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I respect your opinion as well. And you have the right to tell your wife that you do not want to put on a feeding tube.

HOWEVER, for 13 years Michael Schiavo has been attempting to withhold medical treatment from his wife. There was a settlement in trust to pay for her medical care, and he denied much care that MAY have changed the state that she is in today.

My grandmother signed a do not resusitate document and gave it to my mother and her doctor. I understand why some people do not want to live under conditions they do not deem to be of quality.

Terri Schiavo never signed such a statement. She has been denied treatment for years, treatment that MAY have changed what has happened. The fact is, we will never know. I may have a different opinion today if all options had been explored and proven did not help her. But very little was tried.

No civil court would have denied her husband a divorce. Her family wanted to be her guardian and give her the experimental treatment that may have saved her life. Her husband fought them every step of the way.

To say that she can't even be given food and water by mouth is abhorrent. They are not even TRYING to see if she can take food by mouth. We don't even KNOW if she would be able to chew and shallow because she had been denied that option.

When she developed a urinary tract infection months after her collapse, her husband said no antibiotics. That would have killed her, and the doctors told him that, and he didn't change his mind. The hospital attorney's said they had to give her antibiotics, so they did. The husband then moved her to a different facility.

Every movement has been circumspect. Yes, I don't know all the facts, but there's enough out there that suggests that the husband has never wanted his wife to live.

IMO