- CLEARWATER, FL., March
14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Saturday a rally of over three-hundred
of Terri Schiavo's most die-hard supporters heard the first-hand account
of the sufferings and remarkable recovery of Kate Adamson. Struck down
in 1995 at the age of thirty-three by a rare double brainstem stroke, Kate,
then a mother of two young girls, was completely paralyzed; she was unable
even to blink her eyes. Like Terri Schiavo, the medical staff treating
her questioned the merit of continuing granting Kate the most basic human
right of food and water.
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- Terri Schiavo, although not nearly as severely disabled
as Adamson once appeared to be, is slotted to have her feeding tube removed
at 1:00 pm this Friday. Similarly, Kate Adamson's feeding tube was at one
point removed for a full eight days before being reinserted due to the
intervention of her husband (also a competent lawyer).
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- Frequently described by medical authorities as a humane
way to die, Kate - now as vibrant and beautiful as before her stroke -
testified before the crowd of Terri's family and supporters that this form
of legalized execution was "one of the most painful experiences you
can imagine." Unable to respond or to indicate awareness, Kate Adamson
asserts, "I was just like Terribut I was alive! I could hear every
word. They were saying 'shall we just not treat her?'...I suffered excruciating
misery in silence."
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- This personal testimony confirms what Terri supporters
have long suspected-that the execution sought by her husband Michael Schiavo
is anything but painless and humane. Furthermore, Kate's remarkable recovery
to nearly full mental and physical health--she still suffers partial paralysis
of her left side--gives Terri supporters hope that Terri too may still
experience a similar recovery, if granted proper care and treatment.
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- During her early-afternoon speech Kate declared that
"If they want to kill Terri they should have the guts to put a gun
to her head" rather than condemn her to such a slow and painful death.
She finished off by summing up the full import of the Schiavo case, saying,
"The measure of a society is how they treat the least of us. Life
is sacred or meaningless, there is nothing in between."
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- Contact Kate Adamson by visiting http://www.katesjourney.com
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