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.
I thought that the way to help bring people out of comas was to interact with them? Several months ago, in California, a man came out of an 18 year coma--I'm pretty sure his wife and daughter visited him regularly. And now he can see the daughter he never saw before. (Some people are lucky and don't marry spouses who are ghouls.)