Was anyone from Terri's family in the room when they took the tube out? How about an officer? Did anyone witness this? Or how she was when they took the tube out? Is there perhaps a police officer or a nurse with an ounce of decency and mercy, who might come foward and give witness to what happened? and is happening?
The family was kicked out with Attorney Weller after Terri DECLARED TO THEM THAT SHE WANTED TO LIVE. Once they were kicked out by law enforcement, the tube was removed and Michael's concubine made the press announcement that the feeding tube was out. Imagine having to hear that news from the concubine.
NO, Michael has systematically restricted access by anyone who is in the least sympathetic to Terri.
http://www.blogsforterri.com/archives/2005/03/former_nurse_re.php
During the period in which she daily cared for Terri there was no publicity. “Just Michael [Terri's husband] trying to accelerate her death,” she said. Iyer explained that she would often sneak Terri’s parents, the Schindlers, into see her and that Michael refused to allow therapy of any kind. In fact, he was physically intimidating and would very loudly command the nurses “this is my order and you're going to follow it.”
“We were very intimidated … the whole place,” Iyer revealed, adding that some nurses had a restraining order against Michael Schiavo because his “behavior was so bad.”
When Terri had a urinary or upper respiratory tract infection Michael was visibly excited and would visit more often, asking “is she dead yet?” According to Iyer, at one point Michael exclaimed, “When is that b**** going to die?”
After Michael’s visits, Iyer stated that Terri, at times, became symptomatic for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Iyer said she found an unexplainable bottle of fast acting insulin concealed in Terri’s wastebasket that she speculates could have been used to induce the condition. She filed a police report but heard nothing further regarding the incident. Subsequently she received death threats she believes were related to notifying the authorities and was later released from her position as a caregiver because of her actions in support of Terri.
What I'd like to know is how long is the feeding tube kept on to feed her, and how often is/was Terri being fed each day.
Anyone?
I ask because if she wasn't being fed at the time the tube was removed (1:45pm last Friday), then the last time she had her tube on was in the morning.
Can anyone elaborate on this?