A Perspective on the Shiavo Issue from One Who Knows

This was posted in our comments today by Rob, but it is worth repeating here in its own post.

In October of 1999, several fireman paramedics in West Haven, CT were treating the injuries of an eight-year-old girl who had been hit by a car at her bus stop. One of the fireman was an experienced paramedic but a rookie to the fire company...The fire department vehicle was 30 seconds away from the Emergency Room when an airport shuttle ran a red light and plowed into the side of it, knocking the rescue truck over and across the intersection...Jim suffered massive injuries, including broken bones, a ruptured spleen and bleeding on the brain....Jim is my big brother, and he has been in a coma ever since.

It is useful in this time of political posturing and competing philosophies to hear from someone who actually has been in a Shiavo-like situation. Click thru to read his comments. No shock that I am in agreement with them. If anyone can find a post from someone in the same situation who feels differently, please post a link below and I will post a story on them, too.