This Saturday our guest will be Inspirational Speaker Kate Adamson. In 1995 at the age of thirty-three, Kate Adamson suffered a double brainstem stroke completely paralyzing her and leaving her unable even to blink her eyes. Like Terri Schiavo, Kate's most basic care of food and water was removed. Fortunately, after going eight days without food and water, her feeding tube was restored due to the intervention of her husband
Although denial of food and water is often described by doctors and nurses as a humane way to die, Kate now speaks internationally letting people know that the removal of the feeding tube was “one of the most painful experiences you can imagine.” Kate continues, “I was just like Terri…but I was alive! I could hear every word. They were saying ‘shall we just not treat her?’...I suffered excruciating misery in silence.”
