Reply #13: I think the parents

[koopie57]

have been victimized as well. Some "friend" should have got them into grief counseling a long time ago so that they could understand the death process, letting go, grieving so that eventually there would be a time when they could have the feeding tube removed and be able to confort Terri during the process of her body dieing. I wonder if these friends enjoyed the trauma and being in the limelight.

Instead these parents kept hearing that Terri was still alive, responding, Michael was trying to kill her, all these things that kept their hopes up. Parents fight for their children and to see their child die must be horrifying.

My point is that these parents have lost it. Part of them understands that she is no longer Terri, just her body, but they have others telling them these crazy things, congress and politicians stepping in to save their daughter .... they must be absolutely fu**ed up in the head. I know I feel confused and sickened by this. They need some help and I bet when Terri is gone, no one will bother with these parents and there will be the real tragedy. Using them and then leaving them to cope with the disaster scene alone.

opps. It took me a long time to write this and I didn't see post #10. But I agree with you.