The problem is that no one knows what she wants. The only person to claim that such a conversation ever took place is her husband.
What I can not help thinking about is Terri's quality of life.
Say she sleeps eight hours a night. Then she awakens to what?
An empty quiet room.
What does she do for the remaing sixteen hours?
If she were able to communicate she might just say whe wishes whe could commit suicide or that someone would kill her.
There are no easy answers.
I pray for Terri no matter how this situation finaly ends. Whether she dies of natural causes or dies of starvation.
WHY just those TWO choices, how about the 3rd one?
She moves back home with the Schindlers, enjoys sunshine, music, kittens, warm baths, gets back a little (or lot) of her functioning, and lives happily for as long as Michael predicted on the witness stand - 60 more years!
WRONG. She'd more likely say MICHAEL SCHAIVO TRIED TO KILL ME AND HAS BEEN ABUSING ME FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.
Now, give me some FOOD, THERAPY, and get me OUTSIDE so I can FEEL the sun and the air and see colors!!
I knew you'd get there sooner or later. So she should be cruelly starved and dehydrated because others judge that her quality of life isn't up to their standards? We don't judge others value in that way. Her life is precious, God gave it to her and no one has the right to say she's meaningless and should die.
I too pray for Terri and that her wishes and God's will might be done. However, you are not allowed to say that here on FR. They all know what Terri wants (somehow)and if you dare suggest she might want something different...well, you are of the devil.