Well said.
Pro-Life Ping
Freepmail wagglebee or little jeremiah to subscribe or unsubscribe from the moral absolutes ping list.
FreeRepublic moral absolutes keyword search
.
thanks for the thread. deeply saddened with the memory of the loss of Terri.
I'm by no means a fan of Mr. Schiavo's, but a more reasonable interpretation of this is that what was initially believed to be successful implantation turned out to be nothing of the kind.
Treatments and therapies fail all the time, even those that at first appear to be succeeding.
I have read your recent article on the brain implant procedure that was a sucess with the man who has brain damage.
You are absolutely right. The article is very quick to keep Terri Schiavo in check. This is a typical response these days in all the ariticles I have read about brain injured cases.
I believe Terri was MCS and could recognize her family.
The implant procedure is an interesting chapter in the Schiavo saga.
Michael did go to California for the implant procedure (which I believe was not court ordered) for Terri.
The implant was tried and ultimately it failed.
However, I don’t believe Michael tried his best to get the implant to work.
Michael’s 1993 Depo has some interesting information regarding the implant procedure. Michael seemed to be ignorant in the process and “forgot” any follow up treatment that was suggested by doctors. Terri was supposed to go to Shands hospital for follow up treatment but never went because funding was not in place. When asked about the prospect of sending Terri to Shands, Michael was totally against it and even got angry when he was asked if he had the money to send her to Shands.
Below is part of his very disturbing and chilling tesitmony.
1993 Depo:
5 Q Okay. Tell me about Doctor Hosobuchi and his
6 treatment of Terry?
7 A Well, the basic thing was we took her to
8 California. He had some experimental stimulators that he
9 was placing in peoples’ heads. There were some people
10 that woke up.
11 It’s a whole protocol on it. I don’t have it
12 with me. But it would be very experimental. He put it
13 in. He did some testing. There was no evidence of it
14 working with Terry.
18 your knowledge?
19 A He came out — Terry was at Mediplex — he came
20 out and did some testing, and he needed a CP-900 machine
21 or something from Shands, and it wasn’t available, and he
22 said it wasn’t no big deal.
8 Q Have any diagnostic tests been performed since
9 Doctor Yingling saw Terry?
13 Q Okay. Of a neurology strain.
14 A I don’t recall. There could have been. I don’t
15 recall.
21 Q Did you ask him (Yingling) if he had any suggestions for
22 treatment?
23 A I don’t recall asking him that.
24 Q Was there any discussions between yourself and
25 the doctor about treatment?
___
43
1 A I don’t recall. It was two years ago when he was
2 here.
3 Q You don’t recall whether he suggested that she
4 have any further treatment?
5 A I think what he wanted to do at the time was get
6 the CP-900 machine from Shands, and it couldn’t be done,
7 and it was left at that.
8 Q Explain that to me. He wanted a machine brought
9 down to St. Petersburg —
10 A Uh-huh.
11 Q — from Shands?
12 A That’s what I believe he wanted done, yes.
13 Q Was there any problem with taking Terry to Shands
14 rather than having the machine transported?
15 A I think my biggest problem was money.
16 Q Was there — at least there was a suggestion by
17 the doctor that she be tested neurologically with this
18 machine?
19 A I don’t recall if that was a suggestion or not.
20 I think — I think he was trying to work on getting
21 Mediplex’s machine when she was admitted to Mediplex.
22 Q Tell me about this machine. What do you know
23 about it?
24 A Nothing.
25 Q Do you know what the purpose of the testing was?
___
44
1 A Brain waves. I believe it was to see what the
2 stimulator was doing.
8 Q Okay. Fair enough. Did the doctor tell you that
9 he thought this was something that should be done?
10 A Um, I don’t recall whether he said that or not.
11 Q Okay. But your recollection is that he wanted
12 the machine to come to St. Petersburg to test Terry?
13 A My recollection is, yes.
14 Q And that didn’t happen because?
15 A If I remember correctly, the machine wasn’t even
16 at Shands and nobody knew where it was.
17 Q Okay. And you couldn’t transport Terry to Shands
18 because you didn’t have the money at the time?
19 A Correct.
20 Q You do have the money now?
21 A That’s none of your business.
9 Q That’s my question. There is money available now
10 to transport her to Shands to have that testing done,
11 isn’t there?
12 A Yes.
13 Q But that has not been done?
14 A No.
15 Q Is there a reason why that hasn’t been done?
16 A I haven’t talked to Doctor Yingling in a year and
17 a half.
18 Q Do you have any reason to believe that Doctor
19 Yingling’s opinion has changed?
20 A I have no idea what his opinion is.
A Doctor named Dr. Yingling is mentioned. This is a PhD doctor (He’s no an MD) from California named Charles Yingling.
Yingling came out a did nuerological tests on Terri even though he is not an MD or a nuerologist. Many have argued that Dr. Maxfield (radiologist and MD) had no neurological experience to diagnosis Terri in the 2002 trial.
Dr. Yingling has a website:
Michael also claimed that he kept Terri with the implant protocol procedure for a year. This may be true, but Michael lied and attempted to stretch out the time of implant procedure regarding his visit with Dr. Yingling.
11 Q So did she see Doctor Yingling?
12 A She — Doctor Yingling came out here, I believe,
13 a year later.
19 A He came out — Terry was at Mediplex — he came
20 out and did some testing, and he needed a CP-900 machine
21 or something from Shands, and it wasn’t available, and he
22 said it wasn’t no big deal.
Terri was at Mediplex during February of 1991 to July of 1991. Terri had implant procedure done in December of 1990.
This means Dr. Yingling came out only a few months later and not a year as Michael claims.
It was reported that after the implant procedure failed, that Michael should have them removed if he wanted further testing or therapy done on Terri.
The implants were never removed.
If the truth isn’t reiterated, the agents of falsehood
can advance. This ploy (”unlike Terri Schiavo”) is
becoming a standard. I’ve heard it locally also.