Most likely (just guessing from what I've observed and a bit of clinical
reasoning) her swallow and chewing reflexs may have been gone.  When all you
have is brain stem activity that happens a lot.  Many of her primitive
reflexes where gone from the looks of her in the videos.

Beth T.

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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kendall David Corbett
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: More Terri Schiavo bullsh*t

Mike,=20

From the video I've seen, it looks like Terri had a tracheotomy at one
point.  I'm not a doctor, but have known several people who have had trach's
that healed.  The reason Terri Schiavo is on the feeding tube now, from what
I've read, is that she can't swallow safely. =20

Good friends of my wife and I have a daughter who uses a feeding tube
because of swallowing difficulties.  She's in her early teens, and has been
on one most of her life because she got pneumonia several times from
aspirating milk as an infant.

Kendall Corbett

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: More Terri Schiavo bullsh*t

These are my last to questions on this topic. Was Ms. Schiavo's throat
damaged in the heart attack and subsequent brain damage?   How could it
happen?  That's the one thing that troubles me the most about this care.
I
won't ask any more questions....


Mike