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Terri’s Life & Hope Monthly Newsletter!

Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network
Week of November 12, 2012
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network Monthly Newsletter!
02Man in “Vegetative State” Communicates, He’s Not in Pain
(BBC) – A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain. It’s the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care. CONTINUE
Terri’s Life & Hope Network Establishes Research and Education Center!
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 23, 2012/ – The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for Disability in the Public Square (CDPS) to be directed by Mark P. Mostert, PhD. CONTINUE
A Child’s Sad Death in a Florida Nursing Home
(Bradenton Herald) – For 14 years, Doris Freyre cared for her profoundly disabled daughter in her modest Tampa home, pureeing fresh fruit, yams and vegetables and surrounding the girl with family photos and pictures of angels. CONTINUE
Bill Mahers Bigoted Mocking of Terri Schiavo
(By Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D./WND) – The ugly side of humanity has always had problem with Terri Schiavo – mostly because it’s easy to beat up on people who can’t defend themselves. Read More!
Special Team: Chy and Her Boys 
(By Rick Reilly/ESPN.com) – How about a little good news? In the scrub-brush desert town of Queen Creek, Ariz., high school bullies were throwing trash at sophomore Chy Johnson. Calling her “stupid.” Pushing her in the halls. CONTINUE
04Wesley J. Smith: There Will Be Death Panels 
(NRO) – The people of the United States ensured an Obamacare future by apparently reelecting President Obama and maintaining a Democratic Senate. Here are the immediate consequences: CONTINUE
Backers of Doctor-Assisted Suicide Concede 
(AP) – Supporters of a ballot question legalizing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill in Massachusetts have conceded defeat, even though the vote is too close to call. A spokesman for the Death With Dignity Act campaign said in a statement early Wednesday that “regrettably, we fell short.” CONTINUE
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06Girl Wakes as Doctors Were Preparing to Harvest Her Organs
(Mail Online) – A teenage girl in a coma after a catastrophic car crash came round just as doctors were about to declare her brain dead. Carina Melchior had had life support withdrawn on the advice of medics and was being prepared for organ donation. CONTINUE
Suit: Doctors Mistakenly Declared Chicago Boy Dead
(AP) – The parents of an 8-year-old boy who has had severe brain damage for years have sued a Chicago hospital, alleging that doctors pronounced their son dead, keeping him off his ventilator for hours, even though relatives continued to insist that the boy’s eyes and body were still moving. CONTINUE
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Miracle Child Continues to Fight After Brain Injury
10(CapeGazette.com) – Lilly Barnett is 10 years old. Fifteen months ago, she nearly died in a crash on Route 1 near Milford. Her limp body was flown to A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington. Lilly was unresponsive; she had broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a bruised liver and a brain injury so severe children rarely survive it. CONTINUE
NPR Audience Wants End of Life Care Rationed for the Elderly
(NRO) – By centralizing control of health care, Obamacare will cause us to turn on each other to grab bigger pieces of the medical pie. The elderly will be among the first victims, as has already happened in the UK. CONTINUE
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