CONTENTS

PART ONE :THIS DAY WE FIGHT

1. Fighting for Dear Life

2. Seeing Is Believing

3. Life on Trial

4. Terri’s Law

5. Doctor’s Orders

6. Is There a Doctor in the House?

7. In Sickness and In Health

8. Your Honor, I Object!

9. Let’s Make a Deal

PART TWO :TERRI’S FIGHT FOR LIFE

10. Terri’s Only Crime

11. Terri’s Last Meal

12. The Big Lie

13. Washington Weighs In

14. Litigating at the Speed of Light

15. A Mother’s Heart

16. Until We Meet Again

PART THREE :FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE

17. Supreme Denial

18. Examining the Medical Examiner’s Report

19. The $64,000 Question

20. A Life Worth Living

21. Every Day’s a Gift

22. The Least of These

23. If There’s a Will There’s a Way

24. Life Support in View of Eternity

25. Brave New World?

26. If My People

Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions: Terri and the Case

Appendix B: Sample Form: Designation of Health Care Surrogate

Appendix C: Full Text of Terri’s Law: October 2003

Appendix D: Text of the Act of Congress: March 2005

Notes