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He may be mistaken but, an honest person, one who truly cares about his or her loved one would, presumably err on the side of life. Especially when their is conflicting opinions before them. MS does not have the best interests of Terri involved. Regarding his dispute with her family, knowing that she loves them and they love her, he would not bar them from being with her in life or death. His behavior indicates that he is one who relishes his power, as Terri's guardian, to keep them away. He has been very punitive towards Terri's family in many aspects in his position of guardian. He could have simply said, "let's keep the legal wrangling in the courts and outside of the courts let's be with Terri in whatever capacity we can". Or he could have said, "I believ ethat Terri wishes to die but I understand that you desire her to live. Regardless, she is your daughter and I want her to be happy and comfortable. Having you at her side makes her both of these and I accept that". You know, something amicable along those lines. It could have been done had he ALLOWED it.

presumably err on the side of life.

Are you then saying that your loved one may have been mistaken and erred on the side of death, until they later saw the child's ability to recover? I am not trying to berate you, but I just see a correlation between the two points.

In all honesty, we truly do not have a great deal of information by which to characterize what Schiavo's thoughts and feelings are about his wife's care. That being said, a new GAL will soon take over. But, in the meantime, does it necessarily follow that he is only on the side of death? If that is the case, what is to stop him from killing her tonight?

Should we be worried that he will kill her tonight?

I believe that Terri's parents love their daughter. But, I wouldn't be able to testify in court that they are only fulfilling her wishes, 100%. Obviously they have a biased opinion... who could NOT in their position?

I truly believe that a third party MUST step in soon... because 13 years of gridlock need to come to a head, and if she should live, it should be determined today and the plan stuck to for the rest of time.