[jwalsh07]

She's not a vegetable," Ms. Sauer insisted as she rested her tired feet. "She knows voices, she responds. She can follow commands, and she tries to communicate by blinking her eyelids 'yes' and 'no.'" And then there's the most important detail of all: "We used to feed her with a spoon, and she swallowed on her own."

That was seven years ago, when Ms. Sauer was a nurse at a rehab facility in Largo, Fla. At that time, Ms. Schiavo was getting physical therapy and full-time attention from skilled nurses. But the facility charged $4,000 a month, as Ms. Sauer recalls, and Mr. Schiavo soon chose to discontinue his wife's therapy and move her into the much cheaper hospice system. She's languished there for six years, tethered to a feeding tube while a fierce legal battle swirled around her.

These things require a cerebral cortex in some kind of working order as would the videos I have seen with my own two God given eyes.

Why would Ms. Sauer lie?

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These things require a cerebral cortex in some kind of working order as would the videos I have seen with my own two God given eyes.

From what I have read, she has little cortex left now. The deterioration was caused by a lack of oxygen to her brain after the incident in 1990. The brain stem, which is still intact, regulates some movements. As for the videos, I can't agree with you, though I'd love to.

Why would Ms. Sauer lie?

This is the first I've read about Ms. Sauer, and I have no idea as to whether or not she did. There's no reason to believe that she did.