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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: eeevil conservative

That article from the Courier Mail news is my local newspaper in the Brisbane area, that's in Queensland, the accident in the Blue Mountains is the Sydney hinterland, thankfully it seems none of the elderly passengers in the bus were injured.
The roads in the Blue Mountains are steep and curved, quite dangerous for buses.


1,781 posted on 04/09/2005 11:59:49 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: Fred Nerks
Absolutely!!!! The youngest freeper ever!!As long as you have a sip of that MARQ, for me. ;)
1,782 posted on 04/09/2005 11:59:51 PM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: mother22wife21
Congratulations!

How old are your other children?

1,783 posted on 04/10/2005 12:00:31 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: maine-iac7
sharp, very sharp. ;-)
1,784 posted on 04/10/2005 12:00:48 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: Fred Nerks

I pray they are all safe... It has to be very scary for them...


1,785 posted on 04/10/2005 12:01:11 AM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: eeevil conservative; Lovergirl

Well I'm missing the humour. If we all thought alike it would make for boring debates.


1,786 posted on 04/10/2005 12:01:49 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Life is always the Right choice)
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To: judgemc
You really have my sympathy.

I'll bet every morning when you get up and look in the mirror, you have an argument.

1,787 posted on 04/10/2005 12:02:06 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: Lovergirl

You slay me with that!


1,788 posted on 04/10/2005 12:02:10 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: eeevil conservative

LOL. thanks. I think I will use it as my tag line once I get over Terri.


1,789 posted on 04/10/2005 12:02:27 AM PDT by Lovergirl (Terri..I don't personally know you but I love you.)
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To: Lovergirl

I think you need to put it in flashing red! :O)


1,790 posted on 04/10/2005 12:02:52 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: mother22wife21

Honest congratulations! Children are a wonderful, exciting adventure.


1,791 posted on 04/10/2005 12:03:42 AM PDT by judgemc (My judicial sense is tingling)
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To: Fred Nerks

Are they safely all out?


1,792 posted on 04/10/2005 12:03:48 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: eeevil conservative
*blushing* What a sweetie you all are. I was actually thinking how fortunate I was to get to fight this fight with you folks. You enrich my heart immeasurably.
1,793 posted on 04/10/2005 12:04:37 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: maine-iac7
Thank You!!

My daughter is five, I have an 8-week baby angel, and they tell me this one is a little boy, due in July.

1,794 posted on 04/10/2005 12:06:22 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: DJ MacWoW

very true!

But we have tried to be nice-- we have have ben over the same points over and over and over... the judgmental chic believes Ken is out for publicity--

I think all that matters is Mae being safe-- not politics of it all-- I am tired of people making life and death about politics....

We just disagree-- and then the chic claims to have some here looking for help for legislation-- go back and read the thread-- the whole time we were all working hard on trying to save Mae- she just wanted to derail us... really go ahead and read the thread-- once Mae was safe-- then we all just wanted to celebrate a little-- it felt good to not lose her like we did Terri.. then we debated-- I don't mind debate-- I LOVE IT! But I am not into manipulation...

sorry..

just don't feel like going in circles with her anymore!


1,795 posted on 04/10/2005 12:06:54 AM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: judgemc

Thank YOU!! They have made me a better person.


1,796 posted on 04/10/2005 12:07:37 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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To: mother22wife21

AND YOU ENRICH MANY!!


1,797 posted on 04/10/2005 12:08:24 AM PDT by eeevil conservative (Don't Change Minds, Change Lives! Sherri Reese)
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To: mother22wife21

OK EVERYONE! IT'S TIME FOR TWO MARGARITAS!

A MARQ FOR MAE!

A MARQ FOR THE NEW BABY!

And may all good men come to the aid of their party. (Which means Democrats please play elsewhere.)


1,798 posted on 04/10/2005 12:08:58 AM PDT by Fred Nerks (Proud to be an Aussie.)
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To: mother22wife21
Wonderful!

What fun and joy you have ahead of you.

Never did I think, when my kids were little (I have 5 - and now 15 grandchildren) about how big my family would grow!

The blessings just keep multiplying.

All else pales,,,

1,799 posted on 04/10/2005 12:10:39 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." Lincoln)
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To: eeevil conservative

*blushing smile* Ditto, dear lady.


1,800 posted on 04/10/2005 12:12:05 AM PDT by mother22wife21 ( "My super power is dancing" -my five year old daughter)
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