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Question: Do these 2002 pics look like a Permanent Vegetative State?

What is so frightening is that they do not. What it looks like is that she is conscious but can't speak or move hardley at all.

The possibility that she is actually conscious is horrifying.

Imagine not being able to talk or move but being conscious.

All you can do is talk to yourself in your head.

Stare at the walls and think...think about what? How many days has she been like this? How much thinking can she do? But there is nothing else she can do but think. If only I could talk or write I would tell them what I'm thinking. Does she just lay in a room by herself all day? Is the tv constantly on so she has something to watch or the radio on so she has something to listen to. Do people talk to her 8 hours a day or put the newspaper in front of her so she can keep up on current events? If she is conscious and has none of these things don't you think it would only take a short time before you went crazy?

"The possibility that she is actually conscious is horrifying."

You have missed some eyewitness accounts which can be seen up thread, including THIS ONE -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1352657/posts?page=2289#2289

While this is without a doubt not the existence or future Terri or her family would have chosen for her, she is -- to all accounts -- not in pain or miserable. This is, rather, a different reality, which I will leave for others to elaborate on if they are so inclined (we've seen such posts from family of pts like Terri here).

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Terri goes goo~goo eyes over Attorney Gibbs

By Cheryl Ford RN
February 25, 2005
Last night at hospice Terri's father, Robert Schindler and Attorney Gibbs visited with Terri. Mr. Schindler was the first to enter Terri's room, approaching Terri on her right. As always, Terri was delighted to see her Dad until Mr. Schindler announced that Mr. Gibbs was with him.
Mr. Gibbs moved closer to Terri's left greeting her with, "Hello Terri."
Terri, hearing Mr. Gibb's deep voice immediately turned to her left to look at him. Terri's Dad stated that once she eyed Mr. Gibbs that was the end of his visit with her because she was no longer interested in anything he had to say to her..."she was goo-goo eyes over Attorney Gibbs."
Mr. Schindler then exclaimed, "Terri, Terri, look at me. I've come here to see you as well and now you cannot take your eyes off of Attorney Gibbs, what am I chopped liver?" Terri responded with laughter to her father's comment but her eyes remained focused on Mr. Gibbs.
Bob said,"Well, Cheryl that's the last time I will be taking Mr. Gibbs along with me since my daughter did not hear anything I had to say once he had her attention."

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Then consider this (and 16 other recent affidavits): Affidavit of Jacob Green, MD., PhD -- http://www.terrisfight.org/medaffdav/Dr.Green.pdf