Uh. No. Doctors were sued because she was bulimic and they didn't diagnose it when she came in suffering from cardiac arrest.
Had they diagnosed her properly, they've have treated her differently and she might never have gone PVS.
Radiologists and other doctors testified at the trial and admitted she was bulimic.
And others testified she was not bulimic. Like I said, depends on who you believe. Her husband was the first one to suggest she was bulimic, fwiw.
...Lazzara appeared interested in the issues. He asked for the official transcript of the Sept. 17 hearing, where Greer refused to protect Terri's interests.According to Anderson in a filing, when the Schindlers in their petition for therapy for their daughter reminded Greer that an incapacitated ward like Terri has a right to essential services and rehabilitation and that it is the duty of a judge in a guardianship proceeding to protect those rights and to prevent any harm being done by a guardian Greer declared from the bench that if he acted on Terri's behalf in this regard, Schiavo would move for his disqualification on grounds of "bias."
Lazzara also asked for part of the court transcript from a medical malpractice trial in Nov. 1992, when Schiavo sued Terri's doctors for not having diagnosed her physical condition. He claimed it was the likelihood that she was bulimic that led to her collapse, a condition her doctors should have caught.
Schiavo told the six-member jury that he needed money for his wife's future care. He said he was studying to be a nurse "because I enjoy it and I want to learn more about how to take care of Terri."
When asked by his lawyer how he felt about being married to Terri at that point in time, he answered: "I feel wonderful. She's my life and I wouldn't trade her for the world. I believe in my wedding vows."
Asked to explain further, he said, "I believe in the vows I took with my wife, through sickness, in health, for richer or poor. I married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I'm going to do that."
He did not testify that Terri had, years before, told him she wouldn't want to be fed or kept alive "by artificial means." That claim came later.