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Death Vigil For Terri

Herald and Weekly Times
3-27-5



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.
 
The Florida Supreme Court earlier dismissed a request from the parents' lawyer to have their brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube reinserted.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Mrs Schiavo's husband, Michael, has said she would not want to be kept alive artificially.
 
The Schindlers believe their daughter could improve and say she laughs, cries, responds to them and tries to talk.
 
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.
 
Paul O'Donnell, a Catholic Franciscan monk, said the family unsuccessfully urged Michael Schiavo to allow his wife communion for Easter.
 
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.
 
Doctors have said her previous utterances weren't speech, but were involuntary moans consistent with someone in a vegetative state. Judge Greer agreed.
 
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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