Terri Schiavo Timeline - 1990

1990

• February 25: Terri suffers from a collapse and falls into a coma.

• May: Terri emerges from her coma but remains unconscious. Primary physician is Dr. Shah. Dr. Barras, from Bayfront Rehabilitation, a rehab consult, recommends that she be transferred to Mediplex or Hardy Memorial.

• May 12: Terri is discharged from Humana to College Harbor Nursing Home, where she stays for 50 days.

• June 18: Court appoints Michael Schiavo as Terri's legal guardian. The Schindlers say they did not know.

• June 30: Prudential terminates insurance coverage. Terri leaves College Harbor, is admitted to Bayfront Hospital, a state designated facility for brain injuries, for ten weeks, at the Schindlers' expense. On admission, Terri is "awake and eyes open.... (W)ill close her eyes to (threats around) her face.... Verbal output has been reported by ... therapists at College Harbor".

• September 1: Terri is taken home, to Vina del Mar, for 100 days with Michael at the Schindlers'; Michael takes nursing classes. They are overwhelmed by the G-tube emergencies and coughing fits, and take Terri back to College Harbor for a few weeks.

• December: Michael takes Terri to UCSF in California for a week, for an experimental procedure to implant a thalamic stimulator in her brain. Then she goes to Meadowbrooke in San Jose for a month of rehab.