"Florida law recognizes food and water to be a part of medical treatment that can be accepted by a patient or refused just as any other treatment, including respirators, oxygen masks, antibiotics, blood, etc. In the event that a patient is unable to state their wishes regarding medical, the nearest relative, as defined by Florida* (see list below), will be authorized to make all medical decisions for you, including but not limited to: food, water, vitamins, medicine, surgery, therapy, visitation, religious practice, etc.
"Therefore, it is imperative that if you have any concern about your closest relative making these decisions on your behalf, that you make your intentions known NOW, before you go to sleep (possibly not to wake up again), IN WRITING in a LIVING WILL, sample below. BE SPECIFIC, including EVERY thing that could possibly occur (remember Murphy's Law). Sign your living will in the presence of two witnesses and distribute copies to lots of people, so that, in the event it is needed, it doesn't become lost."
How does that sound?
If Terri had done that, this would have been over years ago ...
I don't think many young couples would be suspecting that their spouse will incapacitate them, and most would probably not want to explain " Why didn't you pick me? "