I am! I understand medical terminology far better than legal. I am not in the medical profession, but I used to do medical research many moons ago!
One thing in particular that I find of interest in this article , as pertaining to Terri is this: In addition, patients in a vegetative state show no evidence of sustained, reproducible, purposeful, or voluntary behavioral responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli; show no evidence of language comprehension or expression
First off, all those "or"s in there are justification that Terri doesn't need to fulfill ALL of those requirements.
Secondly, if Terri couldn't comprehend language, she wouldn't even attempt to follow directions that are given to her. She wouldn't delight in hearing her mother's voice. (They say that hearing is the last sense to go). She could never have laughed at her priest's joke about singing an Irish song in the Polish tongue! Those who insist that Terri is in a PVS are willingly determined to not see that which is obvious to the rest of us! My husband saw the video of Terri for the first time tonight, and he was disgusted that this case has gone on like this for so long.
It also mentioned in the excerpt survival beyond 10 years is unusual.
I have news for them! The reason Terri has survived for 13+ years is proof that she is NOT in a PVS!!!
I'm just soooo mad at M. Schiavo, Felos, and Greer and anyone else who has purposely hurt Terri! I pray for their souls, because they will need God's mercy greatly!!