[justshutupandtakeit]

Thank you for the information. Since I have not followed this case I know very little about it and am merely asking questions. That seems to bother some people but so what.

I can imagine few things worse than watching a beloved wife go through such a thing for 13 yrs. My own suffered with breast cancer for 3 and at the end I could not imagine putting her through such agony for another minute than God ordained. Everything had been tried and nothing worked though she fought like a tiger. I am incapable of such struggles and lack her courage.

[fawn796]

You really need to look at the web site for Terri. My sister also suffered for 2 years with breast cancer. She asked to be able to die. It was the hardest thing we have ever had to do. I would not wish this on anyone.

This situation is totally different. She is not dying. She is not being kept alive by artificial means. She is being fed. The whole idea of not allowing therapy to teach her to eat puts a bad smell on the whole thing. Something is wrong here.

P.S. If I read one more time that she is "comatose," I think I will scream!

[secretagent]

I can imagine few things worse than watching a beloved wife go through such a thing for 13 yrs.

I haven't read of Terry in agony. Ups and downs, but no great physical pain, and no terminal disease.

Delights in seeing her parents, smiles, and other normal emotional states.

Though, I too haven't read much about her.

[shhrubbery!]

I'm very sorry that your wife suffered so much.

However I think you recognize that Terri's case is different. Terri is not terminal. She does not appear to be suffering pain. Her problem is that she can't communicate. But that could likely be remedied if she were allowed therapy.

If you haven't done so already, please go to Terri's website and check out the videos they have posted there under "Audio Visual Files."

All of those videos show indisputably that Terri is awake and aware. The first, titled "Big Eyes", shows Terri responding to a doctor's command that she open her eyes wide.

It takes Terri a few seconds to respond to the doctor's command (as it often does for brain-damaged patients); but when she does, she acts with such clear effort and determination that I believe she is trying desperately to show her will to live.

[texasbluebell]

Everything had been tried and nothing worked though she fought like a tiger.

Very sorry about your wife. She was lucky she was not married to someone like poor Terri is.

[agrace]

Well, hmm, that most definitely explains your particular perspective a bit. I'm so sorry for your loss.