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***
Ditto. (Where's felos?)
You wrote:
JUST TALKED TO THE JUDGE!
Case WAS settled Monday--
ALL parties agreed on the following.
Three doctors were picked and approved by BOTH PARTIES!
If 2 of the 3 found that Miss Mae could be moved to Emory or Birmingham with a DECENT chance of surivival then this would happen- and that the grandaughter would remain as guardian.
The Doctors had a phone conference Monday night at about 6:00 pm.
What was decided- the judge does not know--
SO please do NOT bug the judge!
My Reply: Any updates? Is Mae (hope I have her name correct) still being starved? Would they transport a woman they are starving to death?
My bottom line is food and hydration. Although I am not Catholic I believe the Catholic Church has got it right. Food and Hydration even if given though means other than the mouth are ordinary care and must be provided. Unless such a person who is in final stages of a terminal disease, say cancer, where food and water actually hurt the person. That is my bottom line- Food and Water- Everyone (exceptions noted) has food and water as a God Given Right.
Anyone- What is our best course of action as of right now?
Just called Nick from SafeHavens. Baby will be adopted soon. All is under control.
Praise be to God!!!
Thanks ya'll!
As for next action..
I am FRANTIIC trying to contact the attorney and/or family!
FRANTIC!!!
As soon as I know ANYTHING! I will let you know!!
eeevil is a play on the way the Libs would describe me. Rather than whine about the label- ehy- If to them I am eeevil-- GLAD TO BE THERE! I AM PERFECTLY happy with my eeevilness in THEIR EYES!
Frepertoo! YOU ARE BEYOND GRACIOUS AND KIND!!
BACK to research.. ...
Happily, I was not involved in that one and will wisely stay out of this one.
Have fun everyone!
No surprise that the insurance companies are their partners.
It was easy. I don't think it took more than 15 minutes total. It took longer to write about it than it took to make the calls.
I don't see any reason for anyone to leave Free Republic. If there is an activist thread on a topic that you don't agree with, then do what I do, simply not post. I am conservative but there are a few of Jim Rob's ideas that I don't agree with. I just don't go there on this message board.
There are thousands of topics at FR, find one where you are comfortable.
On the activists threads people are usually of like mind and they are posting in order to do something and affect a change. On the activist threads we are not all that interested in "debating" the issue. We have seen what we have seen, and we are joining together posting back and forth in order to effect a change. In other words we don't want to debate the issue we want to act.
Probably people should start threads, seperate threads if they want to debate. This thread was started as an "Call to Action" thread via the very first post which was a request for action. Freepers got enough starting information so that it appears that the story is true. Now the action will take place, with the debates happening on other threads if you want to have them. There has to be one Action Thread, we learned that with Terri Schindler.
But again i dont' think anyone should leave FR, it is too good a place.
Is it 'getting to the truth', when Terri is referred to as a "carrot" ?
Is it 'getting to the truth' when her parents are referred to as "evil" and the "Schwinders"?
Is it "getting to the truth" when those of us who favor life are called "religous whackos"?
Those were all quotes from established Freepers.. just the tip of the iceberg..
We have established certain threads merely for prayer and support, and these have all been infiltrated by people seeking nothing more than to harrass.
Thanks for digging up that info and bringing a measure of sanity to this thread, BUT . . . how the h#!! do a bunch of random busybodies from some internet forum have a right to all this private family information????
I just emailed the press release to AARP.
I'm hoping they'll see the writing on the wall and speak up just like the disability groups did in Terri's case.
Well I never saw any of those comments, but i mainly stayed jsut on the Main terri Monthly thread.
Perhaps what you wrote were the mystery "Comments removed by Moderator" I always wondered what anyone could say on the terri thread that would cause a moderator to remove them.
I agree. I wonder if some people were leaving anyway and this was an opportunity to leave with a dramatic exit.
Well I'm sure the family sent it out into cyberspace. had to come form Mae's family.
In the article, the e-mail address given as a contact is the nephew. I jsut wrote to him BTW.
Looks to me liket he family was exasperated and asked for help. 'Nothin more to it than that, is my guesss.
Not all of them came from DU, some are home grown members of the death squads. I expect them to show up later, but maybe they are too busy still griping and whining about the number of Schiavo threads yet.
Any excuse to continue the murder once its been set into motion. :(
Please tell me what PRIVATE info you are talking about...
In my case, it worked out the opposite way. It was Terri Schiavo's plight that brought me back to FR.
I drifted away after Ronald Reagan died. It didn't have anything to do with FR, I was just depressed and fell out of touch for a while. Terri brought me back.
People, Terri CAN NOT die in Vain!!! This has got to stop!
Well, welcome back! Glad to have someone of your caliber on board, willing to work, willing to get the word out, willing to make phone calls and e-mails, etc. It will take a number of us to waken from complacenecy to get this back on track. I, for one, admit that I was asleep until Terri woke me up, and I apologize for being complacent before. But no longer!
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