Coma Patient Is Put Back on Feeding Tube
A judge Thursday ordered that a comatose woman be placed back on a feeding tube, two days after her husband won legal permission to remove it.
Circuit Judge Frank Quesada granted a delay requested by Terri Schiavo’s parents, citing new allegations that Schiavo’s husband lied in saying his wife did not want to be kept on life support. “I don’t think there is anything more final or irreparable than death,” Quesada said.
Earlier Thursday, parents Bob and Mary Schindler sued their son-in-law, alleging he has lied in court so he can end his 37-year-old wife’s life and collect her money.
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