Miami Herald - Terri Schiavo had an 'extraordinary' reaction to a friend's Sunday night visit, her parents' spokesman claimed Monday morning.
Friar Paul O'Donnell, spiritual advisor to Bob and Mary Schindler, said Schiavo received a visit from her father and friend Sunday night. When the friend, identified as Sherry, recalled their days dancing and partying together, Schiavo ''raised her hands up and was moving and started making gutteral sounds like she does when she talks to her mother,'' O'Donnell said.
Doctors have concluded that Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state and that apparent reactions to loved ones are reflective. Supporters of the Schindlers are still hoping Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will intervene to replace a feeding tube that has kept Schiavo alive the last 15 years.
O'Donnell and other family spokesmen have been making regular pleads to replace the tube since it was removed 10 days ago.
''Everyone is willing to write this woman's obituary except one person and that's Terri Schiavo,'' O'Donnell said.
The courts have ruled that Schiavo did not wish to stay alive through artificial feeding. Gov. Bush has said there is no more he can do.
Cross-posted at BlogsforTerri
I don't understand why a "vegetable" would need pain medication??? If she is indeed in a persistent vegetive state why? why? why? If indeed her brain has been replaced by fluid how does her nervous system tell her body that it is feeling pain???