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 could do that tomorrow morning? Yes? I'll track down the info on them and call.
I wish that all those who think a mentally challenged person doesn't have a right to live a different sort of life than what we're conditioned to think of as normal would read your post and understand why some of us are fighting so hard.
Do you mean Hyscience? the URL is:
http://hyscience.typepad.com/hyscience/
and on WORLD NET at
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube 81-year-old neither terminally ill, comatose, nor in vegetative state -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: April 7, 2005 7:33 p.m. Eastern By Sarah Foster © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schiavo in Florida, an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two weeks, is clinging to life in a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., while her immediate family fights desperately to save her life before she dies of starvation and dehydration. Mae Magouirk was neither terminally ill, comatose nor in a "vegetative state," when Hospice-LaGrange accepted her "
etc. I have written to the newspaper in LaGrange - mainly to let them know this is receiving the light of day - (I'm a columnist in New Eng. - so she'll know it's getting out)
"address for the LaGrange paper is:
http://www.lagrangenews.com/new.php?StoryType=full
editor: Andrea Lovejoy
combat_boots,
Would you volunteer to contact Jessy Jackson?
he came in to late for terri, but he was a powerful speaker.
These cases are Human Rights cases and politics are nto really a factor. Are you up for calling jessy?
How does judge Greer's reliance on supposed experts who made their "PVS" decision, based on a 45-minute, one-time, visit square with ACCEPTED standards in diagnosing PVS: many hours are needed over a LONG period of time?
"2) Does not advertise in the National Enquirer..."
ROFLMAO.
Does Jean Dixon channel peer review? Inquiring minds want to know.
Ohioan,
Could you possibly call father Frank Pravone. I might have the spellig wrong. You know the Priest who helped terri?
I'm speculating. The hospital and hospice are run by the same family/money interests. Grand daughter is tired of running errands, granny could live 5 -10 years more; but now that she is sedated post surgery, perhaps is a good time to assert control. The wisehs of grand daughter and the health care industory are in harmony! Not coordinated, I don't mean that. No conspiracy. Just mutually convenient timing and objectives.
Congratulations. That means that you are doing an excellent job!
Kenneth told me he had the email addy for Hyscience-- but I can't find anything either!
There is info here though:
http://www.blogsforterri.com/
GLENN BECK IS TRULY MY HERO! I LOVE HTIS MAN!! I AM AN INSIDER-- My local radio dropped him-- so I listen to him via internet now!
THANK GOD! I WOULD GO NUTZ WITHOUT MY BECK-- okay- I am already nuts...
In legal parlance, that is referred to as "shifting the burden."
Attorney for saving Mae’s life: Jack Kirby, Kirby & Roberts, (706) 884-2992***
"Like the bloggers that revealed the forged documents on CBS? Or the ones that dug up JFKerry's past?"
Or Geo. Bush didn't serve out his term in the Natl. Guard and did cocaine? Phhhhtttt
eeevil,
Would you volunteer to be the Free Republic Contact into Mae's family, meaning her brother, sister and nephew.
It seems like you have already spoken to the nephew.
Basically when freepers call The Priests, jessy jackson and others, they would give out you name and phone number and you would alert the nephew to the incoming calls. Of course you would give out your contact information by private FR mail, NOT here on the thread.
That is a BIG Job, would you be willing to take it on.
So you would arrange with the nephew that Jessy jackson will be calling him at 2pm etc. Give Jessy the Nephews phone number and be kind of a FR liason.
It is a big job, would you be able to take it on?
Roger that.
"How did Felos change the law? I thought only the FL legislature could do that...when signed by the gov.?"
To the best of my recollection, the new law was signed by Gov Bush but I have seen no record of any legistlation to that effect. I am following this from Australia, the thread I posted might provide more informaton.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. How did I manage to call you pro-death when you hadn't even posted to the thread yet?
BTW, I was not refering to any FReepers at all when I said:
"I really hope FReepers aren't so thrashed from the Schiavo fight, that we stop duking it out with the pro-deathers as we hear about this sort of thing happening more and more."
I was refering to The Hemlock Society, Partnership For Caring, Choice in Dying, The American Euthanasia Society, etc. Those are the Pro-Deathers.
Those are the people I want us duking it out with, not each other!
As for "why do they need the living will if she isn't comatose"? That's a good question. I could speculate based on other cases I've heard about, but I won't. I don't want to get any false rumors started; I just want the facts.
ROTFLLLLL!!!!
BTW- I am no hero.. I am one you all!!! We all inspire each other-- we are a team!!!
Another angle we need to check out and get out to public - I believe Hospice's are not, legally, supposed to accept a patient who is not terminal and expected to die within 6 months???
Terri's plight may well expose a giant "kill at will" system in place across the country. It gives me the chills but does not, shudder, surprise me.
Ping for attorney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1379016/posts?page=432#432
I do not think we know whose side the attorney is on.
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