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***
Glenn Beck just mentioned this story and is trying to get nephew on show today. One link to hear on-line: 610wtvn.com-have to register to listen...
Excellent!
April 08, 2005
Message to bloggers and readers from Ken Mullinax, Nephew of Mae Magouirk.
Dear Friends,
My Mom, Mae Magouirk's sister, is now in the intensive care unit of the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center. As you are aware, she had a prior aortic dissection dating from October 2002. With the help of the fine doctors at UAB and the good Lord,Mom was put back in good health.
Mae Magouirk also suffers from an aortic dissection and we want her to be taken to UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama where a cardiovascular team is waiting to do their best to assist her.
Well, my mom's doctors told us to keep all bad news from her because of her aorta problem, but we had to tell her about her sister Mae Magouirk because Mom had to be at the Probate Judge's hearing last Monday, April 4 to help us in our attempt to save mae's life..
Well, the stress from this horror has hit home and tonight while I was speaking on the phone to Richard Bingham/Hyscience founder, Mom complained of tremendous pain...I hung up with Richard, took her to the emergency room...they ran all of the tests and Mom's dissection has now moved to the aortic artery which is in the right groin/leg area...the Illiyic?...
So this crazy surreal situation with Mom's sister Mae Magouirk having her nourishment and fluids dramatically withheld, despite the fact Mae is not terminal, comatose or in a vegetative state and against the covenants and spirit of her living will HAS NOW ADVERSELY AFFECTED MY MOM'S HEALTH.
Please keep Lonnie Ruth Mullinax in your prayers. She is in the ICU at the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Pass this on to any and all interested parties to show them that the consequences of state euthanasia hurt many more people than the one they are hastening toward death! Now Mom is affected and I need her so much now.
I am lost. I don't know what I would do if I lost her.
http://www.blogsforterri.com/archives/2005/04/message_to_blog.php#trackbacks
"reread your own posts; it's quite apparent."
I know what I think.
You made the assertion of what those/my standards are so it shouldn't take much to explain what it is you're talking about, to explain just what it is YOU take them to be. More likely, you have no clue. ;-)
NEVER sign or authorize a Living Will! It's a potential death sentence on you!
besides the fact that she was neither - (excuse me if you are a doctor and examined Terri for a few weeks) - but, as to "brain dead/vegetative" - there's a lot of people walking around and talking - and posting - that seem to qualify for "brain dead/vegetative"
"If you have been following the thread please, what have we not covered yet?"
Has this been considered yet? Don't want to see anyone get into trouble for trying to break the law.
Hipaa -
"The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information are designed to help guarantee privacy and confidentiality of patient medical records. These new Standards for Privacy are quite extensive. Healthcare providers, insurers, payors and employers should review this rule and it's requirements in great detail with the intent to update and replace any current internal guidelines in order to insure HIPAA compliance."
Lots of info here http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
Good; then we both know what to think. Your cumulative posts tell me what to think about your position, regardless of how you try to spin it otherwise....it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how little value you place on human life; how you taunt and mock those who don't hold your position; and your purpose on this thread is nothing more than to be disruptive.
"I, on the other hand, want everyone killed."
Ever hear people say "she's not dying"?
I thought everyone was dying...just at different rates? :-)
"Good; then we both know what to think. Your cumulative posts tell me what to think about your position, regardless of how you try to spin it otherwise....it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how little value you place on human life; how you taunt and mock those who don't hold your position; and your purpose on this thread is nothing more than to be disruptive."
Am I Catholic? Did I agree or disagree with the Popes position?
"how little value you place on human life" Where do you think I stand on the death penalty? Where do you stand?
I think you stand in the "playing games" position, typical of disruptors.
Ken, the nephew, is on Glenn Beck right now.
Post what he says, thanks!!!
"Side effects that you should report to your prescriber or health care professional as soon as possible: •confusion •depression •double vision or abnormal eye movements •hallucinations (seeing and hearing things that are not really there) •lightheadedness or fainting spells •mood changes, excitability or aggressive behavior •movement difficulty, staggering or jerky movements •muscle cramps •restlessness •tremors •weakness or tiredness Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your prescriber or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome): •constipation or diarrhea •difficulty sleeping, nightmares •dizziness, drowsiness, clumsiness, or unsteadiness; a "hangover" effect •headache •loss of memory •nausea, vomiting"
Along with the morphine - these would not only hasten dehydration but keep her "out of it" so's she can't communicate. Be a good area of investigation, i.e., what is "protocol" in Hospices
Exactly. I've often thought this was going to give greedy relatives ideas about how to dispose of inconvenient family members, "legally".
My, how quick the slippery slope runs.
He's appalled at what's happening ... said that last week he thot the whole thing with Terri was just an isolated case, and he's saying now that it could happen to anyone.
His mom is now in intensive care since 10 last night after finding out about her sister.
He's going into detail about the sequence of events ... I can't type fast enough to cover it all.
The hospice where his aunt is on the granddaughter's side, tipped her off about the other relatives intentions, so that she could go to court and get emergency guardianship.
There's truly something going on with a lot of hospices, I'm not saying all, but there's something terribly wrong.
On Glenn Beck now!
Can anyone remember where that was printed?
It would seem this is the age old "follow the money" -
If the granddaughter has POA on financial matters - she has a vested interest in gramma getting out of the way - and now that she's gone this far, is desperate to off her, for if not successful and gramma survives to learn what she has done - she can kiss her inheritance goodbye - and hopefully, get free room and board for many years in jail.
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