"You think Mrs. Schindler was grandstanding when she wanted to wet Terri's lips?"
Gee, you think she might have been able to try that while her husband was holding a cellphone to Terri's ear for a hour each day working with Dr. Joe Champion ?
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Terri_live.htm
"... And so was Schindler. It was part of a covert rehabilitation program the desperate father ..."
Some water on a towel would not seem too hard to bring in if you had a hour a day for a "covert" program.
They weren't allowed to give her water once the judge ordered the tubes removed.