[ThanhPhero]

The article describes the vegetative state very well and precisely. The problem here is that Terri is not in such a state. Watch the videos. Terri is disabled but with therapy she might well be less disabled. She might have been trying to commit suicide, I suppose, by putting an overdose of potassium in her dinner.

[TheAngryClam]

She also was suffering from a severe electrolyte imbalance due to bulimia at the time.

and Potassium Chloride is used as a low-sodium alternative to table salt, so she might have been cooking with that (no evidence for the second conjecture, the first is admitted by even her parents).