[Kimba]

USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.

I wonder what makes this case so different?

[Peach]

Because the two families couldn't agree.

It's extremely rare. I think Frist said that they see problems like this end up in courts 4-5 times a year.

And those families weren't lightening rods for conspiracy theories, which have been deliberately spread by the Schindler family.

For instance, Terri's sister has been on the evening shout shows several times now saying that the family just wants to know what REALLY happened to Terri the night she collapsed because they KNOW she didn't have a heart attack.

Well, duh. No one said she had a heart attack. She suffered from cardiac arrest. An entirely different thing.

And then the sister goes on to talk mysteriously about how Terri showed up in the hospital with a broken leg. Completely discredited by the hospital staff and radiologists report.

Then they have talked about how maybe MS tried to strangle Terri the night she collapsed.

The problem with that is that the family and doctors around Terri the night she collapsed didn't notice any marks or bruising.

And the doctors who were sued by MS would have certainly said in their defense "Wait a minute. We didn't do anything wrong by not diagnosing her low potassium and bulimia. MS tried to kill her." But they didn't use that defense.

And even more strange, why did the Schindlers wait years to make those claims? I don't know about you, but if I think my family member was strangled, I don't wait years to mention it to anyone.