[tertiary01]

We don't need these high-tech studies. IIRC, there is documentation in her medical record by multiple caregivers that she has spoken intelligable words, and has interacted with caregivers. THAT is the only information you need to prove she is not in a PVS.

Right on!!

[ClaireSolt]

With all this confusion about experts and evidence and which court does or does not do what, I find it very ironic that lawyers are pushing living wills at each and every opportunity. I, for one, believe that one of the lessons of knowing about this situation must be that lawyers and courts have made hard situations potential nightmares, and very expensive ones, at that.

I went through something very similar in 1970 when my young husband got a brain tumor. I thought he was gone, but my mother-in-law disagreed. I bowed out and let her take care of him. It never occurred to me to sue her insisting that I alone had rights. If the Supreme Court were to ask my opinion, I would say strike down all these laws and let families and doctors make these decisions.