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Terri
Schiavo
December
3,
1963
-
March
31,
2005
Gone
but
Not
Forgotten
To
those
who
torment
the
helpless!
Mathew 25:40-41
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
December
3,
1963
Theresa
(Terri)
Marie
Schiavo,
nee
Schindler,
is
born.
Novermber
1984
Terri
and
Michael
Schiavo
are
married.
February
25,
1990
Terri
Schiavo
suffers
cardiac
arrest,
apparently
caused
by
a
potassium
imbalance
and
leading
to
brain
damage
due
to
lack
of
oxygen.
She
was
taken
to
the
Humana
Northside
Hospital
and
was
later
given
a
percutaneous
endoscopic
gastrostomy
(PEG)
to
provide
nutrition
and
hydration.
Police
report
May
12,
1990
Terri
Schiavo
is
discharged
from
the
hospital
and
taken
to
the
College
Park
skilled
care
and
rehabilitation
facility.
June
18,
1990
Court
appoints
Michael
Schiavo
as
guardian;
Terri
Schiavo’s
parents
do
not
object.
June
30,
1990
Terri
Schiavo
is
transferred
to
Bayfront
Hospital
for
further
rehabilitation
efforts.
September
1990
Terri
Schiavo’s
family
brings
her
home,
but
three
weeks
later
they
return
her
to
the
College
Park
facility
because
the
family
is
“overwhelmed
by
Terri’s
care
needs.”
November
1990
Michael
Schiavo
takes
Terri
Schiavo
to
California
for
experimental
“brain
stimulator”
treatment,
an
experimental
“thalamic
stimulator
implant”
in
her
brain.
January
1991
The
Schiavos
return
to
Florida;
Terri
Schiavo
is
moved
to
the
Mediplex
Rehabilitation
Center
in
Brandon
where
she
receives
24-hour
care.
July
19,
1991
Terri
Schiavo
is
transferred
to
Sable
Palms
skilled
care
facility
where
she
receives
continuing
neurological
testing,
and
regular
and
aggressive
speech/occupational
therapy
through
1994.
May
1992
Terri
Schiavo’s
parents,
Robert
and
Mary
Schindler,
and
Michael
Schiavo
stop
living
together.
August
1992
Terri
Schiavo
is
awarded
$250,000
in
an
out-of-court
medical
malpractice
settlement
with
one
of
her
physicians.
November
1992
The
jury
in
the
medical
malpractice
trial
against
another
of
Terri’s
physicians
awards
more
than
one
million
dollars.
In
the
end,
after
attorneys’
fees
and
other
expenses,
Michael
Schiavo
received
about
$300,000
and
about
$750,000
was
put
in
a
trust
fund
specifically
for
Terri
Schiavo’s
medical
care.
February
14,
1993
Michael
Schiavo
and
the
Schindlers
have
a
falling-out
over
the
course
of
therapy
for
Terri
Schiavo;
Michael
Schiavo
claims
that
the
Schindlers
demand
that
he
share
the
malpractice
money
with
them.
July
29,
1993
Schindlers
attempt
to
remove
Michael
Schiavo
as
Terri
Schiavo’s
guardian;
the
court
later
dismisses
the
suit.
March
1,
1994
First
guardian
ad
litem,
John
H.
Pecarek,
submits
his
report.
He
states
that
Michael
Schiavo
has
acted
appropriately
and
attentively
toward
Terri
Schiavo.
May
1998
Michael
Schiavo
petitions
the
court
to
authorize
the
removal
of
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube;
the
Schindlers
oppose,
saying
that
Terri
would
want
to
remain
alive.
The
court
appoints
Richard
Pearse,
Esq.,
to
serve
as
the
second
guardian
ad
litem
for
Terri
Schiavo.
December
20,
1998
The
second
guardian
ad
litem,
Richard
Pearse,
Esq.,
issues
his
report
in
which
he
concluding
that
Terri
Schiavo
is
in
a
persistent
vegetative
state
with
no
chance
of
improvement
and
that
Michael
Schiavo’s
decision-making
may
be
influenced
by
the
potential
to
inherit
the
remainder
of
Terri
Schiavo’s
estate.
Pearse
GAL
Report
January
24,
2000
The
trial
begins;
Pinellas-Pasco
County
Circuit
Court
Judge
George
Greer
presides.
Testimony
of
Father
Gerard
Murphy
February
11,
2000
Judge
Greer
rules
that
Terri
Schiavo
would
have
chosen
to
have
the
PEG
tube
removed,
and
therefore
he
orders
it
removed,
which,
according
to
doctors,
will
cause
her
death
in
approximately
7
to
14
days.
Trial
Court
Ruling
March
2,
2000
The
Schindlers
file
a
petition
with
Judge
Greer
to
allow
“swallowing”
tests
to
be
performed
on
Terri
Schiavo
to
determine
if
she
can
consume—or
learn
to
consume—nutrients
on
her
own.
March
7,
2000
Judge
Greer
denies
the
Schindlers’
petition
to
perform
“swallowing”
tests
on
Terri
Schiavo.
March
24,
2000
Judge
Greer
grants
Michael
Schiavo’s
petition
to
limit
visitation
to
Terri
Schiavo
as
well
as
to
bar
pictures.
Judge
Greer
also
stays
his
order
until
30
days
beyond
the
final
exhaustion
of
all
appeals
by
the
Schindlers.
Greer
Stay
and
Order
Limiting
Visitation
January
24,
2001
Florida’s
Second
District
Court
of
Appeal
(2nd
DCA)
upholds
Judge
Greer’s
ruling
that
permits
the
removal
of
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube.
In
re
Schiavo,
780
So.
2d
176
(2nd
DCA
2001),
rehearing
denied
(Feb.
22,
2001),
review
denied,
789
So.
2d
348
(Fla.
2001).
(Case
No.:
SC01-559)
DCA
Ruling
February
22,
2001
The
Schindler
family’s
motion
for
an
Appellate
Court
rehearing
is
denied.
March
12,
2001
Michael
Schiavo
petitions
Judge
Greer
to
lift
his
stay,
issued
March
24,
2000,
in
order
to
permit
the
removal
of
Terri
Shiavo’s
PEG
tube.
March
29,
2001
Judge
Greer
denies
Michael
Schiavo’s
motion
to
lift
stay
issued
on
March
24,
2000;
Michael
Schiavo
can
remove
Terri’s
PEG
tube
at
1
p.m.
on
April
20.
Greer
Order
April
10,
2001
The
2nd
DCA
denies
the
Schindlers’
motion
to
extend
Judge
Greer’s
stay,
which
is
scheduled
to
expire
April
20,
2001.
4-10-01
DCA
Order
April
12,
2001
The
Schindlers
file
a
motion
requesting
that
Judge
Greer
recuse
himself.
April
12,
2001
The
Schindlers
petition
the
Florida
Supreme
Court
to
stay
the
removal
of
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube.
4-12-01
Motion
for
Stay
Part
1
4-12-01
Motion
for
Stay
Part
2
4-12-01
Court’s
Request
for
Response
from
Schiavo
April
16,
2001
Judge
Greer
denies
the
Schindlers’
motion
to
recuse
himself.
April
18,
2001
The
Florida
Supreme
Court
chooses
not
to
review
the
decision
of
the
2nd
DCA.
In
re
Schiavo,
789
So.
2d
248
(Fla.
2001).
Case
No.:
SC01-559
3-22-01
Schindler
family’s
Notice
to
Appeal
to
Supreme
Court
3-30-01
Schindlers’
Jurisdictional
Brief
Part
1
3-30-01
Schindlers’
Jurisdictional
Brief
Part
2
4-18-01
Order
Denying
Rehearing
and
Motion
for
Stay
April
20,
2001
Federal
District
Court
Judge
Richard
Lazzara
grants
the
Schindlers
a
stay
until
April
23,
2001,
to
exhaust
all
their
possible
appeals.
April
23,
2001
Justice
Anthony
M.
Kennedy
of
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
refuses
to
stay
the
case
for
a
review
by
that
Court.
April
24,
2001
By
order
of
trial
court
Judge
Greer,
and
upon
issuance
of
a
2nd
DCA
mandate,
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube
is
removed
April
26,
2001
The
Schindlers
file
an
emergency
motion
with
Judge
Greer
for
relief
from
judgment
based
upon
new
evidence,
which
includes
a
claim
that
a
former
girlfriend
of
Michael
Schiavo
will
testify
that
he
lied
about
Terri
Schiavo’s
wishes;
Judge
Greer
dismisses
the
motion
as
untimely.
Also
on
this
date,
the
Schindlers
file
a
new
civil
suit
that
claims
that
Michael
Schiavo
perjured
himself
when
he
testified
that
Terri
Schiavo
had
stated
an
aversion
to
remaining
on
life
support.
Pending
this
new
civil
trial,
Circuit
Court
Judge
Frank
Quesada
orders
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube
to
be
reinserted.
April
30,
2001
Michael
Schiavo
files
an
emergency
motion
with
the
2nd
DCA
to
allow
the
removal
of
Terri
Schiavo’s
PEG
tube.
May
9,
2001
The
2nd
DCA
announces
a
date
for
the
hearing
of
oral
arguments
regarding
Michael
Schiavo’s
motion
of
April
30,
2001.
June
25,
2001
Arguments
in
2nd
DCA
regarding
Michael
Schiavo’s
motion
of
April
30,
2001.
July
11,
2001
The
2nd
DCA
remands
the
case
back
to
Judge
Greer.
(1)
The
2nd
DCA
informs
the
Schindlers
that
they
must
address
both
their
desire
to
have
new
evidence
heard
and
their
perjury
claim
against
Michael
Schiavo
within
the
original
guardianship
proceeding;
further,
the
Schindlers
are
instructed
to
file
a
new
motion
for
relief
from
judgment
in
the
guardianship
proceeding.
(2)
The
2nd
DCA
instructs
Judge
Greer
to
weigh
the
Schinders’
new
evidence
in
making
a
new
determination
of
what
Terri
Schiavo
would
have
wanted.
(3)
The
2nd
DCA
denies
Michael
Schiavo’s
request
to
discontinue
the
PEG
tube.
In
re
Schiavo,
792
So.
2d
551
(2nd
DCA
2001).
7-11-01
DCA
Order
August
7,
2001
After
the
2nd
DCA
remands
the
case
back
to
Judge
Greer,
he
again
finds
that
Michael
Schiavo
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