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Originally posted by chideltjen
Trust me, I'd like to see an article on that as well. Because honeychile isn't the first person to say that she has the capability to eat and swallow... this same topic is an emotional one at another board I frequent. And someone mentioned that Terri could be fed Jello at some point.
But then that brings up the question... if she can eat SOMETHING without the feeding tube, why 15 years on it?
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The reason is because whether or not she can swallow is a matter of material dispute in this case, and no news outlet wants to take one side or the other and wind up wrong.
According to the parents, she can swallow and the tube is there for 'convenience' for the medical community. This has caught on with radical right-wing dickfaces who hold up signs, attempt break-ins, disrupt schools and waste a shit ton of judicial time on garbage appeals.
According to people who have degrees in medicine, she cannot swallow reliably because she does not have full voluntary (or involuntary) muscle control. She lacks the pertinent capability to RESPOND TO FOOD IN HER MOUTH.
The swallowing argument makes me want to swallow in reverse, but it's completely understandable why a news outlet would not want to take a stand on the issue for sure (or err on the side of caution, at any rate). This is such a joke at this point, it's amazing.