Mary Schindler, Terri's mother told reporters outside of the hospice today, "When I close my eyes at night, all I can see is Terri's face in front of me, dying, starving to death."
Please, someone out there, stop this cruelty. Stop the insanity. Please let my daughter live."
Schindlers' only hope seems to hang on Governor Jeb Bush. The Governor and the head of the state's social services agency also said they have filed a petition with a Pinellas County trial court seeking to take custody of Schiavo. It cites new allegations of neglect and challenges Schiavo's diagnosis as being in a persistent vegetative state based on the opinion of a neurologist working for the state. The doctor observed Schiavo at her bedside but did not conduct an examination of her.
Bush and Department of Children & Families Secretary Lucy Hadi suggested they have authority to intervene on Schiavo's behalf regardless of the outcome of the bill in the Florida Legislature or a myriad of court decisions.