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That to me is about one of the cruelest things HINO (husband in name only) did. Keeping the blinds closed, not allowing her to have a radio, music was disgusting.

This is sensory deprivation, which has been officially declared a form of torture.

Prolonged sensory deprivation will cause even the strongest people to eventually go mentally insane and physically deteriorate.

So, not only did Mr. Schiavo deny Terri therapy, but he subjected her to prolonged sensory deprivation, which would have the effect of drastically worsening her condition.

I doubt filing any complaints that Terri was tortured via sensory deprivation would do any good, due to her being diagnosed as incurably PVS (a diagnosis I disagree with, BTW). Besides, starving and deydrating someone to death is officially considered torture too, but our government just doesn't seem to even care.

They could've done something to stop this, but all we got was a dog and pony show of judges and politicians who either sat on their hands, clapped their hands with glee, or stood by ineptly wringing their hands. We the people could've done something to stop this as well, but we tarried too long, because we were strung along by one false hope after another until it was too late. We believed the President and Congress had succeeded in intervening to save her, then our hopes were shot down. Then we believed Jeb Bush when he said he had the power to save her, but again our hopes were shot down. Then, we believed that DCF would surely step in to stop this abuse, and once more our hopes were shot down.

Now, it's too late, and I could just scream. If I'd known it would all turn out like this, I'd have gathered some lawyers, flown to Florida, and found some way to get her out of there years ago. I just honestly didn't believe they'd be allowed to kill her. They'd tried before and had always been forced to reinsert the feeding tube. I also did not know how badly Michael was treating her until now, but I should've. I should've known. I should've taken the time to find out. And, this will always haunt me because I didn't really go out of my way to do a damned thing. I called Jeb Bush's office and begged like a serf. I prayed, signed petitions, and ranted & raved. But, I didn't really do anything.

God, forgive me.