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***
NO!
Not just no, but HELL NO! I have no desire to run for any political office. I don't relish the limelight. I rather like working behind the scenes.
I suggest you find a mentor.
Not really. I just think you are amusing.
actually-- i think the same of you-- no matter where we stand-- I did enjoy the banter and debate-- I rarely get to do that any more--
IRON SHARPENS IRON!
Thanks-- I sincerely enjoyed it-- I am not being sarcastic..
wow!
you really need to get some sleep..
really..
I was just cordial- and there you go--
yeah- I make it all up as I go-- uhuh-- this is all an illusion...
through all of it-- I disagreed with you, but I had respect for you- now I am done--
Except while you are doing all that arguing, someone is dying.
I think it's a waste of time, talking about death threats to children, see #1554.
I'm outa here, nighty night.
"Let grandma go to Jesus." it's that what she said. Does that sound like an evil person?
It sounds like someone who doesn't have a grasp of Scripture. My best friend is an ordained minister. She's also been a hospital chaplain for years. We spoke of these things 2 nights ago. She has seen families make hard decisions. We agree on matters of life.
"Let" and "allow" are not accurate terms in recent cases. Those terms imply the person is at deaths door or beyond it, as in terminally ill or brain death. But Mrs Gaddy was not addressing such a situation. There's a great difference between allowing the end and forcing the end. Apparently, Mrs Gaddy was trying to force her grandmother into Jesus arms and was trying to sugarcoat it. That statement won't fly with anyone who knows God. But it does sound good and WILL fool those who do not know any better. Some of todays churches are all about a "feel good" Jesus and they have nothing to do with the Truth.
The bottom line is Mrs Gaddy hasn't the right to usher Grandma into the Presence until it's her Grandmother's time. She didn't give her Grandmother life. She has no right to decide it's time to take it away.
Well, just going on my own genealogy - in my 33rd generation, for example - let's take Edmund (Ironside) - he was born in 989AD. (1016 years ago. You originally said 1000 years re these societies that separated.... ) No, the average generation isn't 45 yrs - but women did, routinely HAVE children at that age. They had many children back then , not unusual to have 10-12.
a paper from MIT: http://tedlab.mit.edu/~dr/Papers/Rohde-MRCA-two.pdf has some great charts near bottom
other info
http://groups.msn.com/Evolucionarios/revistadprensa.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=6763&LastModified=4675494866115736780
"Roberts (Gary Boyd Roberts, noted genalogist/author) also says "anthropologists claim everyone on earth is a 40th cousin"
he he - agreed
AMEN!
I am done with her now--
just out to be mean-- all this "i just want to hear both sides."
"I thought I would come here and see if we could get some legislation.."(paraphrasing)
I I I I I I I I I I
You don't get legislation done by banter on Freep--
You FIRST get ahold of an attorney who is willing to write it up-- then you start looking for a sponsor-- THEN you start druming up support...
But you don't start by drumming up support in a place where people have names like eeevil conservative and olliecollie-- UNLESS-- They are already friendlies and people you have ALREADY been dealing with.
What a line of bull
I got you all worked up.
VACANCY @ THE DU HOTEL. LIGHTS ARE FLASHING. HURRY
thanks. you guys are making my day - ah, night - almost 2:30 - time for this ole lady to go to bed.
I feel safer tonight :O)
How many judges and thier families have been killed this year? It's not a laughing matter to me.
nighty nite!
I agree
pure manipulation
Teh other post was posted before that post came through. My apologies.
Oh, pleeeeze
ROFLMAO!!!
Soooooo,eeevil, who ya' goin' reprimand first?
Gosh, it's late. I am happy drunk for MAE.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.