Every now and then something occurs which helps the pieces of your puzzled life fall into place. That happened today. Of all the 'crazies' in my life with work, family, dogs, backpacking, kayaking, hunting the elusive genealogy, I read a piece about Susan Torres.
Now, just who is Susan Torres? Glad you asked.
On May 7th, 2005, the day before Mothers' Day, Susan M. (Rollins) Torres -- a 26-year-old vaccine researcher at NIH; mother of a two-year-old son, Peter; graduate of the University of Dallas; and parishioner at St. Rita's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia collapsed. She was rushed to the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, where she has been diagnosed with stage four melanoma and is brain dead with no hope of recovery.
Susan was 17 weeks pregnant at the time. . . and she's still pregnant and still able to sustain her unborn baby thanks to the marvels of medicine.
Now, my question is: after reading this article, how does it affect the way you think about the Terry Schindler Schiavo case? If Terry had been pregnant and her husband insisted on removing the hydration and feeding tubes, how would you respond to the situation?
Food for thought? I vote for life -- how do you vote?
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We talked about this last night. I'm for life, but I'm not afraid of death. Both my husband and I have a living will. We do not wish to be hooked up if we end up like Terry, but if I were pregnant at the time, I would want to do everything to save the child. Living in Florida through Terry's case was not fun--expecially when we learned that the husband has two children and a girlfriend.
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