
Oh. Sorry for the mis-info.
-t - Mar 18, 2005 8:58:17 am PST #7605 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{Nora}}
sj - Mar 18, 2005 8:58:42 am PST #7606 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Nora}}} Go treat yourself to something nice. Feel better.
ChiKat - Mar 18, 2005 8:58:51 am PST #7607 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{Nora}} I'm sorry your day is sucking.