[NYer]

One female legislator talked about her grandmother, how her family was told she would never recover from her so-called vegetative state, and at one point they pulled the feeding tube for TEN DAYS, then couldn't take it anymore and had it put back in. She went on to live for 3 more years and the day before she died, she became much more alert and had a conversation with her granddaughter that made it perfectly clear that she had been in there the whole time, knew her granddaughter had been faithful in her visits, they even discussed childhood stories.

Thank you for sharing that story! This is precisely the type of encouragement we all need to hear!!

[freekitty]

I wrote Gov. Bush about my own Grandmother who had a stroke and could only move her eyes. We don't know for sure what she knew or didn't know; but her eyes followed you and my grandfather who was wheelchair bound, with some wonderful help from nurses took care of her. She never went into a home or anything like that. I know Terri's family would do the same. I pray that Terri will make it and I know God is at her side.