Dear Terri,

I am so sorry for what you are going through. Everyone has his/her opinion about what should happen to you, including me. I tend to think in black and white, but even I know that this is as gray as they come. In a situation where only yours matters, everyone has his or her opinion. Should you continue to live on a feeding tube? Should you die a slow death, or should society be kind the way it is kind to its pets? Are you, indeed, in a persistent vegitative state, whatever that means? Or do you open your eyes open for a reason? Are your parents evil, or are they being parents, trying to hold on to their daughter and hoping against hope? Is your former husband a selfish, scheming man, or does he have your best interest in his heart?

It is a shame that people had to go to court to decide your fate. It tells me that whatever the motivations of the people on both sides were, they were, nevertheless, strong motivations.

Do you wish to continue living like this? Or are you satisfied that the tube was removed? That you can now slip away? Or were you tired a long time ago, and wished it was a quick process then? Do you curse that you cannot be euthanized, all in the name of religion? That no one will sacrifice his or her soul for you?

Dear Terri, I do not know. I just know that I cannot read the news story and look at your face in that picture and not feel compassion. In that sense you are still very much alive. And for these reasons, I wish you peace. Please be at peace.

and be at peace. She is.

Nobody in DU can convince me that they know what she is going through.

of her brain (or more importantly, what is missing) she is not aware nor have any thoughts so she is at peace. This is based on medical fact as revealed in her brain scans where the cerebral cortex is liquified. So be at peace knowing she is at peace.

and who is to know the truth.

i personally am more that terri's death is her own experience, we really none of us are a part of it. it has been a great lesson and insite to many this last week, has taught each of us a lot, in thought of our own death, choices, wishes

thanks you for sharing

Terri is in, whether you want to call it a PVS or whatever. She can't talk, eat independently, and has no cerebral cortex to think with. Living in Radiant Light will be a wonderful change, imvho.

I hope she gets to a good place.

God speed, Terri. O8)