Perhaps some of her brain was still there but none of it necessary to obtain a cognitive life that "according to her wishes" would have kept her alive. Whatever brain was left was slowly dying and the brain tissue continued to deteriorate.
And who are we to say what God would want or not, so why play HIM?
We say what God wants all the time. It says what he wants in my bible. He wants us to live our lives to the fullest before we eventually join him for eternity. God does not make things happen, he merely allows things to happen and if he wished Terri to stay alive he would have allowed it.
You seem to be of the opinion that a damaged brain is no brain at all.
Untrue - But most neurologists saw her brain damage as basically having no brain at all. Thousands of people are living today with brain damage and are able to do many things a cognitive person can. So your assumption that brain damaged is somehow a death sentence in my life is a wrong assertion.
My nephew has a terminal illness and I see his life worth living damaged or not. It is a shame when people like you think that lives that are damaged should be destroyed or put down.
My prayers for your nephew and his family. Is his life worth living for himself or is worth him being with you here on Earth as long as you can keep them alive. If the person is unable to know whether they have a life or are alive due to lack of brain function then it only ends up being the family who say why his life is worth keeping on artificial life support. If your nephew was told that prolonging life through artificial means will only further deteriorate his abilities and cognitive brain then you would one day have to make the decision whether to further harm him by keeping him from what would have ultimately happened if humans didn't intervene with a breathing and feeding tube.
God help you and those who believe this awful lie. It is not compassionate to dehydrate someone who isn't dying, it is murder!
No, I do not believe it was compassionate to dehydrate her to death, as you are saying that she was not dying and that not giving her water is what killed her. She was dead already. I don't find it compassionate to take a husbands and wifes right to say what their spouse wanted in circumstances like these to be trampled upon by the Libs and parents to enforce machines to keep her alive in a state that she was unaware of her own life.
I pray for your nephew and hope God decides he should live a cognitive life until he joins him in heaven. Once you find you are only delaying the inevitable by using machines to keep the "body" functioning and that there is no hope of recovery then perhaps you will make the right decision for the nephew and not a personal opinion that you fight medical science to sustain somewhat life occurrences such as a moving finger or a moving eyeball. I am not speaking of giving up right away. Fight for Life, not for lifelessness reversed through artificial means. Not for 13 years or more if evidence of recovery is unobtainable.
Terri was not dea already and she did not make her wishes known. Her husband only came up with that rediculous statement after he had already told people he didn't know her wishes so don't be posting lies.
And as far as my nephew is concerned, his life is worth living till the end. He is 6 years old for pete's sake. I can't believe you would say something so disgusting about if he wants to live or not. He is the sweetest, happiest boy, and yes he wants to live.
Your sick. Don't post to me again.
blah, blah, blah. bloviating at its very best.