This actually leads to my central point of departure from the Terri supporters. My wife and I don't have a living will. We have a Christian marriage covenant, which should be enough. I trust her to make the decisions for me, and she trusts me to make them for her. But that isn't enough for the Terri crowd. They want the government involved.
I keep bringing up the living will because *most* supporters are in favor of having feeding tubes removed if that is what the person wanted, they just don't trust Michael. Maybe they are right not to trust him, but without evidence that amounts to destroying the bonds of marriage.
Michael made a mockery of the bonds of marriage. What woman would want to be married to a man that is sleeping with another woman and having children with her? If this is your idea of the bonds of marriage then that is sad and it clearly shows you do not have a clue as to what the vows of matrimony mean. They do NOT include sleeping around with others. Michael left Terri the minute he started sleeping with Jodi and the girl before her.
If you are in PVS and your wife starts sleeping with another man then your wife is no longer your spouse and has violated the vow she took when she married you.
Of course, Michael lived outside the 'bonds' of his marriage; for all intents and purposes; there were no 'bonds'; there was no covenant to observe.
As for the 'Terri' crowd, wanting the State to be involved; it was from the very beginning - by Federal Court decisions; and 'bad ones' at that.
Appreciate your 'Covenant' with your wife; but .why don't you. . .or why won't you. . .at the least, write in a Will; that you want that 'covenant' to include Living Will decisions' and that they be observed.
If it mean that much to you; then do what it takes to have your covenant legally protected; by every possibility. . .just in the case, something should just not go the way you planned it.