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"The argument that he doesn't want her to wake up because she may say that he is the cause of her collapse is wrong from too many angles to be credible."

From my point of view your statement is totally without merit. However, I am certain everyone is willing to listen if you will lay out the angles for us.

For that to be his motive, first of all there would have had to have been abuse to begin with. If you really look at the facts and the timeline in this case, set emotion aside and try to just give the available information an impartial look, you will see that that is clearly not the case. Multiple doctors agreed that she had a serious potassium imbalance, which was possibly the result of extreme dieting or bulimia. Here is a quite from her guardian ad litem at the time, Dr. Wolfson:

"The cause of the cardiac arrest was adduced to a dramatically reduced potassium level in Theresa's body. Sodium and potassium maintain a vital, chemical balance in the human body that helps define the electrolyte levels. The cause of the imbalance was not clearly identified, but may be linked, in theory, to her drinking 10-15 glasses of iced tea each day. While no formal proof emerged, the medical records note that the combination of [Theresa's] aggressive weight loss, diet control and excessive hydration raised questions about Theresa from Bulimia, an eating disorder, more common among women than men, in which purging through vomiting, laxatives and other methods of diet control become obsessive."

Secondly, also for this to be the motive he would have to believe that she will one day recover from her present state. Here again comes the argument about whether she is or is not PVS. What actually that means then, is the argument about whether or not there is or is not any living tissue left in her cerebral cortex. Even if there is, what is gone does not regenerate and it is apparent Michael Schiavo is of the opinion that she is indeed PVS. After looking at ALL of the available information, and not just selected pieces, I tend to agree with that fact. How it is relevant here is to the effect that M.S. clearly does not believe she will ever get better, especially not enough to talk, even if she DID have something to say against him regarding her collapse, which is almost certainly not so.

Putting all this together, I don't think this is his motive, nor is it money.. I honestly couldn't tell you what it really is.. I have no idea.. although there aren't many choices left other than the possible fact that maybe she really would not have wanted to go on this way. For any other motive he may have, like his new family for example, the desired effect would be accomplished just the same by divorcing Terri and moving on, without having to fight all these legal battles. Why would he go through all this trouble? If it was money, the million bucks was right there in front of his face, he could've taken that and let her parents have her.

I don't claim to have all the answers, I am just going through the process of elimination here.

Bones