[tacomonkey2002]

I wasn't sure how to post this...I found it while cruising my favorite blogs.
I don't know if the news/media will even touch it with a ten foot pole.
And honestly, it looks like another case where the judge has already decided to 'let her die' regardless of the facts...
so I doubt they'll be able to help this poor elderly lady.

I find it is more appropriate to see it as a sad epilogue to Terri Schiavo's tragedy and regarding the many warnings people have been making that her case would open the floodgates of euthanasia in our country.
So it begins.

jmho,
tom

[thoughtomator]

Step by step goes the march of Death.

[cripplecreek]

Can't say I didn't see it coming.

[The Other Harry]

pinging...

[The Other Harry]

pinging you also...

[Ohioan from Florida]

Probate Judge Donald W. Boyd (who DOES NOT hold a law degree) who granted Beth Gaddy emergency guardianship of Mae Magouirk, giving Beth Gaddy full and absolute authority. Thus, they COULD NOT MOVE HER FOR PROACTIVE MEDICAL CARE Friday because Beth Gaddy had Hospice stop them and then she had Mae’s IV fluid tube pulled out. Beth Gaddy has repeatedly told Mr. McLeod, Mrs. Mullinax and Kenneth Mullinax that she feels they all should let Mae not eat and thus cause her to die because, and we quote Beth Gaddy: “Grandmamma is old and I think it is time she went home to Jesus. She has glaucoma, and now this heart problem and who would want to live with disabilities like these?”

Another thing...HTH does one get to be a probate judge without even having a law degree?

I'm afraid little Beth will wonder what happened when she gets to be a few years older, and someone has decided to off her against her will.

[MHT]

My dearest friend just went through this with a parent. While her parent had signed a living will, it had been done a decade ago and the technology options on it were less specific than medical options available today. Consequently, it was with consideration consultation after many updated tests were run (unlike Terri Schiavo's case where a PET scan was never done and who can even guess the date of her last EEG?), they decided against continued nourishment. Feeding tubes were not the issue, just not offering food anymore which wouldn't be eaten anyway. Thankfully, this appeared in alignment with the living will's intentions, though not specifically designated by the terms of that document.

[Spunky]

"Mae Magouirk IS NOT comatose and she IS NOT vegetative. She is not terminal!

What the heck is she doing in a Hospice if she is not terminal? Hospice is for terminally ill patients only.

I know, I know, Terri Schiavo was not terminally ill in the real sense, BUT THE COURTS MADE HER TERMINAL.

Can anyone tell me why Mae Magouirk is in the hospice? Regardless withholding nourishment from anyone who has not asked for it is murder.

[tuckrdout]

How old is this lady? Why doesn't she tell them herself that she does not want to be killed? Why is the granddaughter able to speak for Grandma?

Lots of details left out. Amazing Grandma is alive. One usually does not live very long with this condition, unless they have surgery. A torn aorta will kill you in a matter of minutes. I don't understand what is going on.

[agrace]

Attempt to rescue Mae on Friday denied by Probate Judge Donald Boyd On Friday, April 1

WHY? She doesn't even have legal power of attorney and fraudulently represented herself as such.

Probate Judge Donald W. Boyd (who DOES NOT hold a law degree)

WHAAT?? In GA you can be a probate judge without a law degree?

who granted Beth Gaddy emergency guardianship of Mae Magouirk, giving Beth Gaddy full and absolute authority.

This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[xcamel]

I forwarded this story to Glenn Beck yesterday. Today he's all over it like "stink on a monkey". Sometimes things just "work out".

[xcamel]

BTTT!