Former Guardian Calls For New Round Of Tests Of Terri Schiavo
TAMPA, Fla. -- Terri Schiavo should undergo a new examination by independent medical experts to put to rest lingering questions on whether she has any hope of recovery, the University of South Florida professor who had been her court-appointed advocate said Tuesday.
But before any tests are done, her warring husband and parents would have to agree to drop their life-or-death legal fight in favor of whichever side the medical evidence supports, Jay Wolfson told The Associated Press in his first interview on the case since serving as Terri Schiavo's guardian ad litem.
His comments come as the legal options of Terri Schiavo's parents have dwindled to two pending matters in state courts which have ruled against them before.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider a legal challenge to "Terri's Law," the measure pushed by Gov. Jeb Bush in October 2003 to keep Terri Schiavo alive after the courts had cleared the way for her death.
Wolfson served as Schiavo's guardian for two months 2003 under the auspices of "Terri's Law." He tried to broker an agreement between the two sides, but was unsuccessful.
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If I recall, when parents were asked whether they'd accept such results, they refused. When Michael was asked, he said that if the results were against him he'd "consider" accepting.
Perhaps I'm crazy in my faith, but I believe the right approach would be for Michael to agree that the parents can have possession Terri if they agree not to feed her gastrostomically unless or until such time as they could prove that she was not vegetative. I personally believe that Terri could probably quickly receive ample water orally, and could within a reasonable be period of time either get her swallowing enough food to survive or else demonstrate enough responsiveness that there could be no reasonable claim that she was PVS.
Of course, I don't think Michael would go for that agreement, for obvious reasons.
"But before any tests are done, her warring husband and parents would have to agree to drop their life-or-death legal fight in favor of whichever side the medical evidence supports, Jay Wolfson told The Associated Press in his first interview on the case since serving as Terri Schiavo's guardian ad litem."
I don't know how he expects the Schindler's to put the fate of their daughter in the hands of a stranger. They don't need a stranger to tell them that their daughter responds to them. Although brain damage, she is alive and conscious, except when the hospice medicates her.
I think the hospice is afraid of a lawsuit. if it is ever proven that Terri should have been rehabilitated and that she is not PVS, they could be sued for their lack of care.
We already know Terri is not PVS from the videos, but it has to be proven in Judge Greer's kangaroo court, even though he won't let the Schindler's doctors testify.