I then looked into further articles, which confirmed the date you mentioned, but failed to confirm any of the other points you made. When I find myself to be wrong, I admit it. I also like to get the facts straight and get to the truth of a matter as best as one is able.
In that article and others, Cheshire repeatedly uses the term minimally conscious, a fact you conveniently failed to mention as it does not support your contention.
As Cheshire was not picked by either the Schindlers or the Schiavo's or the court for that matter, but is a physician appointed by the Florida Department of Children and Services, there is a greater likelihood his loyalties lie with the truth rather than to the interests of any of the particular parties.
Btw, were Terri braindead, she would have required far more than a feeding tube to remain alive. She would have needed a heart machine or a ventilator.
Not to quibble over details, but she was not "brain dead", just in PVS (permanently vegetative state), a completely different situation I'm lead to understand, so all this bickering about her being brain dead is just pointless.