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averagefellar said:
Removal of her feeding tube wouldn't cause her death. Her inability to live without machinery would. That's the dilemma, without the hoses and machines, this person is already dead.

Actually, William, that's not true, although many people have made it out to be the case. Terri is neither dead nor dying. The only thing "artificial" is that she is fed through a tube, but there are plenty of very alive people in the world who are fed through a tube due to disabilities. Although she has brain damage, Terri breathes on her own and is aware of her surroundings. She may even be able to swallow food and to improve with therapy, but we don't know because her "husband" has made sure that she isn't spoonfed and isn't allowed therapy. You can see http://www.terrisfight.org/ for more information.

I daresay her overall condition, especially given the care and attention shown by her parents and siblings, is better than a lot of the orphans I worked with in China this summer who had cerebral palsy.


Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.