- Terri Schiavo's parents tried in vain to give her Easter
communion as their lawyers acknowledged the fight to reconnect her feeding
tube was nearing an end.
- Lawyers for Bob and Mary Schindler decided not to file
another motion with a federal appeals court.
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- The Florida Supreme Court earlier dismissed a request
from the parents' lawyer to have their brain-damaged daughter's feeding
tube reinserted.
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- At least two more appeals by the state and Florida Governor
Jeb Bush loomed, but they were before the 2nd District Court of Appeal,
which has rebuffed previous efforts.
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- Family supporters said Mrs Schiavo's breathing became
increasingly laboured during the day. A lawyer for the Schindlers, Barbara
Weller, said hospice workers began giving morphine.
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- Mrs Schiavo's husband, Michael, has said she would not
want to be kept alive artificially.
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- The Schindlers believe their daughter could improve and
say she laughs, cries, responds to them and tries to talk.
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- Ms Weller said Terri cried when her mother hugged her.
"The Governor should know that Terri still knows who her mother is,
and she's extremely distressed," Ms Weller said.
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- Paul O'Donnell, a Catholic Franciscan monk, said the
family unsuccessfully urged Michael Schiavo to allow his wife communion
for Easter.
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- Earlier, circuit judge George Greer rejected the family's
latest motion. The family claimed Mrs Schiavo tried to say "I want
to live" hours before her tube was removed, saying "Ahhhhh"
and "Waaaaaaa" when asked to repeat the phrase.
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- Doctors have said her previous utterances weren't speech,
but were involuntary moans consistent with someone in a vegetative state.
Judge Greer agreed.
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- Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her
heart stopped briefly from a chemical imbalance believed to have been brought
on by an eating disorder. She left no will. - Agencies
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