Quote Originally Posted by HyPer50
I feel really bad about that story, I've been following it for quite some time now and I got mixed feelings on it. On one hand, I feel that she wouldn't want to be living like that, I mean, she's not a complete vegetable, but pretty close. And on the other hand, I dont think starving the poor girl is the way to put her out.. I mean, if you have to do it, I'd say do it the way they do animals, quick/painless. But then again, you never know when she could just start making a huge recovery. I was reading something last month about a woman who was in a coma for 10 years or so, she came to, told the nurse not to say anything to her parents, and waited til mothers day to suprise her mom by calling her. You never know. Although Shiavo's chances at that are extremely slim seeing as how she has so much brain damage... sad story.

after this long, it's pretty suffice to say that she's not going to recover to a point where she can function without the need for medical equipment. i think in that type of case that the family should have a say in how the matter is handled. this isn't a coma, unfortunately it's severe brain damage.