[Gophack]

No one should judge someone's quality of life. It's not up to us to judge. She is not brain dead. She is able to breath on her own. She simply can not feed herself or communicate. Much like a newborn and many severely handicapped people--handicapped people who DO think and feel.

This whole case angers and saddens me. God bless Terri.

[najida]

I think we are in agreement.

What I am saying is that whomever she is now, may not be like who she was before. But she still "is". She may be like a baby that dozes and recognizes family, she may be like a kid dreaming of ponies. She may come and go. I don't know.

And it isn't a bad thing. Just different. And no reason to starve her.