Well, I love you back. :) The message of my personal story is that my mom was able to eat again when the doctors told her she would never do so. In this case, Michael (apparently, pursuant to affidavits) denied his SINO (spouse in name only) the opportunity for any rehab which would have allowed her to eat. If her parents were able to feed her naturally, she would not be starving to death. Unfortunately, it appears that Michael denied her that opportunity. Hildy, if that is true, that is just not right and is incredibly immoral. Michael knew that a judge would never have a person starved who was able to eat real food. But, as we've seen, the judge can pull the tube.
Doug, there is no evidence that Terri can eat on her own. After 15 years, you don't think that this is a fact?
Terri's tube was put in before she even left the first hospital -
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/Humana%20Discharge%20Summary%20050990.pdf
She could not swallow then, nor could she pass the yearly swallow tests done on her in those first three critical years when she was having rigorous therapy.