Posted on 02/12/2005 8:05:31 AM PST by amdgmary
A Family's Torment - Terri Schiavo
The following items are among many very frustrating circumstances that Terri Schiavos parents, brother, and sister consider to be abuses of Terri on the part of Michael Schiavo. As a parent, can you imagine having to just be a bystander while these abuses are inflicted on your child? All of these have been condoned by Judge Greer and the Pinellas County officials.
Denial of Therapy, Rehabilitation and Necessary Services
FS 744.3215 Rights of persons determined incapacitated
FS 837.021 Perjury by contradictory statements Records show that in 1992 Michael Schiavo, Terri Schiavos legal guardian, sued Terris gynecologist for negligent care. During this weeklong trial, Michael testified, assuring the judge and jury that he needed millions of dollars to properly care for Terri, bring her home, and provide Terri with proper therapy and care for the rest of his life.
Contrary to Michael Schiavos testimony, medical records indicate that after receiving the proceeds of the 1992 Medical Malpractice Trial totaling close to one million dollars not a single day of proper therapy or rehabilitation has been administered to Terri Schiavo, and Terri has been confined to a bed.
In fact, the spring of 1993, just several months after Michael Schiavo promised to provide life-long therapy and care for his wife, Michael revealed his first attempt to end Terris life testifying that he instructing caregivers not to treat Terris life-threatening infection. In 1995, Michael Schiavo again attempted to end Terris life in this manner by refusing Terri proper medical treatment.
In 1998, with close to eight hundred thousand dollars in Terris fund, Michael Schiavo petitioned the court to remove Terris feeding and hydration tube so that she would die.
Michael Schiavo is the inheritor of Terris Medical Trust.
Visitation Lists and Violation of Court Orders
In March 2000, Michael Schiavo, Terri Schiavos legal guardian, requested an emergency hearing in front of Judge George Greer, asking the court to severely restrict all family members and friends of the Schindlers from visiting Terri.
The court agreed to restrict those that could visit Terri, and granted the Schindler family a fifteen minutes recess to create a visitors list. The court then allowed Michael Schiavo to deny/accept the visitors listed by the Schindlers before any anyone could visit with Terri.
Further Visitation Restrictions
Subsequent to this, in a separate hearing, Michael Schiavo asked the court to again restrict visitations asking that the court to only allow those on the approved visitors list to visit Terri while in the company of Terris family.
This would take the place of the previous court order in which those on the approved visitation list could visit Terri, on their own schedule, without Terris family present.
The court approved this request.
Without Court Order
Additionally, Michael Schiavo has added and deleted visitors from the approved list without seeking court permission.
Recently, Michael Schiavo arbitrarily decided to remove several of Terris family members from the list because he felt they did not visit Terri regularly.
Many of Terris family members live out of the state of Florida and can only make occasionally trips to visit Terri.
On several occasions, the family has asked permission from Michael Schiavo to add individual friends and family members to visit with Terri. Michael Schiavo has denied this request each time.
Refusal to Fix or Replace Wheelchair
FS 744.3215 Right of persons determined incapacitated.
Records indicate that since 2000, and regardless of the requests by Terri Schiavos parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to have Terris wheelchair repaired, Michael Schiavo, Terri Schiavos legal guardian, has refused to repair her wheelchair.
If Terri was permitted by Michael to leave her Hospice bedroom and go outside, the fact that Terri does not have a properly working wheelchair makes it very difficult to transport Terri in anything other than the bed, which is where her guardian instructs for Terri to spend most of her day.
Subsequently, for over four years, Terris family has been refused by Michael Schiavo the permission for Terri to be taken outside, or leave her room for any reason.
Denied Swallow Therapy
FS 744.3215 Rights of persons determined incapacitated
Contrary to what is reported by Michael Schiavo, Terri Schiavos legal guardian, and his attorneys, records indicate that Terri Schiavo has not received a swallowing test to determine if she could swallow since sometime in 1992.
Terris parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, have the testimony of several physicians and have submitted additional affidavits to the court since the original January 2000 trial stating that, with proper therapy, Terri could be taught to not only eat food again, but also speak.
Furthermore, a speech therapist from the University of Chicago, Ms. Sara Green Mele, MS, CCC-SLP, submitted an affidavit in 2002 stating that after thoroughly studying tapes and reading Terris medical files strongly believes that Terri can be taught to once again swallow food, and also be taught to speak again. In fact, Ms. Mele believes that Terri is communicating right now. Additionally, Ms. Mele stated the she has treated patients in worse condition than Terri that have been successfully re-taught to swallow and consume food.
Michael Schiavo has brought contradictory testimony from doctors to the court stating that Terri cannot swallow food. They claim that it would be very dangerous to see if Terri is able to eat and could cause her to aspirate, which could then lead to a painful death by choking.
The Judge in this case, George Greer, has sided with Michael Schiavos doctors believing that Terri cannot be taught to eat again and therefore has refused to grant even a test to see if this in fact would be true.
Therefore, Judge Greer has denied any swallowing therapy believing that a potential death by aspiration and choking is more agonizing than his order to have Terri die by starvation and dehydration.
Note: In the January 2000 trial, Michael Schiavo was asked by his attorney if there was some type of therapy that could possibly help Terri would he provide it for her.
Michaels answer was that he would be there in a heartbeat.
Confining Terri to a Single Room
FS 744.3215 Right of persons determined incapacitated
When Terri Schiavos family, the Schindlers, visit with Terri at Hospice and would like to take her outside, the nursing staff must first ask Terris legal guardian, Michael Schiavo for permission.
For the past four years, Michael Schiavo has repeatedly denied the request by Terris parents and siblings for permission to take Terri outside. Subsequently, Terri has been confined to her Hospice room, not permitted to leave her room for any reason, for over four years, and is confined to her bed where she spends most of her time.
Additionally, prior to 2000 when Michael Schiavo began his orders for Terri not to leave her room, it is impossible to know the frequency in which Terri was taken outside other than when her parents requested to do so.
Denial of Medical Treatment for Life Threatening Infection
FS 825.102 Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly Persons and Disabled Adults
According to the testimony of Michael Schiavo, he assured a judge and jury in November 1992 that his wife, Terri Schiavo, would be given proper therapy and care for the rest of his life.
However, medical records indicate that after receiving the proceeds of the 1992 Medical Malpractice Trial totaling close to one million dollars not a single day of proper rehabilitation or therapy has been given to Terri.
And in the spring of 1993, just a few months after this Medical Malpractice was awarded to Terri, Michael Schiavo, Terris legal guardian, instructed caregivers not to treat Terri who had acquired a common but life threatening infection. This happened again in 1995. Note: Michael is the inheritor of this Medical Trust.
Michael Schiavos testimony - November 1993.
Q. What was her bladder condition?
Michael Schiavo: She had a UTI.
Q. What is that?
Michael Schiavo: Urinary tract infection.
Q. What did the doctor tell you treatment for that would be?
Michael Schiavo: Antibiotic usually.
Q. And did he tell you what would occur if you failed to treat that infection? What did he tell you?
Michael Schiavo: That sometimes urinary tract infection will turn to sepsis.
Q. And sepsis is what?
Michael Schiavo: An infection throughout the body.
Q. And what would the result of untreated sepsis be to the patient?
Michael Schiavo: The patient would pass on.
Denial of Personal Items, Gifts
FS 744.3215 Right of persons determined incapacitated.
Terri Schiavo resides is at a Hospice facility and is confined to a small room. Therefore, Terris family, the Schindler's, will try and personalize and warm her room by adding family photos. Michael Schiavo, Terris legal guardian, has removed family pictures from Terris room not to be returned.
Additionally, on several occasions, family and friends of Terri have sent flowers and cards of support to be given to her and placed in her room. Michael Schiavo has refused any cards to be displayed or for flowers to be to be delivered and placed in Terris room. He instructs the nurses to place the flowers at the nurses station.
Denial of Stimulation
In Terri Schiavos room, there is a small radio equipped with a CD player that Terri is permitted to listen to.
On several occasions, Terris family has brought some of Terris favorite music CDs for Terri so that she can listen with earphones. In order to play Terri these CDs, the Hospice nurses must first phone Michael Schiavo to ask permission. Without any reason given, Michael Schiavo refuses to allow Terris family to play her these CDs.
One occasion in particular, Terris mother, Mary Schindler, played Terri a CD in the portable CD player. Mrs. Schindler was reprimanded by Michael Schiavo when this incident prompted the nurses to phone him inquiring what Mrs. Schindler was doing.
This restriction continues, and Terri is not permitted to listen to music via headphones.
Denial of Interaction with Parent
Terri Schiavos feeding tube was removed in October 2003. During one of the visits by Terris mother, Mary, attempted to apply lip-gloss to Terris lips. A security policeman stationed outside Terris door informed Mrs. Schindler that she was not permitted to apply any lip-gloss to Terris lips.
During a family visit with Terri in February 2004, Terris brother, Bobby Schindler, attempted to move Terris Geri chair that she was sitting in to the front of the window so that she could receive some fresh air. The nurse stopped Terri from being moved and informed Terris brother that he was not permitted to move Terri without the permission of the nursing staff. This information was given to Michael and Bobby was warned not to be a disruptive visitor.
Michael Schiavo Refuses to Dissolve Marriage FS 798.01 Living in Open Adultery
Since 1995, Michael Schiavo, Terris legal guardian, has been engaged to and living with Jodi Centzone. Michael Schiavo has fathered two children with this woman.
Michael Schiavo is currently married to Terri Schiavo. The two were married in a Catholic Nuptial Mass, November 1984.
Incidentally, in order to be married in a Catholic ceremony, and at the insistence of Terri because Michael was not Catholic, Michael agreed to get a special dispensation. One stipulation to receive a special dispensation was that Michael agreed to raise any children that Terri and he may have as Roman Catholics.
Incidentally, the manner in which the Schindler family was made aware that Michael was engaged to another woman while still married to Terri was receiving the obituary of Michaels mother, Claire Schiavo, when she died in 1997.
In part of the obituary it was stated that Claire Schiavo is survived by Michael Schiavo and his fiancé Jodi Centzone. There was no mention of Michael Schiavos wife, Terri.
This happened once again in 2001 when Michael Schiavo's father passed away. While Jodi Centzone was mentioned as Michaels fiancé, there was no mentioning of Michaels current wife, Terri.
Note: Michael Schiavo did testify that he was in fact engaged to marry Jodi Centzone once his wife has passed away.
SUPER, SUPER tagline, SUPERcat!
I didn't coin the wording, but it fits. To it, I'd add that Michael et al. aren't killing Terri because she can't ever recover, but to ensure she doesn't.
Absolutely. Someone MUST file it!
Thanks for the ping!
Seeing the condition of the Schindler family, it makes me sometimes think that in the LONG RUN, Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo were the real winners in that tyranny is now alive and well in the USA.
can we Freepers file a wrongful death suit - perhaps in another state?
No, in court one must have "standing to sue," and even the Schindlers lack "legal standing" in this case. The Schindlers cannot even erect a tombstone in their family cemetery for Terri without the permission of the "guardian." This family is understanding first-hand the definition of "American tyranny."
The only cause of action in which anyone who doesn't want Terri dead has full standing is the guardianship challenge, which His Imperial Majesty the Great Lord High Executioner Judge Greer himself seems never have time to schedule.
I just got back home from going down behind a neighbourhood grocery store to feed my little street cat, Julius. I have had him neutered, I feed him each day, I can now pet him and I'm desperately trying to find him a home where there are no other cats and the person is an animal lover. I have done this for years, rescued and then had street cats spayed or neutered. A group of us used to then place them on acreages owned by people we knew and sometimes worked with us. I was the SPCA Pres. for 5 years in my small city. I also earned my Inspectors credentials so I went out on many cruelty complaints. In certain cases, I trespassed and broke the law to scoop an animal to rescue it. I don't see as much done for Terri as i have seen the animal loving world do for God's furry creatures. As to your comment on Terri, I agree that something along those lines must be done. It cannot be a passive resistence type of thing. Corruption survives UNTIL the people say, NO MORE!! History is replete with examples of people finally rising up and saying ENOUGH.
Every one of those dictators finally went down and not with honor either TR. If President Bush was going to send soldiers to shed their blood to rid the world of tyrants, he should have sent a few troops to Pinellas County FIRST!!! What a hypochritical irony, Americas sons and daughters are dying on the battlefield of another land to keep tyranny out of America when in fact, tyranny is alive and well in at least Florida. I will NEVER vacation in that State as long as I live.
Michael is one of the most Wicked and Heartless men Walking the earth, if you can even Call him a man. O Lord, Continue to Protect Your daughter from the sons of Darkness!
Being an old girl of about 12 or 13 you know
what would have happened to her. Needless to say I now
own a cat and am trying to figure out where to keep her
(she is strictly an outdoor cat) - I also have a heinz 57
named Max that I adopted from the SPCA. Needless to say
dogs and cats don't mix.
I also have a collection of squirrels, birds and whatever
that I thoroughly enjoy.
With respect to Terri, we must come up with some plan to
save her - I'll do just about anything I can. Even "behind
bars" time.
What is the old saying - "Evil succeeds because good men
do nothing"
Perhaps you can clarify "legal standing" to sue.
I was thinking of the O.J. Simpson case and how Nicole's
parents sued for wrongful death as did the Goldman's. It
was their son who was killed because he happened by.
How about all of us - we are fellow humans who all have
adopted Terri as little sister, niece, cousin, etc., and
who is a member of our family.
I want Michael behind bars where he deserves to be!!!
FL courts have consistently said that the Schindlers have no "standing" in court. Michael R. Schiavo is the be-all and END-ALL for poor Terri. Ultimately, she married the wrong man, if she were to relocate from PA to FL. I don't know how her status would be treated outside of FL.
FOR LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL (GLOBAL) DISTRIBUTION:
Here is the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Life Ribbon Desktop Logo with instructions on how to get it on your screen. Also contains an exhortation to the Florida House Representatives and Senators of the FL Senate as well as contact numbers of officials to call, including links to The Empire Journal, terrisfight.org and Free Republic, etc.:
http://www.enlightenment-engine.net/eeng/ribbon/terriliferibbondesktoplogo.zip
Here is a flyer for Terri that can be printed out and distributed:
http://www.enlightenment-engine.net/eeng/ribbon/terriflyer.pdf
Here is html code if you have a webpage and would like to participate in the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Life Ribbon Campaign besides the above of having a Terri Life Ribbon on your own computer:
Copy and paste the following text into your HTML web page code where you want the Terri Schindler Life Ribbon banner to appear:
Terri Schindler-Schiavo Life Ribbon Campaign:
Google -> Life Ribbon
or:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/p/c/pc93/terri_schindler_life_ribbon_campaign.htm
Juan V Schoch - Lake Mary, FL
Concerned Florida Resident / United States Citizen who believes Terri should be provided protection, removed from out of the hands of those trying to kill her via substituted (hearsay) wishes, and who believes she should be placed back on the road to her recovery via rehabilitation and therapy, etc. as well as into the hands of her loved ones, etc.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333205/posts
Florida House Could Impeach Schiavo Judge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342344/posts?page=1#1
Thank you so much for the ping and the information.
You are quite welcome.
Regards and much exuberance.
Don't want to appear a dummy but, has all courts in Florida
said the parents have "no standing"?
Something is very wrong here!
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Especially given that a bona fide guardianship hearing has been pending since 2002. I would think that the Schindlers would have standing to order an injunction against destroying Terri prior to a resolution of the guardianship case, just as anyone filing suit over documents, animals, or artifacts would have standing to enjoin their destruction pending resolution of ownership.
Child of God...
We pray those judicial sinners...
Do not cause the hour of thy death...
Amen !!!
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