[cateizgr8]

I had to watch my Grandmother in a vegetative state for over a year. I got to see everything that comes with it. Thanks but no thanks....that is not living & I KNOW that she wouldn't have wanted to stay that way. You have your definition of "living" & I have mine. Feeding tubes & ventilators are not a part of it. Thanks :)

[secretagent]

I had to watch my Grandmother in a vegetative state for over a year.

Terry doesn't fit the vegetative state, apparently.

She moves her eyes responding to a balloon's movement, shows happiness at seeing her parents, can make audible vocal sounds, and can sit up in bed.

[Bluebird Singing]

Sorry, but that's not my definition of vegetative state. That's the medical definition, and I would think that if that's the word being used in a matter this serious, it should fit the circumstance. Terri is not comotose, and she is not in a vegetative state. This isn't about you or me.

[Bluebird Singing]

"Feeding tubes & ventilators are not a part of it."

Terri is not on a ventilator. Sorry about your Grandmother. Mine died instantly of a massive stroke at the young age of 57.