Autopsy: Schiavo Blind, Brain Damaged June 15 (AP) — An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday. It also found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise abused.

Not that this is a surprise.

No, it's not a surprise. I don't think the people who were opposed to her nutrition and hydration being removed were claiming she didn't have either massive or irreversible brain damage though (well, at least not the non-nutters). In fact, one of the contentions was that, sometimes, when there is a Mis-diagnosis of PVS, when the patient is blind.

through very scientific study (of being in a small office with A/C moreorless pointed right at me), I have discovered that 76-77 is the perfect temp for me.

the end.

I don't think the people who were opposed to her nutrition and hydration being removed were claiming she didn't have either massive or irreversible brain damage though

You weren't. Her parents were. They were claiming that she was looking at and talking to them. And those claims were the driving force behind the entire fiasco.

And those claims were the driving force behind the entire fiasco.

I think the driving force was the religious right, as they spent more than a million dollars (IIRC) on court costs for the parents.

I kinda wanna see her parents interviewed, to see how they respond to the autopsy results.

"How do you respond to the fact that this proves you were full of shit?"

I kinda wanna see her parents interviewed, to see how they respond to the autopsy results.

"How do you respond to the fact that this proves you were full of shit?"

Actually, I don't want to see that, because it's a really shitty thing to say to someone whose child is dead.

Actually, I don't want to see that, because it's a really shitty thing to say to someone whose child is dead.

Well OK, you have a point.

Except that the parents have been complete obnoxous assholes to the husband, so I have less sympathy to them than I might otherwise have.

through very scientific study (of being in a small office with A/C moreorless pointed right at me), I have discovered that 76-77 is the perfect temp for me.

Today I discovered that Peet's Chai Lattes aren't even as good as Starbuck's Chai Lattes. (Starbuck's aren't nearly as good as Coffee Bean's, but I don't have a CB near me, which is sad making.)

What did other people learn or discover?

A cab ride from the airport costs $33.

Oh, you want cheery stuff?

I gotta say, my mom would rip my husband's head off (if i had a husband with a head) if she thought, no matter how delusional the thought, that I would recover.

Which is why I place that power in my brother's hands. She wouldn't kill him, and he'd respect my wishes.