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To: Sloth

Can she actually swallow?
I'm assuming that the feeding tube was used simply for ease of nutrition?


18 posted on 03/22/2005 12:09:34 PM PST by RushCrush (Hitler was a gun-banning, abortion-supporting, business-regulating, Christmas-hating, vegetarian.)
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To: RushCrush

No, she cannot swallow. If you put food or water into her mouth she could not chew or swallow, she would choke.


31 posted on 03/22/2005 12:14:48 PM PST by conserv13
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To: RushCrush
"Can she actually swallow?"

Nobody knows. According to the parents the judges and doctors have refused to let her try. (Though one doctor said Terri may possibly learn to swallow with therapy, which was denied by the Court).

72 posted on 03/22/2005 12:41:38 PM PST by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" - Pope Urban II, 1097 A.D.)
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