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What I hadn't seen evidence of (until two of your assertions are strung together) was that Terri was NEVER fed by mouth in the duration from 1990 to 2005 (not counting a swallowing test as being fed by mouth, etc.).

Heidi Law, one of Terri's nurses in '95 and '96, in her affidavit stated that she fed Terri small mouthfuls of jello on several occasions with a spoon.

Her affidavit can be found at http://www.terrisfight.org/

Heidi Law, one of Terri's nurses in '95 and '96, in her affidavit stated that she fed Terri small mouthfuls of jello on several occasions with a spoon.

Thanks. I'd heard that. The narrow point I was looking to corroborate wat whether Terri was always with a feeding tube from 1990 until 2005. I think the answer to that is "yes." I did find a number of sources that state the last swallow test was done in 1992, and there is no way a feeding tube would have been removed without either a court order aimed at precipitating natural death by dehydration, or a medical test confirming the patient's ability to swallow.

I think it is also agreed that no swallow tests were done following the one in 1992 (or thereabout). Terri's family and some doctors take that as a sign of "giving up" on Terri's life. Michael and Judge Greer take it [absence of further attempts at swallowing] as only a practical and sensible concession to the inevitable.