Casey Anthony is back in the news!Re

The death of my mother haunts me, though her actual death was quite peaceful. Watching my 40 year old niece die from cancer last year still haunts me, too, but it was an agonizing struggle for her and watching her death throes and agony and terror affected me very deeply. I had a very hard time coping with it and I still harbor some anger that her medical providers and hospice carers did not do more to ease her final suffering. It was absolutely horrific and I sort of shut down and felt sort of zombie-like for a period after it. I never could cry about it.

Shali, I don't know how you were able to get through the loss of two babies. What a tragic loss. I admire your courage.
 
Thank you Butterfly. I was a mess for two years. Piece by piece, I rebuilt my life. When I discovered a purposeful existence, things became much easier. From then on, love is a verb, became my mantra.
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Butterfly, so horribly sad about your niece. I would be angry also. Here they practice snowballing in those cases. It is not mentioned, of course. Soon, people like your niece will qualify under the right to die practices being set up in Canada. A true blessing.
 
Shalimar said:
Debby, I partied BECAUSE I was in agony, not because I didn't care. I think decades of service illustrate that particular point. One size fits all grief does not exist.
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I never said you didn't care Shalimar and I would have hoped that a year or more of watching all my posts would have informed you a little better of what kind of person I am. My heart always goes to the innocent and helpless who are being harmed and who is more helpless than a child and what more hideous than a murdered child who is thrown away like garbage? And like every other thing that happens in life, how we react to it, or the judgement we level at it, is all coloured by our own experiences and perspectives. Because I know that if my child had been murdered, I would have been a total wreck and it would likely have been months before I even went out for grocery shopping. You partied, I hide.

You said people grieve differently, I was saying how I am affected by tragedy. I'm sorry that you took my words the wrong way, really I am.
 
Falcon said:
A jury panel is made up of people who were not smart enough to stay out of jury duty.
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Then either I'm a genius or got lucky.

I got a phone call advising me that I'd been selected for jury duty. I replied (and I meant it), that we were going to get company from back east and that my husbands brother and wife had never been to the west coast so could he move my name to the following case or however they do that sort of thing and I'd be happy to do my duty'. Without a moments hesitation, he replied 'don't worry about it'. I was a little confused then and asked him what he meant by that and he said, 'just enjoy your company and don't give this a thought'. And I've never gotten a call back. That was fifteen years ago.
 
Maybe its faster and simpler for the selectors to just move on to the next names on their lists, rather than follow-up later. I think that if there's a problem or if someone really doesn't want to do it, they don't force it, because an unwilling juror would not be a good candidate anyway.
 
Shalimar said:
Butterfly, so horribly sad about your niece. I would be angry also. Here they practice snowballing in those cases. It is not mentioned, of course. Soon, people like your niece will qualify under the right to die practices being set up in Canada. A true blessing.
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Thanks, Shali. Is "snowballing" like terminal sedation? I've never heard that term before.
 
Falcon said:
A jury panel is made up of people who were not smart enough to stay out of jury duty.
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Here, you don't get out of it unless you are VERY ill, or dead, or in advanced stages of pregnancy, or under indictment yourself. I've been called a couple of times, and even though everyone knew I'd never be called to serve on a trial court jury (because I worked in the legal field), I still had to show up every day. I also had to serve on a grand jury for three months (2 days a week) -- that was actually a very interesting experience.
 
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Shalimar said:
Butterfly, yes, snowballing is terminal sedation.
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That would have been the merciful thing to do. I am not sure how conscious, if at all, she was in those last few hours, but her eyes were open and terrified and there was much flailing about and arching and bucking, and it was like watching something out of The Exorcist. She was in inpatient hospice and this went on for at least 6 hours. They kept saying they had given her all they could . . . You would never let a dog suffer like that. I kept having to leave the room to get control of my emotions and my sister completely fell apart.
 
I don't either. If I ever get anywhere near that bad, I'll take care of it myself. I see absolutely no value or virtue in suffering through it till the bitter end.

New Mexico is fighting in the courts to allow physician assisted suicide. I hope it becomes available. A trial court said it was OK, then an appellate court overturned the ruling and sent it back to lower court for clarification.
 
Ralphy, I followed the Casey Anthony case and I feel she has knowledge of what happened to her daughter. I also believe her parents know more than they submitted in their testimonies. What stood out the most to me was her daughter was found so close to her parents home. I think karma will someday play a part in all their lives.
 
Casey Anthony is only in the news because some turd PI decided he wanted his 15 minutes of fame. She as far as I know did nothing to put herself out there.
Like it or not she was found not guilty and be that as it may. Absent new and compelling evidence the affair is over with and the baby is still dead.
 

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