Terri Schiavo - the media's lopsided account

I don't know about the rest of the nation, but living next to St. Petersburg the Terry Schiavo story is front, center, and back of every news paper and it's the top story every night on TV. There are two sides to every story and for obvious reasons this is a case where the media has picked the parents side. So most of the news that comes out somehow mentions from a source, which sides with the family, that there are signs that she's aware and that's she's alive. Click me for an explanation of her condition Then there's talk that the husband is greedy and that he wants the settlement money she was awarded. Well I found an interesting article today. Click here to read

I'll some it up quick if you don't want to read the entire thing.
- The parents and Michael got along at one time and they took care of Terry together, they even encourage Michael to date other women (which they later claim was an attempt to get custody of Terry)
- The parents had to file bankruptcy because of some bad investments
- The parents claim Michael said he'll give money to the family if he wins a settlement
- The settlement is way less then expected and Michael isn't going to give up any money
- The parents get cheesed off about not receiving any money from the settlement and confront Michael about the money and the relationship goes sour

Now Michael is accused of being greedy and he wants the money to Terry's estate, well if the facts of this article are true there is only $50,000 left in the estate. Hardly worth the fight. Michael has also offered to donate the money to charity if the parents would go along with removing the feeding tube. To sum this post up here's a paragraph from the article.

Court guardians concluded that Terri was cared for extremely well, but her condition still led to numerous complications and hospitalizations. She suffered from bile stones and kidney stones, according to court papers, and had to have her gallbladder removed. She has ''drop foot,'' where her foot twists downward, and the ensuing pressure resulted in the amputation of her left little toe. She frequently developed urinary tract infections, diarrhea and vaginitis. Several cysts were removed from her neck. Several times, her feeding tube got infected.

You make the call, would you want to live like this? If not then get a lawyer and document it.

This post got way to long. I apologize.