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Michael Schiavo's attorney wrote to Judge Shames regarding the removal of Terri's "medical treatment."

May 6, 1997:Letter from Deborah Bushnell to Judge Shames:

The guardian is aware that the issue of withdrawal or refusal of medical treatment for the ward is a difficult issue in this case and that the ward's parents will need to be involved.

(Quote source: Letter from Attorney Bushnell to Judge Shames)

Deborah Bushnell's letter was written in regard to the removal of Terri's "medical treatment." At the time this letter was written, feeding tubes were not medical treatment in the state of Florida.

George Felos, attorney for Michael Schaivo, filed a petition on May 11, 1998 to discontinue Terri's artificial life support. This petition was filed eleven months before feeding tubes were legally defined as medical treatment.

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Heavenly Father, we return to thank You that we can still pray for this mother's child. May she be aware of Your Presence, O Lord ... may she hear Your words of comfort. Fill her with the knowledge of the love of her family ... let her not feel abandoned in her hour of need. Let not her Guardian deny her family in these final hours, but may mother and father and sister and brother freely love and freely grieve in her presence. Let their words of love bring sweet release when she enters Your Presence. May her room be a sanctuary in which she hears the prayers of a grieving nation ... let them be a sweet balm to her soul ... let them be the water that man has denied. May her heart be filled with love for her family, even as their hearts are filled with the deepest sorrow.

O Lord, forgive us that we have nothing to offer them in their hour of need. Send the Spirit of All Comfort in our place, O God, that our beloved Terri will find shelter and rest. In the Name of Jesus, we pray, Amen ...