I got a few "reactions", that's for sure!
Please let me express a little more how I feel.
First of all, this messaage from Lauren BaRecall which was nothing but the link to the Terry page had the most profound effect on me. It is hard not to love what you see in her. It is very clear from these photos she is still "there" to some extent, and probably concious even though encased in the "tomb" of her body.
My concern is that we are being led step wise by lawyers and by the medicos (people who care a great deal about the money and/or the "fame" in these issues - greed and ego) into becoming a nation of "victims". If it doesn't stop we will lose everything improtant to us, our lives, our country, our health, our families, and our spirit.
If she cannot respond in a way that leaves no doubt that she is asking for more life then I would favor pulling the plug. Life isn't "over" when you die. It changes. She'll be back again. I know that, even if some of you reading this don't.
If she can "ask" in some way to stay with us then fine, pay whatever it costs, and let her continue to learn in whatever state she may be in. But if you cannot communicate well enough to ask her, and then get and clear answer that EVERYONE agrees is an answer, then let's not prolong her trial. She must be sufferring terribly if she can understand but in no way "respond" and "interact". How would YOU feel?
It would be cruel to keep her in such a prison of totally inflow, no outflow.