Original sentence: " The court determined that Schiavo was indeed in a PVS, and this ruling was upheld on every appeal, by 19 different judges, both in state courts and later in federal courts.Schiavo's medical diagnosis of being in a persistent vegetative state was a source of major dispute between her parents (Bob and Mary Schindler) and her husband (Michael Schiavo, Schiavo's legal guardian).She went into a coma for two and a half months, and was later diagnosed as being in an irreversible persistent vegetative state (PVS), a state that lasted until her death 15 years later.Six doctors that examined Schiavo (her family physician, three doctors selected by the courts, and two doctors selected by Michael) diagnosed her to be in a persistent vegetative state.This dispute led to numerous court cases over the course of several years.Two doctors selected by Schiavo's parents diagnosed her to be in a "minimally conscious state.Two guardians ad litem concurred with this decision
Edited sentence: A doctor selected by the court reported that it was more likely that she was in a persistent vegetative state than conscious.But two doctors selected by Terri Schiavo's parents diagnosed her to be in a minimally conscious state, and a doctor selected by the Florida Department of Children and Families reported that she was most likely in a minimally conscious state, and several dozen other physicians (mostly neurologists) likewise questioned or disputed the PVS diagnosis.However, the trial court judge, George Greer, ruled that Schiavo was indeed in a PVS, and this ruling was upheld on appeal.Schiavo's medical diagnosis was a subject of major dispute between her blood family (parents Bob and Mary Schindler, and her two siblngs) and her husband (Michael Schiavo, who was her legal guardian, despite having started another family with another woman).She went into a coma for two and a half months, and later awoke from her coma to a profoundly disabled condition that was variously diagnosed as a Minimally Conscious State (MCS) or a a persistent vegetative state (PVS), a condition that lasted until her death 15 years later.Two doctors selected by Michael after he began legal action to end his wife's life diagnosed her to be in a persistent vegetative state