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Alice,

I have very strong opinions about the Terri Schiavo case and will try to temper

them so not to offend anyone. This is NO ONE'S business except her family's and

that includes her parents as well as her husband. Politicians are catching hell

right now about SS changes so bringing Terri to the media forefront gets some of

the heat off them. All of this would never have happened if she had a living

will! That is HER fault and a terrible mistake, however, her ongoing situation

has lead countless families to FINALLY open up and discuss the what ifs of life

and death. So really her lingering has served a great purpose.

Now, I totally distrust her husband, he has a common law wife and has fathered

two children by her...all will agree that as a young man he deserved a life so

he should have given guardianship to her parents years ago and divorced Terri

but all this over his finally remembering she didn't want life support...come on

why did he not remember that in the ER?

I have until the past week seen this through her parent's eyes and how they will

do anything for her...but all this brought our family to discuss the situation.

My 18yo son asked me if I would fight to keep him alive if he was in Terri's

condition....after thinking I said no, because the qualities and gifts of her

life have been gone for years and now it is not really about love of Terri but a

fight over who can control the most. I love my son enough to let him pass if

nothing can be done to let him live. Terri is not living, she is existing and I

have enough love to let my children go...and I asked they do the same for me.

Debra