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If it were my daughter (and I have three of them in their twenties), and I was as convinced as her parents are that Terri is aware of her surroundings and wanting to live, and the son-in-law had already taken up with another woman and had kids by her and clearly cares not a whit about Terri's life...I know what I would be doing/considering.

Underground railroad to safety and a place that could keep her fed...and then I would personally be the one that took the risk to get my daughter out of there...along with any other relatives who would help (and I can tell you I would have two or three of my own brothers, my two sons and some of my wife's family there with me).

I could not sit back and watch the state kill her on behalf of her husband if I had the same feelings that these people have about their daughter. That's what appears to be happening here from the vidoes and the stories I have read. If the husband doesn't care...then by all means, let the parents have their daughter to nuture and care for as long as possible.

The heart of these people have grown cold and callous IMHO, to allow this.

God bless Terri...may He either preserve her by His matchless Arm...or may she be taken home to Him, far away from the evil and manipulators of this world that have so cruelly used her for money.

Jeff

"The governor has been sympathetic to the Schindler's efforts block their daughter's death, but has said he has yet to find a legal means to override court rulings that allow Michael Schiavo to disconnect the feeding tube."

This is what is such a tragic dilemma. Here's another "irrational, emotional outburst" just for benefit of C.E. if he comes back...how can the courts possibly allow Mr. Schiavo to order his wife's presumed death, based solely on his uncorroborated testimony that that would be her wish???

The simple and compassionate solution here would seem to be for Mr. Schiavo to divorce his wife, be allowed to keep whatever remains of the money he was given for her care as compensation for his "pain and suffering", drop all current legal actions, agree to forego any future legal actions in regard to Mrs. Schiavo, and relinquish all guardianship and other legal rights to her care to her parents.

The rest of the "emotional outburst"...it sadly does not appear that Mr. Schiavo is determined his wife should die because he has such deep and profound love for her, and that's the problem...he is not at all convincing in arguing either for her desire to die or for the means that will likely accomplish it. Likewise, her parents seem to be unwilling to "let go" in the face of apparently impossible "odds" for their daughter's recovery; we've all known (or even been) people who have "crossed the line" in taking "heroic measures" (as in, "alternative, last-ditch efforts")...

But given the circumstances as we know them, which "party" seems more credible? and what's the harm if the parents are given custody?

Three things we can do: hope and pray that the shock of removing the feeding tube results in Terri "waking up" more, rather than dying (God is good); start a fund (or contribute to an existing fund) to help Terri's parents provide for her care should she survive and the parents are given her custody; and finally, do whatever might be possible (?) to investigate the whole issue of "guardianship" and amend the laws that permitted this situation to come about in the first place.