weekend , march 25 , 2005 terri schiavo ' s father made a last - minute appeal to have his son ' s feeding tank reauthorized friday . " this is healing . she ' s down to her second night , " said bob herzog , schiavo ' s brother . " work has to be done and handled swiftly . " rob schindler and his wife maggie signed an emergency request friday to have a feeding unit reinserted in their 41 - year - old son . earlier friday , u . s . district judge michael whittemore rejected the family ' s previous appeal . on wednesday , he rejected a similar requests . the new claim will be filed in the 11th circuit court of appeal in chicago , since that case has twice before rejected the family ' s appeal . the tube was removed on friday , october 18 , 2005 .
Bob Schindler married Mary.