Following Göbles lead, the popular media has diligently parroted the phrase "Persistent Vegetative State", despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. The little monsters you hear parroting this have not looked at the facts like a FReeper would. They've allowed themselves to be spoonfed information without analyzing. Dr. Gambone himself ADMITTED that he made that diagnoses "because Michael asked me to", and obviously for the purpose of allowing Terri admittance to a Hospice. She does not belong in Hospice.
Most on FR who want Terri dead point to the court and to Judge Greer, and don't see the fishiness - how the 1991 bone scan was deemed by Greer as "interesting" but irrelevant. Excuse me? How DID Terri enter her state? The eating disorder/heart attack story doesn't hold water in light of the other circumstantial evidence (esp. pertaining to Michael's character, with a new "wife", kids, Terri's sister afraid of Michael, Michael "remembering" Terri's "wish" to refuse "life support" after getting $1.2M).
The evidence is there. Everybody sees it, except those who don't want to. They see A) Terri is no vegetable, and B) Michael's motives are rooted in Michael's interests, not Terri's.
Keep praying. I'm looking for more Capitol Hill folks to e-mail.
I was talking to this guy about Terri and he said, "Would YOU want to live like that?" I was shocked. I said, "She responds to her mother. And NO, I would NOT want to be starved to death!" He shut up. But you're right about people being stupid about Terri. Dumb as doors. Sheeeeesh.
My computers had been down for a day and I just logged on and went to the end of the thread (your post, at the time). Yep, you're right!