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to the National Press | 3/11/05 
Kate
Adamson, survivor of a double brainstem stroke was once unable to stand and speak,
now works as an inspirational and motivational speaker for those with disabilities. PINELLAS
PARK, Fl., March 11 /Christian Wire Service -- Disability rights activist Kate
Adamson will be a guest speaker at a Vigil & Press Conference for Terri Schiavo
on Saturday, March 12. Asked by Terri's parents Bob & Mary Schindler
to join them at this vigil and to share her story, Kate hopes to bring more understanding
to Terri's situation. Kate, due to a catastrophic brain stem stroke, was
dependent on a feeding tube for all her nourishment and had her feeding tube turned
off for over a week. She, unlike most others, can understand what Terri is going
through. Doctors had given up hope that Kate would ever recover, but she
is now fully functional except for some paralysis on the left side of her body.
Kate is painfully aware of what it is like to have a feeding tube removed. The
Vigil & Press Conference is being held on Saturday, March 12 at 2pm outside
of Woodside Hospice at 6770 102nd Avenue North in Pinellas Park. "I
have a unique understanding of what Terri is feeling. I could feel everything
that the doctors did to me, and I could do nothing. I was at the complete mercy
of others, and they couldn't hear me." -- Kate Adamson
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