Look At The Person Attached to the Tube By James M. Hoefler, Published St. Petersburg Times, Jan 10, 2004 There is much confusion and misunderstanding about the tragic case of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman whose fate has become a matter of national attention in recent months. Schiavo has been seriously ill since a 1990 heart attack deprived her brain of oxygen for more than five minutes, causing severe and permanent loss of cognitive brain function. Her swallowing reflex was also compromised, so she has been kept alive hydrated and nourished by a feeding tube that was surgically implanted in...