She was told she would die. She understood.
Here is more of Florida law.
765.401 The proxy.--
(3) Before exercising the incapacitated patient's rights to select or decline health care, the proxy must comply with the provisions of ss. 765.205 and 765.305, except that a proxy's decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures must be supported by clear and convincing evidence that the decision would have been the one the patient would have chosen had the patient been competent or, if there is no indication of what the patient would have chosen, that the decision is in the patient's best interest.
Hearsay evidence of off the cuff comments during a movie is clear and convincing evidence(it can't be evidence since it is not admissable hearsay) of Terri's choice? Or lacking that, the decision to starve her to death is in her best interest?
She doesn't understand feeding tube but understands that she is going to die? How do yoyu image she is able to understand that whe is going to die if she can't equate the two ideas?
Out of all the words spoken to her she understands nothing but when she hears the word die she automatically understand and then begins to spean and say she wants to live?
You are really going out on a limb here trying to explain what it is she understands.If you are able to tell me what it is she thinks and understands why is it that people who actually have spend time with her and are able to help her are not capple of the same thing namely her guardian ad litem Jay Wolfson.
Or is he just anotherone of those euthanasia, culture of death folks?