BB I should have pinged you since I quoted you wantonly in the post above.
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EUREKA -- More than 15 years before she would become a household name, while still a vibrant, healthy 27-year-old, Terri Schiavo had yet to think of end-of-life planning, but perhaps she should have.
Had Schiavo planned ahead for the end of her life, as she had planned her wedding or her college career, chances are her name wouldn't have been in headlines across the nation, the governor of Florida and the United States Congress would never have intervened in her case and she would have died, or continued to live, in the way that she wanted and planned for.
But Schiavo didn't have a written plan, and by the time of her March 2005 death, the battle over her end-of-life wishes, which spread over seven years and included a plethora of motions, appeals, petitions and hearings, was well-documented and well-publicized.
Planning ahead: It's never too early to talk about end-of-life health care wishes
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