Miracles do happen and even if one doesn't believe in God, then stuff happens.
Even if Terri never regains anymore than she has now, I believe she has a presence. There's a part of her there no matter how brain damaged she may be.
I've watched the video's and read the reports. Regardless of what Greer and Felos say, there's a presence there. She doesn't appear to be in any pain and she responds to some stimuli. I don't see someone who would choose to die, I see someone who interacts.
I'm saying this badly. Even if it's not the Terri of old, there's still a human who has awareness and can interact with people at times. She may be like you were, expatguy and she may be there wanting to be let out. Therapy would help her come out. She deserves to live and to not be put down, especially in a lesser manner than we do to our pets or to condemned criminals.
expatguy's story is FABULOUS. I don't know what is taught in some teaching hospitals nowadays but when I was doing my RN training we were ABSOLUTELY told to watch what we said around comatose patients. They can HEAR everything. In the case of Terri, she is awake, she is responsive, she has been SEVERELY NEGLECTED but she IS ABLE TO BE REHABILITATED. I don't know how many other people in her situation could have been shut in a room with little light, little interaction with people, no radio, no sounds, no therapy, probably had to listen to HORRENDOUS things said about her like "Isn't the BITCH DEAD YET?", still she continued to survive. She smiles and cries. She loves, She tries to talk. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. These men (??) that can't figure out WHAT TO DO, are what the Bible calls "Being wise in their own eyes, they became fools". They are MERCILESS KILLERS pure and simple. I give NONE of the Government officials a pass. They are without EXCUSE. They can and SHOULD take control of this situation NOW. Otherwise the payback should be swift and FURIOUS.