IF indeed, rehabilitation was possible for Terri Schiavo, to re-learn how to chew and swallow food, then you have a point.
However, tests were performed repeatedly. The idea that she might be rehabilitated was a pipe dream. Nothing more. You cannot relearn something if you have NO ABILITY to learn it in the first place. The lack of brain matter that governs the chewing and swallowing of food is the real issue. Terri Schiavo lacked that.
Her parents could not believe otherwise and found anything and anyone who would substantiate their hope.
Just because they found someone who substantiated their hope does not make their belief in this *cure* realisitc or valid.
The lack of brain matter that governs the chewing and swallowing of food is the real issue. Terri Schiavo lacked that.
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And yet she did NOT drool... she swallowed her own saliva and swallowed Jello that was spoon fed to her by her nurses !!!
Or was that merely the parent's wishful thinking too ???
The findings in the swallowing test were that Terri aspirated some of the liquids and that at times the liquid was not swallowed. The tube was preferable. But, Terri had survived over 7 years since the last test, without choking or being suctioned. She obviously could and did swallow - one to 4 quarts a day.
And compared to nothing, allowing her mother or the nurses who should have been paid for by the money she was awarded for that purpose in the malpractice case, oral feedings would have been preferable.
Why wasn't she given rehab in eating by mouth?
So many unanswered questions.
At least the Schindlers know that they didn't give up on Terri. They fought to the end and should be able to live at peace with themselves.
If they went "home to reflect" when Felos suggested that they should, they would have always wondered if they should have kept fighting.
Yes. They can be proud of themselves.