Terri Schiavo was famous a woman, though she was never conscious to know it. On February 25th, 1990, she collapsed. Her heart stopped, and she slipped into a coma. She is to remain in this vegetative state for 15 years, during which the continuation of her life was debated around the country.
Throughout the 15 year period, her parents fought with her husband for guardianship, and the nation took sides. in July 1993, the parents filed a petition for Micheal Schiavo (her husband) to lose guardianship. Because she was in a vegetative state, she received nutrients through a feeding tube. Micheal tried to get it removed several times, and Judge George Greer stood by him. Terri's family never wanted this, and before she could die, they would win the case to reinsert her feeding tube. in October 2002, a hearing was held in which 3 doctors stated that she was in a "persistent vegetative state" "with no hope of recovery". Two other doctors said that she still had a chance. After many more family disputes, her feeding tube was removed on March 18, 2005. She died on March 31.
I believe that Mr. Schiavo was right to have her feeding tube removed. She had said that she didn't want to be left like this if she were ever in this situation. Also, she had been in this state for 15 years, and most of her brain had, for lack of a better word, decomposed. A brain stimulator that was inserted into her brain did nothing, therapy was unhelpful etc. She was not showing any signs of recovery, and on a religious stand point, I believe that with that much brain loss, there's no "soul/spirit" left in her. Genetically, shes a human being, but mentally and spiritually, shes just a vegetable. It's sad, but it happened, and it's the truth.
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