And the cause of her low K was what? Emergent care? Overdose of iced tea? Ingestion of caffeine straight up? You don't know, the ME says it is inconclusive but that's not gonna deter you from making unfounded assertions one bit, is it?
OMG. How many times do you have to be told this?
She admitted to the hospital. She had attending physicians. They took her blood. They put in her chart, which was later entered into evidence during one of the many court trials about this, that her potassium level was 2.0. Anything under 3.5 is enough to make you twice as likely to suffer cause cardiac arrest, per the Merck manual.
The doctors who were treating her for her inability to have children testified under oath they hadn't tested her blood/potassium levels, which was deemed negligent.
The court awarded MS several million dollars but later reduced it to $700,000 because they found that Terri was herself 70% responsible for her condition. She drank ice tea excessively and her rapid weight loss, etc.
Note the undernourishment, low calcium, raised glucose, (caused by chronically low potassium), and at admittance, "severely low" potassium at a 2. At 3.5 we are twice as likely to have cardiac arrest.
She was 5'3" and weighed well over 200 pounds when she was 18. Within a few years, she had lost over a hundred - and was seeing an infertility specialist (the guy who was sued for not noticing that her chems, etc., just screamed eating disorder)
She complained of fatigue and irregular periods and infertility.
Remember that women with eating disorders can lose 30& of their bone mass in a single year. It causes "brittle bones".
The malpracice trial
2 suits
Terri's general practitioner settled out of court, giving the Schiavos $250,000.
The infertility clinic was sued for 20-30 million for the same thing (the Schindlers helped and testified for Michael in that trial). The jury found them guilty, but after subtracting 70% of their award to account for what they considered Terri's culpability, awarded ~$750,000 to a trust fund for Terri's care.
They awarded $300,000 to Michael for his loss of consortium.