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Jumped to the last of this thread for the latest so sorry if this was covered elsewhere accurately.
My personal pet theory is that it was always murky how she had the heart attack, or if it was one. There has been raised the specter of abuse.
Say that Michale Shiavo choked her or deprived her of oxygen and she went into the coma but didn't die. It would explain the lack of rehabilitative treatment offered and the refusal to give custody to the parents or take the money. If she recovers she can finger him and he goes to prison. Only if she dies is he truly free. He could have divorced her long ago and moved on.
Now, taking the opposite tack. What if he really believes what he says? He is sticking to his guns to fulfill his duty to his wife. He knows she will never recover and has moved on with another woman with his own life while fulfilling his duty to the woman he married. It is a possibility. But, with all his comments about the religious right and the President he sounds like a typical lib. This means he doesn't care about right and wrong, duty, love, or anything that doesn't have to do with him first. So while a possibility, I don't think it is likely.

Sorry, but Michael can't be a good Catholic or Christian husband and have a lover on the side;he could seek an annulment or let God call Terri home in His own time.By preventing common treatment such as food, therapy, and maintaining a non-stimulative enviroment, Michael has tried to force Terri's brain to shut down from disuse.

I have an article in a book here telling of a veteran seaman who became unable to communicate in the usual ways until a doctor realized the veteran tapping with a spoon was not random but Morse Code. That doctor was then able to communicate with the patient who could hear but not speak. Unfortuneately no one else apparently was willing to learn how to "read" the code tappings, so the man was tranferred to a nursing home with no hope of communication! Think of his frustration.

Closed minds cannot open closed doors,but true caring will bring in the light.

I agree with the first part of your statement. There were lots of questions about her injuries - broken bones - compressed arteries - etc. Also .. the husband is a registered nurse. Surely he would know how to inject stuff in order to cause her to experience a heart attack or a stroke. I know there is a drug (which cannot be detected), which causes a heart attack. It's very dangerous stuff.

The husband's treatment of her as her guardian is very suspicious. Why has no one made any attempt to challenge his treatment of her or his statements, "when is this bitch going to die", as reported by some of the nurses.