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It's Happening Again (We've Got Another Schiavo, Starving In GA, No Brain-Damage)
Media Release | 4-6-05 | The Family of Mae Magouirk

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***


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cultureofdeath; euthanasia; forcedexit; georgia; hospice; judicialmurder; mae; maemagouirk; magouirk; righttokill; schiavo; schindler; starvation; teri; terri; terrischiavo
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To: Lovergirl

ROFLLLLL!!!!


1,701 posted on 04/09/2005 10:41:52 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: eeevil conservative

You know, during this whole thing there has been an irritating buzzing sound. Now, I know where it has been coming from.


1,702 posted on 04/09/2005 10:43:28 PM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: eeevil conservative

see #1554 LOL!


1,703 posted on 04/09/2005 10:45:00 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: Fred Nerks

do you smell something??

I don't think it is Kenneth that stinks, here...


1,704 posted on 04/09/2005 10:47:16 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: mother22wife21

BULLSEYE!


1,705 posted on 04/09/2005 10:47:48 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: eeevil conservative

sniff sniff...Viking Kitties coming?


1,706 posted on 04/09/2005 10:48:08 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: Fred Nerks
Hello Fred. :( I'm all out of milk, some five year old in the house just HAD to have some chocolate milk.

Freep mail coming to you.

1,707 posted on 04/09/2005 10:48:28 PM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: mother22wife21
Have you not read any of my other posts? I am here because I like to listen to both sides of an argument. I have not made up my mind where I stand on this issue when I was younger I viewed things differently.

Age changes you, so do circumstances. That's the closest you will get to my age eeevil.

But I have said from my first post back when everyone was skeptical that there was something fishy about this story.

Let's look at what has been done: You have flooded the granddaughters phone lines, inundated the hospice, flooded anyone you could possible think of with phone calls because someone verified a name at a hospice. I was hoping I could organize some thoughtful people on both sides of the aisle to draft legislation protecting patient rights without trampling familial rights. I was hoping to see some ideas for compromises. Instead what I saw was the harassment of a woman doing her best to care for her grandmother and the elevation to sainthood of the nephew all on his word.

I don't believe Mae was ever in danger of being starved to death. I don't believe Ken's story. I think he exaggerated details to get people like you to help him. He is a man with political connection why go to a blog site when he could go to the statehouse?
1,708 posted on 04/09/2005 10:50:11 PM PDT by judgemc (My judicial sense is tingling)
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To: judgemc

You mean get help from the court like the SCHINDLERS did?


1,709 posted on 04/09/2005 10:52:43 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: eeevil conservative

I'm a woman.


1,710 posted on 04/09/2005 10:53:22 PM PDT by judgemc (My judicial sense is tingling)
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To: judgemc

OY!

Re-read what you just posted...you do not sound the least bit in the middle here.

As for going to his political ties-- he worked in DC-- and have you EVER tried to get things done through politicians?

MY WORD! Congress moved so "fast" over the weekend..

WHERE WERE THEY FOR 7 YEARS?

all this has been addressed.

And I really want to know.. WHERE IS "HERE" Are you in GA???

LaGrange?

What?


1,711 posted on 04/09/2005 10:54:53 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: Fred Nerks

Why of course!

LOL!!

see how that works???


1,712 posted on 04/09/2005 10:55:40 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: judgemc

Look! It's 2 a.m. I need to get some sleep. Don't be shocked when you find out Ken's running for office and he uses this in his campaign.


1,713 posted on 04/09/2005 10:55:45 PM PDT by judgemc (My judicial sense is tingling)
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To: judgemc

ahhh truth comes out about motive. Are you running as an opponent?


1,714 posted on 04/09/2005 10:58:00 PM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: eeevil conservative

I can effectivly argue both sides of anything.
That is not a bad thing.


1,715 posted on 04/09/2005 10:58:32 PM PDT by judgemc (My judicial sense is tingling)
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To: judgemc

If whats-his-name uses the fact that Freepers helped him to get his elderly relative out of a hospice and into a hospital where she will receive the medical care she needs,
HE'S WELCOME!


1,716 posted on 04/09/2005 10:59:09 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: judgemc

BTW

He didn't go to "some blog"

He went to the TERRI BLOGS! That was the SMARTEST move he made.

These people are already very well versed in getting the word out and mobilizing.

We all work together well- and can accomplish quite a bit in a short amount of time.. and TIME was of the essence

And why trash blogs?

Where are YOU?

Blogs are like anything else-- good ones and bad ones. The BLOGS that fought for Terri-- are GOOD ONES!

there are bad apples in every walk of life- but those fighting for Terri- MOST ALL ARE GOOD PEOPLE!

Heck, we got the left and the right to come together- no one has been able to do that for a VERY LONG TIME!


1,717 posted on 04/09/2005 11:01:01 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: mother22wife21

LOL!!


1,718 posted on 04/09/2005 11:01:36 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: judgemc

the only word I doubt in that post is "effectively"


1,719 posted on 04/09/2005 11:02:26 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: Fred Nerks

I think she likes me...

yeah-- she has a crush on me...

I have that affect on people-- it's my eeeeeevil charm...


1,720 posted on 04/09/2005 11:03:34 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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