but she hung on for 14 days!

Terri Schavio, 41, died today after her feeding tube was removed 14 days ago. Above all the debates about whether it is humane to "keep her alive artificially" since she has been reported to be in a "persistent vegetative state" (thus giving us the impression that she's entirely deprived of all bodily functions), the mere fact that she had hung on without food or water for 2 weeks proved to me beyond doubt that Terri is certainly awake and very much alive. How would her husband and the courts choose to look at her case differently for 7 years is something I couldn't grapple. Looking at her photo dated year 2001 pinched my heart - she looked very much alive. Take a look at the link at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/1/world/10572972&sec=world

Scottish new sources reveal chilling details of the Schavio case that would cause the reader to ponder what is really going on in the decision-making process. The report highlighed that her husband had refused Terri rehabilitative therapy after 1993 and the needed antibiotics in 1993. What is startling is the testimony of a Nobel Prize nominated neurologist, Dr William Hammesfahr who has an international reputation for treating brain-injured patients, commented after examining Terri and her medical records and x-rays that she has a chance to recover. Why don't you take a read:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=318&id=324112005

I can't stop feeling bad for Terri. Yet I know she had fought well. Perhaps she knew what was coming at her. Perhaps she really had something to say about her situation. Perhaps she would have avoided the hassle with the courts if she would have had prepared her will. Nevertheless, I believe her miraculous sustenance for 14 days without food and water shall remain a silent rebuttal against the flood of madness that had sought to take her life.