Good news for Terri!

Go to Hyscience and Blogs for Terri for all the info, but basically:

A state circuit judge Wednesday extended until 5 p.m. Friday the stay keeping Terri Schiavo's feeding tube intact, saying he needed time to consider more arguments from her parents from her parents that she should undergo new medical tests and that her husband should be dismissed as her guardian.

Meanwhile the Florida Department of Children & Families moved to intervene in the legal battle over the life of the brain-damaged woman.

In addition, "Jeb Bush told reporters he was seeking a means to intervene in the case".

Thank God!

One last thing: According to Blogs for Terri, a PayPal button will be up on the site sometime soon. That's good. It seemed a little incongruous to be driving to the Post Office today to actually mail a letter to send money for a blog-related fundraiser conducted over the Internet.

Anyway, please consider a pledge. You may have to try several times, as the servers are taking a huge hit over at their site.

UPDATE: Didn't want to leave the impression that Terri's out of the woods. The stay only lasts till 5:00 Friday, so unless a permanent solution is found -- such as ending Michael Schiavo's custody of Terri and transferring it to her parents -- she still is in danger of being starved to death.

But obviously this delay is good. It's to be hoped that over the next two days, justice and mercy both will be served, and Terri will no longer ever have to worry about being starved to death, nor will her parents have to spend one more day worrying about their daughter's care.