Terri's feeding tube was ordered to be removed against the parent's wishes by Judge Greer, leaving Terri Schiavo to starve and dehydrate to death, a process that is not only painful, but slow and agonizing. It took her 13-1/2 days to die. She was not comatose, she was not in a vegetative state. Terri was able to respond to her family's voices and conversations, showing tears and laughter appropriately.