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***
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Thanks. It's actually the third one written, but it made more sense in the #2 spot so I put it there. I wrote it before the reports that Terri tried to tell her attourney "I waaa...", but as soon as I heard that report I had a feeling of déjà vu.
I really do feel I was divinely inspired while I was doing some of the writing, and I think some of the text really flows amazingly well. It did take a bit of effort to get the rhythm to work on line #5, but I am extremely pleased with the result.
One thing I've not decided, and probably won't decide until emerging events clarify verse #4, is whether to change the song from present tense to past tense. Artistically I like it much better in the present tense, but it would seem a little strange to sing of Theresa Marie as though she were still alive in body rather than just spirit.
I wonder if the Schindlers ever listened to the CD I sent them, and if so what they think?
Careful... You may be getting VERY close to the truth...
You know what I have thought? That the generation who instituted abortion and fought for it, may now, as they enter old age, suffer the result of their tireless lobbying to kill helpless lives!
I am very sad that this is happening. We must fight as hard as we can to rid our nation of this culture of death...but;
I find it a sort of ironic justice that this lack of humanity will befall those who fought so hard to kill innocent souls for profit.
we reap what we sow. it's a promise.
I wonder whether it would be useful to not only put the new one in writing, but have her read it alive for a couple of analog video camcorders along with, perhaps, a Super 8 camera. Although Super 8 is more than a little outdated and lacks sound (silent film is still readily available, but no undeveloped sound film exists that is in condition suitable for use) it is also likely to be harder to forge than most other media. Digital video can be forged with a desktop PC, but I don't know of any person or entity with the equipment necessary to forge a Super 8 camera reversal film. If someone had an unbroken strand of film that clearly showed Mae reading her will and holding up cue cards at appropriate times, and if the film precisely matched the action in a couple of videotapes that were shot from different angles, that would tend to suggest pretty strongly that the film and videos were all genuine.
Although Super 8 film isn't free, spending $75 for a camera and lights, $35 for film and processing to DVD (using the DVD as a viewing copy, but the film as the official copy) shouldn't break the bank.
Methinks there are some who will be quite surprised some day, tuckrdout.
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7 KJV)
"According to their way I will do to them, and according to their own judgments I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD." (Ezekiel 7:27b RSV)
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12 KJV)
I like to "get to the bottom" of whatever is going on, and it's a pain in the ass to wade through the volume of crap between the illuminating and informative bits. I figure it's worth the attempt to improve the signal to noise by leading by example. Not that it's always the best example ;-)
I wasn't going to respond to this thread as it is difficult for me to be civil while commenting on this topic as I learned in the Terri case.
judgemc, surely you can see that this type of action leads to the rebirth of eugenics? If someone wants to be killed in certain circumstances, then they should have to be the parties that provide abundant proof that thier wish was death.
If the people who are in such a state have such ambiguous wishes, they should be left to live.
I hate to bring this up but my Grandmother has Senile Dementia and my step-mother has a rare disease that is like Parkinsons disease. Some of the people on the "death" side might have good intentions but the intellectual leaders of these folks do not. Altzheimers folks should die acoording to George Soros and his ilk.
I know what the wishes of all of my family members are and I will carry them out faithfully even if I don't agree with them.
I have to break with the eugenics crowd though regarding the rule of law.
I respect the law but if some judge says my grand mom or my step-mom is going to be put to death then they will have to kill me too.
This is a non negotiable point with me. My family controls it's own affairs, not some stinking judge. No offense to them but the constitution does say Right to LIFE. So, if it is an amibiguous situation, the right to life is implied by our Constitution. I follow the Constitution, not some tinpot dictator that doesn't know his own job.
So sorry, I can not support these new developments in Eugenics. It's barbaric. Gee, I can't wait until I become an elderly gent so some Judge can kill me because I am a waste of time and cause hardship to my living children. I thought we used to respect our elders?
So I will try to hold the line until some court appointed authority comes up to check my grandmas mental health and deems her unfit to live. Oh, and you can be sure I'll cooperate, LOL!!!
Arioch7 out!
And in seriousness, if I was her, I wouldn't cut Gaddy out entirely. If Gaddy has been a loyal help for the past 10 years, the moral thing to do is recognize that. Assuming Mae wakes up, I expect she's going to be a darned uncomfortable spot of trying to figure out which of her relatives is spinning the truth.
Not according to this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375033/posts
(Sorry, I don't know how to make the link work)
I would think she should make sure that Gaddy is out at least until such time as Gaddy can be removed from any position where she might try to get Grandma killed. Make her want to keep Grandma alive at least long enough that Grandma might decide she deserved some inheretance after all...
Well said; I agree with you, 100%.
Thank You, Merciful Master, Thank You!!
I guarantee at least 1 of those answers will pop up here by the "death Freeper crowd"
- Agreed! - the "death Freeper crowd" have guaranteed the next president will be a Democrat!
Combat Boots,
That is so sweet of you.
What makes it even sweeter, is that I'm IRISH. LOL.
So, right back at you, and to everyone here:
May the roads rise to meet you.
May the winds always be at your back.
May the good Lord keep you in the hollow of His hand.
And may you be in Heaven 15 minutes before the devil knows you're there!
"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever."
Wasn't familiar with that last line when I did my wife's grave marker [here]; the follow-on I like comes from Numbers, I believe: "May the lord bless you and keep you, and make his countenance to shine upon you, and give you peace."
No, I missed that part of the thread, but I'm not surprised. I've noticed some of the same people who objected to letting Terri live because they claimed she didn't want to, are objecting to letting Mae live in spite of her clearly stated written directive specifying her wish to live. One of them stated (a couple days ago I believe) that he/she was resisting an urge to help. It must be depressing to be so dedicated to the right-to-kill.
I have to say that I have been quite fiery sometimes on FR but I don't let things get to me.
These cases have got to me though. When I read George Soros saying that people like my grandmom should be put to death I don't know what to do.
It saddens me that most folks don't understand long-term consequences over many political decisions and I am given some small measure of comfort that the majority of folks at FR understand this.
Thanks nicmarlo for the kind words.
Arioch7 out.
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