[Lilred]

Well..I tried to stay offa that Terri Schivo er however you spell it subject..but what the hell, you only live once..lol

I reckon I aint exactly scientific..nor I am all Godly and I dont say "Jesus is Lord" every time I answer the phone. I do believe in the Lord..dont git me wrong. But when it comes to the human bein..I do believe..that nobody, nor any machine, can measure what a person is feelin, nor thinkin. I'm not sayin she felt anythin..er even that she was capable of thinkin anythin. But there aint a soul on this earth..even with the brain wave scanners and all that fancy crap..can prove to anyone..that she was or was not able to think to herself...er fer that matter..felt anything. Well..before she was drugged anyways. I agree w/ Val..a "morphine" death is probaly the best way to end such tragic things. At least towards the end..she didnt feel anythin.
But those 15 yrs..caint nobody tell me that w/o the help of drugs and the like, that it was impossible fer her to think er even react. At least on the inside. Maybe she couldn't..but most importantly, maybe she could.

Who knows why the things went the way they did w/ the husband..no one will ever know. Those are secrets that will go with that man to his grave..and there aint no sense in pickin it apart. I know I have discussed my "wishes" w/ my husband, in casual talk mostly..but who really discusses that sort of thing w/ their parents?? Not me..and I'm sure most of you dont..hence..the secret he will always carry..wether he told the truth er not. As Val said...with the parents, it aint nuthin but natural instinct to want her to live. I put myself in both the husband's shoes and the parent's shoes...and frankly, it would probaly be the mental end fer me to have to be either of them.

Put yerself in his shoes, and be frankly and truly honest w/ yerself. Would YOU sit in a hospital for 15 years w/ your spouse who was like that? Could you? At some point, would life have to go on?
I think that iffin he was itchin fer money..I think he would have pursued this matter fore now. Hard to tell fact from fiction with all these "reports".
As far as the parents go, she could have breathed to the left..and they would have thought it was a sign. Maybe it was. But..as a parent..that's how it is. I think most parents here would agree..that a parent that loves their child..would fight to their own death to see their child live. Human nature.

This thing crosses so many moral and religous lines..that the arguement will probaly go on ferever. But..wether yer Christian er not..we can all agree that at least she aint sufferin no more.
Facts and figures will never set this straight Fabs..sorry honey..cause until you are sittin in that cold white room, lookin down on the indifferent face of your spouse or child..for years and years..you nor I could not fatham the burden nor the responsibility of such things. Set that aside from the heartache..and it all blends together into a darkness that you couldnt define by facts, dr's reports, money or anything you can touch with your hands on this earth.