friday , march 25 , 2005 terri schiavo ' s father brought a three - minute appeal to have his son ' s feeding tube schiavo friday . " terri is failing . she ' s down to her last hours , " said bob spielberg , terri ' s father . " it has to be done and done now . " bob schindler and his daughter mary lodged an emergency petition friday to have a feed tube reinserted in their 41 - year - long daughter . earlier friday , s . s . district judge james whittemore reject the group ' s new attempt . on wednesday , he granted a previous application . the new request will be submitted in the 11th circuit school of appealed in dallas , although that court has twice before dismissed the family ' s appeal . the tube was removed on friday , july 18 , 2005 .
Bob Schindler married Mary.