[najida]

She is only not dying because someone else is keeping her alive with a tube. Give her a ham sandwich and see if she can eat it alone without help, then I'll buy into the "Terri is alive and vibrant, and wants to go shopping" thing.
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Basically you are saying that all my patients on tube feedings should die. Oh! lets not forget the ones who need to be hand fed, or have adaptive equipment so the utensil will make it to their mouth. Or the ones who need the texture of their food changed so they can swallow it....or their liquids thickened so they don't choke....

Or the ones who need small bits of finger foods handed to them every time they walk by because they no longer can sit to eat.....or or...

Geez...There goes just about everyone in long term care.

[Graymatter]

Don't stop there, najida. There's also the millions of poor people on welfare. Let's cut off the money, that they can't make themselves.
Ah, but we're asking liberals to be consistent! No, that won't do...