Terri's dad pulled the plug on his mom?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1077219,00.html

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But, given the vehemence with which he has been fighting to prolong Terri's life, it is a little surprising to learn that Robert decided to turn off the life-support system for his mother. She was 79 at the time, and had been ill with pneumonia for a week, when her kidneys gave out. "I can remember like yesterday the doctors said she had a good life. I asked, 'If you put her on a ventilator does she have a chance of surviving, of coming out of this thing?'" Robert says. "I was very angry with God because I didn't want to make those decisions."

I would sure give and explaination to why he and his wife have been so persistent with Terri.

but not enough to let her go.

referred to the decision about his mother as part of his public discourse but he did not so I would question whether regret had much to do with it.

Money, on the other hand, has been part of his previous actions which leads me to believe it was money over any vestige of regret.

but if they loved her enough then the money wouldn't really have any value to them.

I see book deals in their future.

I think that also that it's like winning the game at any costs.

is very expensive. The medical industry will take all of one's inheritance.

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The day is coming when either or both of the Schindler parents will confront the suffering of prolonged illness. It'll be interesting to observe how long they're kept on life-support.

Shame on the quacks. Shame!

They've been fooled by the few times she appeared to respond to them. Wouldn't you be if you were her parent? And then, the shameless hucksters have been lying to them.

if husband walked away and parents won to reinsert feeding tube?

Say hubby wanted to marry his significant other and the parents won the right to reinsert or put in the tube, could hubby divorce
Terry, giving the rights to parents therefore the money?

Could this be part of the the parents adamant stance, not maybe so much to get the money but to keep hubby from getting money intended for Terry's care?

I've heard there isn't much money left.

That's the figure I heard...and I wouldn't be surprised if it was more. In '93 or so...Mr. Schaivo won a malpractice judgement (the root to the real rift IMHO) for about $700k...now doing a little math can show, even if he "pocketed the money", he was still paying Mrs. Schiavo's bills so what profiting could he have done? Plus that doesn't count all the legal expenses this man has had to endure through all the legal battles and challenges.

Meanwhile, the Schindlers have had almost all their legal expenses paid for by right wing groups and continue to push their frivolous suits with an ever growing coffer of donations flowing into the charlatans pockets during this macabre circus.

Be certain, ALL the Schindlers will "tell their story" to a publisher like Regenery and grab another 15 minutes of fame...become cause celeb's on the wingnut rubber chicken circuit and come out of this ordeal in better financial shape than Mr. Schiavo. Now will they be emotionally better for bankrupting their integrity and privacy for their new-found friends is another story.

The award was spent long ago.

But I'm sure they have other avenues to earn bucks through this.

Having to pull the plug on your mom, then having it happen to your daughter.

Robert and his son are dysfunctional and need serious counseling.

I saw them on TV - and my cousin was Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia Med School, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express -- that makes me as qualified as any Board Certified Psychiatrist - or even a gazillionaire society doc cardiac surgeon turned Senator.

As a teen Terri was shy and over 200 lbs. I've been hearing that her bulimia started in high school and that by the time she started college, she had slimmed down, then met Michael and quickly fell in love and married him.

I've seen parents make very cruel remarks to their overweight children, especially girls. "How do you ever expect to find a husband looking like that." "You're too fat for that outfit." "You just eat too much, it's your own fault." yada, yada.

Remember she was bulimic before she met Michael. Once she met him, it could have been her ticket out of a verbally abusive situation. If her parents were a contributing factor to her becoming bulimic, which is why she is where she is today, there must be an oppressing feeling of guilt and consequently, an inability to let go along with a delusional idea that she's just fine, if you only wait a minute.