Recently there has be a lot of news coverage on the Terri Schiavo case, the woman that has been on life support for the past fifteen years, and has her family fighting for whether she lives or dies. The epic battle that is going on between her parents-who is fighting for her life, and her husband, who would like to take her off the life support-have taken over the air waves and has America hanging by their every move. This matter has become so big that the government has now been involved in the case, trying to decide if the women should live or let to rest. Recently I have read two articles: "Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain", by Bob Lamendola and "Schiavo's Parents Suffer More Setbacks", written by Jill Barton to further my knowledge of the situation.
             In the first article "Neurologists see little sign of activity in Schiavo's brain" Bob Lamendola discusses the Terri Schiavo case, and more specifically her recent brain status. He quotes that about 70 to 90 percent of Schiavo's brain is gone, and that many doctors claim this to be the worse brain damage that they have ever seen. Schiavo's scans show large black patches, which doctors said where cells have died due to a lack of oxygen and the tissue has shrunk. Doctors say they cannot tell if the little remaining brain tissue is functioning, but there is so little tissue lets that they doubt she will survive on her own much longer. He quotes multiple doctors is stating that brain cells do no re-grow and once they are denigrated from the brain all the brain can do is reconnect the remaining tissues together, and for Schiavo that is very little. Bob goes further into detail about the actual case, quoting a Dr. William Cheshire Jr. in him asking the court to reinsert her feeding tube while the state investigates her case. He also states Schiavo parent's side who want to reconnect the tube and keep th...