As much as many want to rehash Terri's tragic ordeal, the basis for one man's recovery isn't the template for all who suffer brain damage. The brain is an amazing organ and where some recover some don't. For those to say that this guy's miracle shows that Terry could have recovered are just plain irresponsible.
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True. One of the local tv stations interviewed a major neurosurgeon in these parts and he said that people who are in a persistent vegetative state, such as Mrs. Schiavo presumably was in, would not have that chance for recovery. This particular patient did have some established cognizant ability and that may be why he was able to recover at least somewhat, while Mrs. Schiavo did not. Of course, there is some disagreement over whether Mrs. Schiavo was indeed in a persistent vegetative state. And as was stated, since medical science's knowledge of the brain and how it works is really about as large as the head of a pin, any statement that a person in a PVS would not recover is still a lot of speculation and guesswork.
I agree that no one knows if she was in a persistent vegetative state or not. However, most people convicted of murder sit on death row longer than Terri was in the hospital. Terri's only crime was marrying and abusive a-h who found a way to legally murder her. And that quote on her tombstone, "I kept my promise"? Gee what promise was that? Could it have been "I'm going to kill you"?
"This particular patient did have some established cognizant ability ..." And video of Terri taken in a wheelchair prior to the court awards of millions her husband-in-name-only sued for show Terri with some cognizant abilities, such as following directions on where to look around a lake. Terri was an inconvenience to the husband's lifestyle goals. Additionally, Terri was a goal for the euthanasia movement so Greer and Felos needed her to be dehydrated to death to point the movement onward and upward. Murdering Terri was far too easy ... I believe a direct result of thirty plus years of serial killing protected by a subpreme court. The state of Florida was the perfect location to vault the euthanasia agenda forward.