Pope in Persistent Vegetative State

I look at this and it causes me to wonder. If the Pope entered into the same Persistent Vegetative State that Mrs. Schiavo was in, how would this effect the world in general, and Catholicism specifically? Undoubtedly it would lead to a more thorough study of what is a Persistent Vegetative State. At the very least it would probably result in a change in terminology, as the linguistic connection between vegetative and vegetable would cause people to seek to describe the Pope's condition differently.

Schiavo vs Schiavo

I've looked at the history of the case in the federal ourt system and the case comes up as Schiavo vs Schiavo. See Schiavo-v-Schiavo-OrderDenyingTRO . I am not a lawyer, so one of the things that I want to know is if Micheal Schiavo is her guardian, then how do the Schindlers have standing to put her name as one of the plaintiffs? What I am trying to understand is why this is not Schindler vs Schiavo ?

The only thing that comes to mind is that only the aggrieved party has a right to bring suit, and since they are contesting that Terri is the aggrieved party (She's the one being denied her religious freedom, etc...), either she, through her guardian, or the state need to bring the suit.