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"I suppose you have seen more video than I have since I don't live in Florida and I don't have a TV but this one short video here sure seems to contradict the idea of 'aimless eye rolling' and 'mindless noises.' (That would be a fairly apt description of Stephen Hawking without his computer, by the way.) "

The videos are on her website:
http://www.terrisfight.org

I'm glad you mentioned Stephen Hawking. He does look less aware than Terri does. Yet he is considered brilliant.

Terri's eyes are alive. There is a person there. I know my mothers eyes were glassy and dead-looking when she went into a coma before her death. It's a sight I'll never forget. When you see the video of Terri, I cannot understand how anyone can say she is gone.

Her parents want her home with them where they will give her comfort and love. Her husband has denied her any reasonable rehabilitation and stimulus for 13 years. It is so obvious who has Terri's interest at heart.

I sincerely hope they investigate her old injuries and indict this man for murder.

"I know my mothers eyes were glassy and dead-looking when she went into a coma before her death. It's a sight I'll never forget."

When my grandmother suffered a second stroke while in my care, it fell to me to make the decisin about using life support. Knowing her wishes, I declined the use of machines, but I certainly didn't deny her nourishment or anything else that would have made her more comfortable in her final days and hours. We knew she would not come out of the coma. The CT scan showed extensive damage, and yet when I sat at her bedside and held her hand and asked her to respond as to whether she could understand by squeezing my hand, she was able to do so.

The brain is an amazing creation and there is so much more that we do not know than there is what we do. There was a time in the medical profession that it was always thought to be better, and morally right, to err on the side of caution. Now decisions seem to be made routinely based only on what is most expedient for those calling the shots. It is reprehensible.

The truth is that there is enough evidence of Terri's brain function and alertness to give her a chance. That is being denied. It isn't artificial support that is being withheld. It is food and water and therefore she is being deprived of her fundamental, inalienable right to life, and in fact, is being subjected to a slow and torturous death.

"I sincerely hope they investigate her old injuries and indict this man for murder."

Unfortunately, the same Judge Greer has allowed for the immediate disposal of the body by cremation (as per hubby's wishes), meaning no autopsy. Convenient. Kinda makes you wonder just how dirty some of the hands are in this case doesn't it?

I know my mothers eyes were glassy and dead-looking when she went into a coma before her death. It's a sight I'll never forget. When you see the video of Terri, I cannot understand how anyone can say she is gone.

I remember that look to, when my wife was being carried on a stretcher from my apartment to the ambulance.