Collected Thoughts

I really wish some of the issues were being more fully explained in the media, the MRI question especially. Part of what the implants do is prevent Parkinson's-style tremors - so even if they could be removed safely, there would still be no way to do an MRI because she would be unable to lie still enough for the procedure. (My mom couldn't have an MRI during the final stages of her illness for just that reason.)

People are so determined to see him as the villian in this situation, even people don't consider themselves on the side of the Shindlers. Part of it, I think, is that we're so black and white in our understanding of love and relationships. The fact that he could love her and care for her for so many years and yet still need and find someone else and have a family just seems to stump so many people, and they can only process it by reacting like they would if Michael and Terri's life was like any other married couple and he's betrayed her by going out and leading some double life or something. I wouldn't wish his situation and the choices he's had to make on anyone, and I wish people had a little more charity in their hearts when judging the way he's managed them.