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Ark. police: Mom disconnected child's feeding tube

A Texas woman was jailed without bond Thursday after police said she disconnected the feeding tube nourishing her 20-month-old son at an Arkansas hospital and poured the formula into his diaper.

Texas mother charged with feeding her child feces

A woman in Texas has been accused of repeatedly smearing human waste on her 3-year-old daughter's intravenous feeding line, potentially causing life-threatening infections.

Woman on feeding tube dies; Schiavo-like case moot

A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to Terry Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005.

Husband gets guardianship in Schiavo-like case

A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive.

Fight over feeding tube reminiscent of Schiavo case

A Florida woman put on a feeding tube after she had a stroke is at the center of a court case that is similar to the lengthy legal dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo.

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Nurse fed baby fabric softener
Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

A NURSE fed a premature baby potentially-deadly FABRIC CONDITIONER instead of milk, The Sun can reveal. The toxic Comfort Pure was poured into the newborn boy's stomach via a feeding tube in a mix-up after his mum brought in the liquid to add to his blankets.

Miracle of girl who finally started eating food... at the age of TEN
Source: the Mail online

Excerpt: A ten-year-old girl has delighted her family by eating food for the first time in her life. Tia-Mae has spent a decade being fed through a tube because she refused to consume anything in the usual way.

Florida Case Reminiscent of Terri Schiavo Dispute
Source: Disaboom

Karen Weber, 57, had a stroke in December of 2007. Shortly thereafter, her husband, Raymond Weber, tried to have her declared incompetent so that he could order her feeding tube removed. Karen Weber's family filed suit on her behalf, contesting Raymond's claims.

Hospice care decision fought
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By all accounts, 83-year-old Sam Webster is a very sick man. He's so sick that a doctor who specializes in end-of-life medical issues said he had less than six months to live and belonged in a hospice where he would be kept comfortable until his last breath.

Saddam says brought to court against his will
Source: Reuters

How is this a fair trial? His lawyers are targeted for death with half of them already killed and are therefore boycotting the trial, he is being force-fed by the US military despite no evidence of mental incompetency, and he claims that his current attorneys are appointed by the …

Michael Schiavo takes on privacy campaign
Source: religionnewsblog.com

From the page: -- The man who last year won a bruising battle to disconnect his brain-damaged wife from a feeding tube is campaigning against government intrusion around the country.

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