Schiavo's parents lose again
25/03/2005 15:16  - (SA)  

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Pinellas Park, Florida - As Terri Schiavo's health waned, a federal judge refused on Friday to order the reinsertion of her feeding tube, thwarting another move from the brain-damaged woman's parents in their battle to keep her alive.

For a second time, US district judge James Whittemore ruled against the parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who had asked him to grant their emergency request to restore her feeding tube while he considers a lawsuit they filed.

The tube was removed a week ago on a state judge's order that agreed with her husband, who has said she has no hope for recovery and wouldn't want to be kept alive artificially. The Schindlers believe their daughter could improve and wouldn't want to die.

As of Friday morning, Terri Schiavo, 41, had been without food or water for almost seven days and was showing signs of dehydration - flaky skin, dry tongue and lips, and sunken eyes, according to attorneys and friends of the Schindlers.

Doctors have said she would probably die within a week or two of the tube being pulled.

- AP

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