[RichRepublican]

I agree with you totally. Michael was probably the hero in all of this. Every day families are confronted with agonizing decisions like the one he made, but thankfully most are able to make those decisions in private.

[robertpaulsen]

Well, it was even easier than that -- Michael knew what she wanted. If Terri would have placed what she said to Michael, to his brother, and to her best friend in writing, we never would have heard of Terri Schiavo.

But I agree with you. Sometimes a family doesn't know, and must decide for the loved one.

But there are those on this forum who don't want the families to choose. They insist that the families have no right, that life must be maintained, and the patient must live.

They do scare me.

To think of my wife being forced to care for my shell of a body, consciousness gone, no chance of recovery. Spending time and money on a hopeless cause, having to look at me every day and be reminded of who I once was.

All so these nosy busybodies can feel good about themselves. Disgusting.