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***
I'm confused - where and when did I make any such assertion?
Uh...Ken did! In fact quite a few folks, including you in an earlier post took credit, and some how apparently thought all this hullabaloo beginning Thursday here somehow impacted something that had happened the Monday before.
I DID query as to why the doctors would have determined Mae was NOT terminal and had her airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment were it not so?
Right or wrong, you gave the impression that Ken's actions (post hearing) somehow resulted in the ultimate conclusion. In fact what you said was that the doctors were deliberately dragging their feet, and that Ken somehow got things straightened out. Now that could only have come from the activities to free granny, which would have to include the 5 or 6 threads started here along with about a hundred other blogs, and those of you who called it a "win".
Are you deliberately trying to confuse the issue - or did you not read with comprehension?
Fair question. Any effort to confuse the issue at this stage would have been greatly overshadowed by the misinformation posted here on Thursday and Friday. And I attempt to read with comprehension, but it is rarely successful in dealing with the incomprehensible. After all, in an earlier post on this thread, I believe you credited this "win" to "us", whoever that would be, by stating "we may just have won this one". It is hard to win if you're not in the game.
Thank you. Any chance of a link to it?
Thanks much. Wish we had had it a few days ago.
Thanks much. I think it will be linked if not posted shortly.
wanna back that up?
are you the "judgmc" for today -
You Wrote: There is NO DOUBT the palliative care profession has been infiltrated by Euthanasia enthusiasts as was obvious during the many interviews of these people during Terri's final hours.
My Reply: YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It sounds like Judge Boyd is not the problem here. Either that or he's in CYA mode.
Is it true that he only gave Gaddy a TEMPORARY guardianship? And, now that it's questionable whether or not Gaddy truly has Mae's best interests at heart, why can't the judge appoint one of Mae's siblings as her guardian instead? That's all he has to do to end this fiasco. Why doesn't he do it?
I got it from Sally--
SHE IS TERRIFIC!!
A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!
Just taking a long time to get the files converted!
FORCED EUTHANASIA is Not a Religious or Replublican or Democratic Issue. It is a Human Rights Issue.
Now some persons with strong religious beliefs, may based on theri religious beliefs fight the good cause against Forced Euthanasia. The Main Stream Media wants to portray Terri's Supports ONLY as the Religious Right, and that demeens us. And they write about it in a deeming way.
However I have firmly believed and touted all over these message boards when people try to tie in politics, to nock it off, that Forced Euthanasia is not a Right or Left Issue, it is a Human Rights Issue. Standing against forced Euthanasia is Georgw . Bush, Jessy Jackson and what was the Jewish guy that was running with Gore, can't think fo his name right now, Men form divers political and Religious backgrounds all standing up against Forced Euthanasia.
Therefore I'll say it again, (yeah I'm on my soapbox and on a roll) Forced Euthanasia is a Human Rights Issue that crosses politcial parties. Bringing the converstaion to political parties demeens the struggle.
Shades of Michael Schiavo. The executioers always want the victim to not be seen by anybody. Hope kenneth takes pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best thing the Schindlers ever did.
OK, at this point (especially based on some of the confusion and suspicions that some FReepers are now having re: Ken's side of the story) I think Ken needs to get Mae's siblings up off their butts and out doing some interviews with him. Otherwise, it's his word against Gaddy's.
At the very least, he could have Glenn Beck call the family members to get their side of the story via a telephone interview or two. The rest of the family needs to speak up! I personally believe Ken is sincerely trying to protect Mae and that he really does perceive Beth Gaddy as a threat to her.
eeevil, is there any way you could contact Ken and tell him that the rest of the family needs to back him up and that they need to do this ON THE RECORD!
Yeah, Hospice says, there is your dinner tray, now eat.
Problem is some people are to sick to feed themselves.
So they do not "deny" food to anyone, however they WILL NOT put in a feeding tube becasue that is life prologing, and that is opposite to their mission statement.
Mae never should have been there in the first place.
His order was what the families agreed upon.
I think both Ken and Gaddy thought that the doctors would side with them.
After all- Kenneth's experience was doctors choosing life in this situation- the same situation as his mom.
Beth was told by the doctors to "let her die" (starve her to death!)
SO then when the doctors sided with Kenneth- I think Gaddy was none too happy.
I have to say- if they had sided with Beth-- I think Kenneth would have fought for Mae to get the care anyway-
No matter what- Beth denying visitation is LUDICROUS!
Hint: I am not iterested in reading your views.
Can't you find another thread where the people there would like to banter with you?
Youa re distarcting us on this Action Thread.
Is there any definate info on weather or not she really is getting food now? I cant believe the media isnt covering this story.
Just talked with Kenneth
He said he told the Judge that he formery worked for Congress.
I can see where this would be misinterpreted.
I think it was miscommunication.
Other things I learned- nothing real shocking- but off the record- so just stay tuned...
THe court hearing was not transcribed- it was recorded. there is more to say on this- but until I go listen to them for myself tomorrow am-- I will stop there.
Still working on getting those pages up-- please bear with me!
Did he say his mom was still stable?
per Kenneth- she is getting all she needs MEDICALLY.
YES! She is getting hydration and nutrition- I have no idea if it is orally or IV-- or tube-- don't know-- just know she is getting GOOD care geared towards LIFE- not death.
Im glad to here this that he wasnt just lieing! Been praying all day for mae!
Good the question is how long is this nutrition going to last!
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