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Obviously his recovery doesn't mean that Terri Schiavo would have recovered. What it does show is that recovery is possible after severe brain damage and almost 2 decades in a coma.

Those who were for her starvation believed in this position because there was no chance of her ever recovering. This proves them wrong, there was a chance, even after 19 years.

The Schiavo situation was one where her family was willing to take full responsibility for her care. Her "husband" had moved on with his life to the point of having 3 children with another woman and should have been removed from Terri Schiavo's life (In my opinion, not the courts). Also, she was not, according to her autopsy report, in any dying process then or in any near future, her death was unjustified.

The next time someone decides to starve a human to death because they have brain damage, I hope this man's story is taken into full consideration. Even if there is a chance, a remote chance, that a person could recover we move from the realm of a humane death to murder.

I am fully aware of the circumstances. The medical field is also well aware of people coming back after a coma/ brain damage against all odds. Problem is that it's far and few between. Majority of people DON'T recover is the point. My comments have nothing to do with the legal aspect but the medical aspect. Seems people on here are having a knee jerk reacion to what I typed without fully comprehending what I wrote, which is really annoying. But, it just reminds me that tere are knee jerkers on the left and on the right and both want to see what they want and ignore everything else. Schiavo was a unique case between family members. It's not representative of other people who happen to have brain damage.