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***
Hey Great Idea.
can you watch this thread and create and own the Save Mae ping list?
I actually don't know how to do that.
Someone should appoint the grandmother for herself. Looks like her rights are being violated here. From the facts so far, it seems like the grandmother was quite specific on the details as to when to have a feeding tube and when not to have one inserted. Doesn't look like her wishes are being carried out at all. If true, this is OUTRAGEOUS.
This is the slippery slope we all feared the Culture of Death would follow.
Do you consider Randal Terry an asset? I'm just not sure about him. I don't know enough about him, but there were quite a few that seemsed to think he was opportunistic. Is there anyone else that might do a better job? My first thought was Alan Dershowitz. He sometimes does pro bono and he supported Terri's right to life.
I'm not sure I do either. Could some knowledgeable FReeper let me know how? Is it just a matter of saving the screen names in a text file? I wouldn't want to mess something that important up.
I have no doubt as to their intent, but I am also fascinated by the fact that the referring physician declined to sign the admittance form, and the handwritten 'diagnosis' looks more like TAMPERING than a diagnosis IMO.
The physician, Gambone, I believe, resigned. Could it be he did not wish to be held responsible? Did Gambone not agree to the PVS condition?
Yep. First the hospices, then on to the nursing homes! The possibilities for perfection of society are endless. Abortion has already taken care of millions of "undesirables, potential poor and possibly defective". Now, it is obviously the turn of the elderly and disabled. The Nazis didn't have anything on the Brave New World crowd.
I would NOT bring him in. But it is wise to make a phone call and get advice. He has a lot of cotacts, and that would be the purpose of the call.
"I expect this patient has a limited life expectancy of six (6) months or less if disease continues to take it's usual course, and hereby certify this patient as eligible for hospice care."
So there you have it. Terri - and others - admitted illegally to Hospices - and in Terri's case, after she lived on year after year, she obviously was not terminal and not being kept there legally.
This is an issue we must not drop the ball on. How many thousands have already been systematically murdered - and we and our children are not safe from these deathCrats who, evidently, have been successful in instituting forced death (aka murder) under wraps in hospices - who benefit from $$$ - wonder how it's spread around?
We let this drop at our peril. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
List of GA HOUSE OF REPS!
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/05alpha.htm
I have to contact the moderator.
There is a thread with the WorldNetDaily news story and i made a really nice post over there, linking to posts in this thread, showing the research that Freepers made checking out Mae's story. I have been told that my post was Pulled by a moderator.
I don't know how to contact the moderator, does anyone know?
Hmmm...why not go and see what the NIH says...and it has nothing to do with MRI, PET, etc. It's mainly clinically based, and many neurologists have pointed out that the CT and clinical results were SO conclusive, an MRI or PET was not necessary. Also, note that it was the Schindlers who didn't want the PET scan. Plus, as Dr. Cranford said, a proper PET scan isn't easy to get...especially from a woman's body that has no cognitive control...just random motions and brief, non-cognitive responses to stimuli.
The National Institutes of Health defines a persistent vegetative state (PVS) as a syndrome with the following diagnostic criteria:
I talked to the Hospice and the Judge-- IT IS NO HOAX!
He is representing the brother and sister that are fighting for Mae's life...
OH! and
List of GA SENATORS:
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/peo_list.pl?List=stsenate
Her you go: all the papers in GA
http://www.gapress.org/online_edition_links.html
and the LaGrange paper:
http://www.lagrangenews.com/
editor, andrea Lovejoy
Interesting.
It would be even more interesting to know if he HAS signed such orders previously but, in light of the furor over Terri, got gun-shy and is trying to cover butt?
If honest - he may good one to get info from - unless he knows he'd be hard pressed to get hired at any other facility if he "rats" out fellows
I just e-mailed Sean Hannity about this with the WND article and this thread, asking if he can somehow help this family.
The enemy absolutely hates Randall Terry so he must be a terrific guy.
http://www.blogsforterri.com/archives/press_releases/index.php
April 06, 2005
Shiavo case Redux in Georgia: Mae Magouirk…not comatose,not vegetative,not terminal, BEING STARVED AND DEHYDRATED TO DEATH (Update)
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UPDATE 1(noticed question in comments about authentication): This was confirmed by lengthy telephone call before it was posted. I personally spoke with Kenneth Mullinax, and have more details than has been posted. We do need to seek copies of court documents for posting
From: The Family of Mae Magouirk
To: BlogsForTerri and their readers
Subject: Family Seeking Help From BFT Bloggers and Media
April 6, 2005
Contact: Kenneth Mullinax Ph: 205-408-7598
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