[msmagoo]

How is Oprah's coverage? Hope she is on Terri's side and not the HINO's!

I think most people with common sense and a heart can see that Terri responds with some awareness and MS is a Mega-Creep.

[Theodore R.]

The Oprah Winfrey segment on Terri was very brief. The Schindlers said little about Michael R. Schiavo, for they know that he will take away their visitation if they speak too frankly. I think that the whole unreal situation is holding them back -- fear that their visitation will again be taken from them. They did the best they could with the little time given. I suspect that few in the Oprah viewership would be motivated to send emails, letters, or calls to the powers that be, based on this very brief segment.

[Aliska]

Hope she is on Terri's side and not the HINO's!

She really didn't seem to take sides. The only real sense I got was she did seem to think Terri was a little more "there" than a lot of people want to believe. She does indeed seem to have occasional awareness. Let's face it. She is pretty far gone and I don't know how much she can improve at this late date after not being worked with for so many years.

The bottom line for me is that she is a little "there" and even if she were a total vegetable, I don't think starvation is ethical.

Nobody has said, but my sense is that perhaps she could be spoon fed, but that it is probably a tedious process. The feeding tube makes things much easier for her and her caregivers. Not allowing her to try to take anything by mouth advances the agenda that she can't swallow at all. I know that she could probably aspirate her food if extreme care is not taken.

My overall sense is that the husband has orchestrated and controlled everything over the years so as to make his agenda more convincing.