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I think the best posts about the money are
Post #379 which has the spreadsheet
Post #423 link provided by Aliska I followed her link and psoted the text - Has additional $$ information about how much was in the Trust in 1998 and how much it started with.
Post #537 article posted from GodSoLoved that gives additional information about the $$ form the Hospisc employee.

From Post #423 - Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer already must approve each expense paid from the account. The judge also agreed last year to seal the requests for payment from public view, at Felos' request. The approvals, however, are public record.

Last year, the clerk of court's office, which processes those requests, questioned whether Felos should receive money for speaking to the media for hours. The judge did not stop the payments to Felos, who receives $195 an hour and $225 an hour for appellate work.

A Pinellas jury awarded about $1.4-million to Mrs. Schiavo and $630,000 to her husband in 1992 after her gynecologist failed to ask about her medical history while treating her. She also received a $250,000 settlement in a case filed on her behalf against another doctor. Felos said that after attorneys' fees and other expenses, Mrs. Schiavo was left with about $700,000 and her husband with about $300,000.

In April 1993, Mrs. Schiavo's money was valued at $776,254, court records show. By April 1998, it was only down to $713,825.

The money, managed first by Barnett Bank and now SouthTrust Bank, was invested in blue chip stocks, such as Coca-Cola, Walt Disney and Proctor & Gamble; corporate and U.S. Treasury bonds; and a money market account.

Schiller, the financial planner, said a portfolio such as that could have earned $70,000 or more a year in the mid and late 1990s, when the stock market was booming. "It's not unrealistic," Schiller said. "It was the best performance in decades."

Those kinds of returns could have paid for Mrs. Schiavo's expenses. Her medical expenses were paid for by health insurance and Medicaid at first but now are paid by the account. It costs about $3,000 to $5,000 a month to live in a nursing home.

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Terri's account Balance from April of 1993 - April of 1998 only went down by 62,000. Which makes sense because it was invested and it should have been earning money. Plus Terri was collecting Social Security.

The article states that Judge Greere has to approve of every payment the Trust Makes and I didn't realize that. That makes me feel somewhat better about the money, I thought Michael had possion fo the checkbook, looks like he doesn't.

Heavenly Father, we return to give You thanks that You are such a loving God ~ a forgiving God for all those who ask. I pray for the souls of those outside of Christ ~ may the Power of the Holy Spirit descend in such a mighty way that each would accept nothing less than fellowship with You.

Heavenly Father, it is devastating to read of a husband who still seeks to murder his wife ~ it is devastating to read how the keepers of the law are willing to assist ~ it is frightful how so many people seem to think this is acceptable.

Have mercy on us, Lord, for we set ourselves to be as You ... ordaining length of days ... deciding that the unborn should not have any days at all ... our shame is every before us. Forgive us, I pray, in the Name of Jesus, and for His sake. O God, help us to hold back the onslaught that we face ... let not these death plans for Terri succeed ... continue to undertake for her family ... do not let them fall because of fatigue or ill health, but sweep away all that is evil and return us to all that is good ... love of God and of humanity and of country, for all of us are the least of these, our brethren.

Hear us, Father God, for we have no where else to go, and no one else on whom to rely, save You. To You be all Power and Glory and Honor, forever and ever, Amen ...