Posted on 04/07/2005 2:59:57 AM PDT by schmelvin
For Immediate release! To: All media, and supporters of life. From: The Family of Mae Magouirk Date: April 6, 2005 Contact: Kenneth Mullinax - Mockingbird@compuhelp.net
Shiavo case revisited in Georgia
Mae Magouirk…not comatose …not vegetative …not terminal
Why is Hospice LaGrange, Ga. withholding nourishment?
(LaGrange, Georgia) Mae Magouirk is being withheld nourishment and fluids and the provisions of her Living Will are not being honored at the Hospice-LaGrange, (1510 Vernon Street, LaGrange “Troup County” Georgia, 706-845-3905) a subsidiary of the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange Georgia. Her family is desperately seeking to save her life before she dies of malnourishment and dehydration.
Mae Magouirk IS NOT comatose and she IS NOT vegetative. She is not terminal!
Despite these facts the Hospice and Beth Gaddy, a school teacher at LaGrange’s Calloway Middle School and granddaughter of Mae Magouirk have been denying her proactive nourishment or fluids (via a nose administered feeding tube or fluids via an IV) since March 28 without prior legal consent; against the wishes of her Living Will and against the wishes of Mae Magouirk’s closest living next of kin. Mae Magouirk’s next of kin are: Mr. A. B. McLeod (Her Brother) and Mrs. Lonnie Ruth Mullinax (Her sister) both of nearby Anniston, Alabama.
Under Georgia law, unless a medical durable power of attorney is in place, your closest living next of kin are stipulated to make all medical decisions. When Mae Magouirk’s closest living next of kin lodged a complaint with Hospice LaGrange’s in-house attorney Carol Todd last Thursday, March 31, Ms. Todd checked Mae Magouirk’s case file and upon examination of both documents discovered that Beth Gaddy DID NOT have the durable medical power of attorney for Mae Magouirk and upon closer examination of Mae Magouirk’s Living Will ascertained that fluids and nourishment were ONLY TO BE WITHHELD if she was either comatose or vegetative. SHE IS IN NEITHER STATE!!!
Nor is Mae Magouirk terminally ill. Her local LaGrange, Ga. cardiologist, Dr. James Brennan and Dr. Raed Aqel, a highly acclaimed interventional cardiologist at the nationally renowned University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center have determined that Mae Magouirk’s aortic dissection is contained and not presently life threatening.
Two weeks ago, Mae Magouirk’s aorta had a dissection and she was hospitalized in the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ga. Her aortic problem was at first determined to be severe and she was admitted in the intensive care Unit. Her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, a teacher at the Calloway Middle School in LaGrange, stated that she held Mae Magouirk’s medical power of attorney and thus invoked said powers against the wishes of Mae Magouirk’s closest living next of kin by having her moved to Hospice-LaGrange. While at Hospice-LaGrange, Beth Gaddy stated that her wishes were for no nourishment for Mae Magouirk via a feeding tube or fluids via an IV. Before hospitalization Mae was lucid and never had been diagnosed with dementia as was testified to in Probate Court on Monday, April 4, by a local MD.
Page Two Mae Magouirk is being starved to death!
Upon learning from Hospice-LaGrange that Mae Magouirk was being denied nourishment and fluids and upon being told by Carol Todd (Hospice LaGrange’s in-house legal consul) that Beth Gaddy DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER LEGAL AUTHORITY to deny said nourishment AND that the denial of nourishment went against Mae Magouirk’s Living Will, Mae’s family (Mullinax/McLeod) ordered the immediate beginning of such nourishment/fluids for Mae to Hospice via Carol Todd.
First Contact with Hospice on Thursday, March 31 Carol Todd told Mrs. Lonnie Ruth Mullinax (Mae Magouirk’s sister) and Kenneth Mullinax (Mae Magouirk’s nephew) via phone on Thursday, March 31 that Georgia Law stipulated that Mrs. Mullinax and her brother A. B. McLeod (Mae Magouirk’s brother) were entitled to make any and all decisions for Mae Magouirk. Mrs. Mullinax immediately told Carol Todd to insert fluids via an IV and insert a feeding tube, via her nose. Carol Todd had the IV fluids started that evening but told the family that they would have to come to Hospice LaGrange to sign papers to have the feeding tube inserted and because of such, she believed that Mae Magouirk would no longer be a candidate for Hospice LaGrange. She was then told that Mae Magouirk’s family concurred and the ONLY REASON Mae was at Hospice was because the LaGrange Hospital had failed to exercise due diligence in closely examining the power of attorney which Beth Gaddy said she had, as well as executing the provisions of Mae’s Living Will to her preordained stipulations. Gaddy only had a financial power of attorney and did not have a medical power of attorney and Mae Magouirk’s Living Will provided that a feeding tube and fluids SHOULD ONLY BE DISSCONTINUED IF Mae was comatose or in a vegetative state. She was and is in neither state.
Attempt to rescue Mae on Friday denied by Probate Judge Donald Boyd On Friday, April 1, when A. B. McLeod (brother) and Kenneth Mullinax (nephew) showed up to meet with Carol Todd and to arrange emergency air transport of Mae Magouirk to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center (One of the top cardiovascular centers in the USA) Hospice LaGrange stalled them while Beth Gaddy went before Troup County Georgia (LaGrange, Ga.) 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?”
As stipulated under Georgia Law, a hearing for an Emergency Guardianship, must be held within 3 days of its request and Mae Magouirk’s hearing was held on this past Monday, April 4, before Troup County Georgia Probate Judge Donald Boyd who favors granting Beth Gaddy permanent guardianship and thus will seal Mae Magouirk’s fate of allowing Beth Gaddy to starve her to death against the wishes of her Living Will and in full knowledge that Mae Magouirk is not terminal, not in a coma and is not in a vegetative state and that medical care at UAB Medical Center is awaiting her. Shiavo revisited!
Mae’s present state and vital signs Mae’s blood pressure is good, averaging 140/82 with a pulse rate of 88. However, since admission to Hospice she has not been lucid but who would be since nourishment and fluids have been denied since March 28, 2005. Also adding to her confusion is that she is off her regular medicines and is on a dose of Adavan and Morphine. Without food or water her electrolytes and body chemistry is not within its proper parameters. If her condition is not given major public attention soon, she will die, not by divine cause but by the omission of assistance by man. WE MUST GET Mae moved to UAB Medical ASAP
Resources: Probate Judge Donald Boyd…Court CASE NUMBER: Estate 138-05 Attorney for saving Mae’s life: Jack Kirby, Kirby & Roberts***
You shouldn't insult the Schindler supporters that way.
Excellent point!
Yes, I've been suckered too often...I've seen the lefties use setups, even, to make conservatives look foolish. I'm no newbie to this fight.
I recall when I used to even trust WND as a source, before I found events I witnessed were unrecognizable after being reported by them. :-(
You are right. Soros is into population control along with the likes of Ted Turner, et al. Soros does many things which his front groups promote as humanitarian efforts. They aren't.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1379016/posts?page=999#999
No matter what any of you may think about if Mae should die this way--
I just thought you all would like to know that Mae's sister is in ICU--
Kenneth has had a HARD DAY!
His mother told him- Don't worry about me today- go save my sister Mae.
He has done over 20 radio shows today.
If nothing else--
PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM!
THIS IS SO MUCH TO TAKE ON!
wish you go play somewhere else - this is about a persons life and time is of essence.
Mac,
The good that Soros has done is laced with something else here. Check the timeline posts on Terri. They know very well that Terri is a precedent. Lifenews had a big timeline, as did earthlink.
It's like the movie, "Devil's Advocate." The infiltration is so complete that unentangling becomes a fight to the death, and that's what makes the mark of Soros money the new Black Hand.
We are. Please let him know that. And we won't give up the fight.
You may be right. But someone needs to show me that the $45 million actually did not go to the stated trusts for the purpose of improved care in hospices. Further, Soros money continues to fund what is called "palliative care", internationally, designed to ease pain and provide comfort for the dying. I'm willing to take this information at its face until someone can show me otherwise. Outside of this area, I don't agree with Soros on much of anything.
Time. Time.
Both you guys are troopers in this fight. Stand down on the angst. The fight's over there, guys.
>Why don't you pop on over to the SECESSION threads and ask them to have their threads removed.
Or perhaps the IRAQ WAR threads, or the Jeb-Should-March-In-With-The-Military-And-Take-Over-The-Place TS threads...
http://www.fmr.no/cparticle78404-10285a.html
(snip)
Project Death in America
Many Americans who worry about the unravelling of our social and moral order will not be persuaded by political campaigns for drug-legalization and medical marijuana use. They also will wonder why a man as successful as George Soros is so consumed by this issue. Their disturbance will only be deepened when they become aware of another Soros passion: euthanasia. In 1994 Soros introduced to the public his Death in America project. He observe , ' America, the land of the perpetually young growing older is an embarrassment, and dying is a failure. Death has replaced sex as the taboo subject of our times. People compete to appear on talk shows to discuss the most intimate details of their sex lives, but they have nothing to say about dying, which in its immensity dwarfs the momentary pleasures of sex." Soros provided $15 million in initial funding for Project Death in America (PDIA), whose headquarters are located at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Soros has attributed his interest in this issue to his late father. In an interview with the New Yorker (January 23, 1995), Soros recounted his father's battle with cancer and voiced disapproval at the senior Soros's unwillingness to die. According to Soros, his father "...unfortunately wanted to live... I was kind of disappointed in him ... I wrote him off." George Soros's promotion of death can also be traced to his mother, who as a member of the Hemlock Society (a pro suicide organisation committed suicide.
Project Death in America (PDIA) is a grant making foundation that supports euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Its mission is "to transform the culture of dying." Soros has acknowledged that "legalizing euthanasia could have unintended consequences, leading to all kind of abuses ... but... aggressive, life-prolonging interventions, which may at times go against the patient's wishes, are much more expensive..."
http://www.lagrangenews.com/
"Woman, 81, at center of feeding tube feud
By Joel Martin
Senior Writer
. LaGrange has its own feeding tube controversy, with family members at odds over medical care for an 81-year-old woman at Hospice LaGrange.
Ora Mae Magouirk has been in ...."etc
Is it true that Gaddy has been providing care for 10 years? Where have the other family members been til now?
Perhaps, but some believe that Soros money is funding the death industry. I ask how? Yes, Soros believes in assisted suicide, but at the same time he seems to have put his money where his mouth is and has significantly funded efforts at comfort and better care, both here in the US and internationally. Nor do I see this mystical death industry with a goal of simply killing off as many people as possible, having the influence some here feels it has with the judges, congress, etc.
I suppose you think it funny to re-direct and call the Schindler supporters - i.e., life supporters, as walking brain dead.
It would seem you come down on the side of death - so why don't you go play in your sandbox. We're busy here
the reporter talked to all parties - it's legit
http://www.lagrangenews.com/
"Woman, 81, at center of feeding tube feud
By Joel Martin
Senior Writer
LaGrange has its own feeding tube controversy, with family members at odds over medical care for an 81-year-old woman at Hospice LaGrange.
Ora Mae Magouirk has been in hospice since March 22, suffering ..."
and he counts on the naivete of he masses
The other family members?
you mean the ones that live in ALABAMA?
Let's see-- Kenneth takes care of his mother-- Mae's sister. WHo is NOW in ICU!
Kenneth has said they are waiting for her! They want Mae to come live with them so he can care for her too.
THAT FAMILY?
I mean hey- if I run errands for someone for 10 years- I guess that means I can just deny them food and water- even when it is AGAINST her living will right?
I am SHOCKED AT THIS STUFF!
The granddaughter had POA over the $$$$$$ because SHE was the one that lived closest and took care of things for Mae-- Mae has glaucoma (SP?) can't drive, etc.
BY GA LAW-- NEXT OF KIN MAKES MEDICAL DECISIONS!
BY GA LAW!
Since when is a grandaughter next of kin--- OVER A BROTHER AND SISTER??
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW!!
Cause I just lost my GRANDMA-- ANd being the GRANDAUGHTER-- I HAD NO SAY SO!
NONE
NADDA!
I know I sound ticked right now-- I AM!
WHY ARE YOU ALL ARGUING OVER THESE THINGS???
WHY???
THIS WOMAN HAS A LIVING WILL!
SHE IS NOT IN A COMA''SHE IS IN A VEGETATIVE STATE-- SHE IS NOT TERMINAL
BUT STILL-- THEY CAN DO THIS??
MY HEART ACHES RIGHT NOW..
I DON'T GET HOW PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH THIS..
WHAT IF SHE WAS 18 instead 81???
SInce she is old-- we can kill her..
I am sooooo BEYOND BELIEVING I AM HEARING THIS STUFF!
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