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On April 24, 2001, Terri's feeding tube was removed for the first time. The Schindlers filed a civil suit against Michael Schiavo alleging perjury, which was assigned to another court. The judge, Frank Quesada, issued an injunction against the removal of feeding tube until this was settled. The feeding tube was reinserted on April 26, 2001.
A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called gavage, enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions or lifelong ...
Five days later, on October 15, Schiavo's feeding tube was removed for the second time. On October 21, the Florida Legislature, in emergency session, passed "Terri's Law". [1] This gave Florida Governor Jeb Bush the authority to intervene in the case. Gov. Bush immediately ordered the feeding tube reinserted.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube (PEG tube) is passed into a patient's stomach through the abdominal wall, most commonly to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate (for example, because of dysphagia or sedation).
Surgeons inserted a feeding tube for her long-term care. [1] In 1988, Cruzan's parents asked her doctors to remove her feeding tube. [2] The hospital refused to do so without a court order, since removal of the tube would cause Cruzan's death. [2] The Cruzans filed for and received a court order for the feeding tube to be removed. [3]
No one expects Terri to testify, but the move extends witness protection to Terri, requiring reinsertion of her feeding tube. March 18: Greer strikes down the subpoena as unconstitutional and Terri's feeding tube is removed for the third and final time. March 20/21: U.S. Congress approves emergency legislation, the Palm Sunday Compromise.
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In 2005, amid U.S. government roadblocks and controversy, Terri Schiavo, a Floridian who had been in a vegetative state since 1990, had her feeding tube removed. Her husband had won the right to take her off life support, which he claimed she would want but was difficult to confirm as she had no living will and the rest of her family claimed ...