Wow!!
Is this like the "If a train is leaving Philidelphia at nine AM and a train
is leaving Southwest Georgia at five PM....." puzzle?
I hate those, don't you?
Terri's husband is quite open with the fact he's "moved on". In fact,
he's apparently "moved on" years ago, after Terri was first diagnosed
as having an irreversible and all encompassing vegetated state due to
the lack of a cerebral cortex.
He claimed then, that Terri would not want to be kept alive by mechanical
means. [The feeding apparatus was placed as a temporary measure to keep
her body alive until a complete diagnosis and prognosis was rendered].
That feeding apparatus [life support] was permitted to be removed at the
discretion of her legal guardian [her husband]. Terri's parents have fought
that decision each time it arose. And each time, they claimed that Terri
was on her way to recovery.
It's been 13 years and Terri's brain is shrinking. There has been absolutely
no documented, proven indication of any reversal of the vegetated state she
was in at the time of the first diagnosis.
People have been finding fault with everyone involved that may have an
opinion that differs with Terri's family. Incredible.
Meanwhile.... Terri may or may not understand what's happening
outside that shell of a body; a coffin of sorts. But I'll bet it's not
very comfortable in there, if she is hearing anything, or can think..
It's worse than hell. It's government ordered purgatory.