Reply #32: According to the papers, they've already performed swallowing tests [View All]

[Azathoth]

Several of them in the first couple years after Terri's accident. They were all negative. Every time we see Terri, she is being kept in a semi-sitting-up position. It's more than likely that the small amount of saliva she produces is simply running down the back of her throat, without any strong swallowing reflex (the way saliva and mucus from our sinuses routinely runs down our throats when we are asleep). That's different from having a quantity of water in her mouth, which she would have to either swallow or aspirate.

The bottom line is that the doctors have already gone over this issue repeatedly. They stopped performing continual tests years ago because her condition simply has not improved.