Terri was not just seen by one neurologist. She has been seen by several neurologists and doctors. There are only two doctors who have ever examined her who said she isn't PVS.
The information is here (courtesy of another freeper who wishes to remain nameless):
In 2002, they ran every other test - EEGs, CT scans, labs, etc., and 5 docs examined them and her to confirm what all her previous docs and therapists said - that she was both in PVS and that no current therapy could help her.
2 docs appointed by her husband, 2 by her parents, a court-appointed, and her regular doc testified.
Only the 2 doctors of her parents said she isn't PVS:
Dr Hammesfahr
- an alternative medicine neurologist
- He's the one who made the 4 hour video exam we see 4 minute snippets of
- who said she wasn't pvs even *before* seeing her that one, and only, time
- who has made the most outrageous, clintonesque-worded statements imaginable to get everyone in a tizzy (like the heart attack thing)
- who's been asked by the congressman who wrote the Nobel letter to stop using it to claim he is a "Nobel Prize Nominee"
- whose testimony under oath was night and day from the outlandish claims he spouts in interviews and his "report"
- Maxwell (an elderly radiologist): Their other doctor - On the stand, he couldn't tell the difference between coma and PVS, or give the descriptions of them - he just said she wasn't.
He was there only to say he thought hyperbaric treatment (never used in a case like this before) could help, and that he thought there was improvement in her brain density on the scans. But it was clear there wasn't - just newer, clearer resolution and less grainy because the old image was "blown up" in size.
Those were the best 2 doctors they could find. The neurologist they had at first, backed out of saying under oath what he said to them without seeing her. So, Greer and the 2DCA on appeal (having reviewed all the evidence - video, med records, etc, themselves!) said she was PVS and there was no hope.
I have never seen medical evidence that Michael strangled her. In fact, quite the opposite.
Do you honestly believe that a hospital and doctors were sued by Michael as causing PVS and instead of putting up a defense, like, he strangled her, they just gave up and gave him money?
Regarding PVS, it is my understanding that a 4 minute bout of non-PVS activity is enough to completely invalidate the PVS diagnosis. Is this not true?
In terms of the evidence of physical abuse from the night of her heart attack, there was an effort some years ago to use the X-Rays from her hospital admission in an investigation, but the authorities in FLA said the evidence was "too old". I have read a number of places that a number of the injuries she had when she arrived to the hospital were inconsistent with a fall down a stairs. They were described as being more consistent with a physical assault, including strangulation.
In terms of the malpractice - remember that the former democrat VP nominee won a big-money malpractice suit by channeling the spirit of a brain damaged baby girl. Exchange of money in a malpractice suit does not equal being right - and many times it is "cheaper" for the insurance company to settle for a large amount of money rather than risk an outrageous award from a trial.
Thank you, Peach, for answering my questions and assertions with factual argument, without insults, and with courtesy. It's nice to see that on this forum - although it is sometimes harder to find. We (apparently) disagree on this subject, but I commend your ability to discuss it without rancor.
I hope I have managed to do the same.