It's Happening Again (We've Got Another Schiavo, Starving In GA, No Brain-Damage)

Media Release | 4-6-05 | The Family of Mae Magouirk

[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***

[DJ MacWoW]

She was hydrated for a short time when her family showed up at hospice. She also had her feeding tube replaced. Hospice kept the family busy while Gaddy went to court and got it all yanked again.

[mother22wife21]

http://www.wghs.org/wgh.html
Additional info on Hospice services provided.

[lil'bit]

I think we should let it rest at 1 person faxing to the AG.

nicmarlo has already done it so I won't.

Thanks nicmarlo!

[pollywog]

Thanks for the link. I am there now with Rush!!:-)) Amazing what I learn every day!!ONly thing, I will have to get up at 5am to listen to Glenn!!

[eeevil conservative]

sORRY GUYS- PLEASE BEAR WITH ME-- DOING A LOT AT ONCE HERE!

MAE DID RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HYDRATION AND FOOD LAST WEEKEND I THINK... THE DETAILS ARE IN THIS HERE--

KENNETH WAS ON GLENN BECK THIS MORNING.. KEEP CHECKING GLENNBECK.COM TODAY- I WILL POST A LINK WHEN I SEE THAT THE INTEVIEW HAS BEEN POSTED- HE IS MAKING THIS INTERVIEW AVAILABLE FOR FREE TODAY- HE SAID ON HIS SHOW...

HERE IS THE EMAIL FORM KENNETH-- UPDATED VERSION
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Nothing is settled in this case until my Aunt Mae is given nourishment and fluids! This is far from settled and far from over. The doctors did not meet Monday...that is Bull!

They finally spoke on Wednesday and again today AND STILL NOTHING IS SETTLED OR DECIDED BETWEEN THEM. Every day they vacillate, my Aunt Mae grows weaker and closer to death.

Sure, we attended an emergency guardianship petition hearing before Judge Boyd on Monday, April 4. However, the Judge would barely allow our attorney, Jack Kirby, to speak and would not even allow our attorney to cross examine Mae Magourik's attending Physician, Dr. Stout, so as to ask the doctor if he would agree that there are alternative treatments to a dissected aorta which are not surgery (my Mom has had the same condition of a dissected aorta as her sister Mae and we know that Mae CAN BE successfully treated without surgery) but Probate Judge Boyd WOULD NOT allow our attorney to ask that question. Even though Beth Gaddy's forces state that the dissected aorta is the major reason they put her in Hospice.

So although we have a sort-of compromise, I am not holding out any hope especially since two of the three probate court appointed cardiologists are from the small clannish town of LaGrange, Ga.

This Judge has been NO HELP and has acted hostile and indifferent to our actions to keep my Aunt Mae alive. And what if the two LaGrange Ga. doctors rule against my Aunt? Should we just lay back and allow her to be WITHHELD NOURISHMENT AND FLUIDS? Heck No!!!

So although this Probate Judge is a slick talker, he has definitely not been on the side of life in this matter...however that is just my opinion. Judge Boyd has NEVER ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL yet he is a Probate Judge who has the power of life and death in these matters. But Ga. Law allows a probate judge to be a non lawyer and that is just not right. That issue is my next cause!!! So remember when you talk to this Judge Boyd...he is a slick politician...he runs for election...he may seem nice and say the right things however the one right thing he could say is that he is going to enforce Mae Magouirk's Living Will stipulations and make sure she has substantial nourishment and fluids to keep her alive....

Remember: MAE IS NOT TERMINAL...COMATOSE OR IN A VEGETATIVE STATE SO WHY IS JUDGE BOYD ALLOWING HER TO STAY IN HOSPICE???

In closing, examine the contradictions in Judge Boyd's own court writing which bears his signature. In Boyd's petition for the appointment of a temporary emergency guardian for my Aunt Mae, he writes, in "Probate Court Estate Ruling 138-05" the following:
"That a clear and substantial risk of death and or serious physical injury can occur to the proposed ward "Mae Magouirk" UNLESS she stays in HOSPICE at West Georgia Health Systems."

A RISK OF DEATH WILL OCCUR TO HER UNLESS SHE STAYS IN HOSPICE? Is he whacky or what??? Hospice is a home for the dying...Hospice is death. Who does he think he is fooling?? Now do you see what we are going against with this man and now do you she why I will not sit on my hands while these doctors he has appointed finally get around to acting.

EVERY DAY THESE DOCTORS WAIT TO DECIDE, MY AUNT MAE INCHES CLOSER TO DEATH!!!

Act now....I so need everyone to stay on these folks. The light of your involvement and public SCRUTINY will embarrass these folks who embrace the culture of death and thus will allow us to give Mae the proper medical care she deserves.

ACT NOW...KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THEM...DON'T FALL FOR THEIR PROPAGANDA. They want you to feel this is over....THE HELL IT IS!

Ken Mullinax
Nephew of Mae Magouirk
(God bless Richard Bingham/Steve LeFemine/David Kirkland/The Christian Coalition of Ga./The Catholic Archbishop of Ga./all of you bloggers!!!)

[yellowdoghunter]

Thank you for all you are doing. We appreciate the info. Checking frequently for updates. God Bless

[combat_boots]

State of GA House of Representatives Committee on Human Relations and Aging

Office: 404.463.8142

Len Walker Chairman lwalker@nfumc.org
770.448.4142 - Office
770.448.1852 - Fax
678.283.2040 - Cell

Donna Sheldon Vice Chairman dsheldon@legis.state.ga.us
404.656.0188

Dan Lakly Secretary dlakly@mindspring.com
404.202.9811 - Office
770.487.9884 - Fax
404.202.9811 - Cell

Members:
Mike Barnes
Joe Heckstall
Terry Johnson
Charlice Byrd
Jeannette Jamieson

GA House Public Information Office
404-656-5082 phone
1-800-282-5800 toll-free

Contact page: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/05alpha.htm

[yellowdoghunter]

Thanks for all of that. Freepers are amazing!!! I don't live in GA, but have family who do, am passing it on.

[combat_boots]

eeevil,

search MSN or elsewhere for fax for free pages. there are even posts here on FR about it. They still do exist, as Voice/Data/Video all travel the wires. V over IP was originally released as free, you know.

CB

[mother22wife21]

Your e-mail message was sent to:

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Phone: (706) 845-1023
Fax: (706) 845-8642
Address: PO Box 1429 La Grange, GA 30241

[combat_boots]

Well, I am considering going here, since this granddaughter's a teacher. Here's a link to all the State of GA Board of Ed members, including contact links, and the Superintendent of Ed there in GA:

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/doe/sboe/index.asp

We could flank Gaddy et al, you know.

[yellowdoghunter]

Someone posted the number to the school where she works, I called it but no answer? Yes, it is time for the granddaughter to have her picture plastered all over the tv so people can see the evil woman who wants to starve granny to death.

[eeevil conservative]

YOU ALL ROCK!!

I have to get a shower-- haven't had one in since I heard about Mae-- startin' to stink!

should have seen how disheveled I looked when meeting last night with the Mayor and all the other politicos! LOL!

Thank God they already KNOW ME!

Be back in a few!

[eeevil conservative]

JUST HAD THIS COMMENT POSTED AT MY BLOG!

I just talked on the phone with Sonja Flanagan at the Georgia Department of Family and Children's services - she oversees all the hospices in Georgia. I explained the story to her and she had me send her the links to the stories that are out here and to Mr. Mullinax's posts. She's not sure what she can do, but she is going to look at the case. Her telephone number is (404)657-5445 and her email address is stflanag@dhr.state.ga.us. Would you believe she has heard NOTHING about this? So apparently the word isn't out in Georgia yet!

My email if you have any questions is searayj@sbcglobal.net.

Ken, don't give up, I'm calling everyone I can possible think of!!!

[mother22wife21]

LOL, I know what you mean. My fingers are cramping. Gotta go edumacate my child.

Will be back on for update and action in about two hours. Hope some of the links are helpful, and once again there are multiple media contact opportunities at this link:

http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/dbq/media/

Type in zip code, select recipients, compose message, and away you go. Also, by clicking on the name of each recipient you access the full contact information. Good

Luck and Prayers to Mae

[combat_boots]

It would be best to get as much of this in before the school day is out..........

Thomas Whatley, Principal
Doris Lord, Asst. Principal

Principal: twhatley@troup.k12.ga.us
Asst Principal: dlord@troup.k12.ga.us

Note: with this naming scheme, can we predict Gaddy's e-mail?)
2244 Hammett Rd
LaGrange, GA 30241

Phone: 706-845-2080

And,...........

Fax: 706-845-2081

[yellowdoghunter]

Tried calling the school again, still no answer at the number. 706-845-2080. Maybe they quit answering? I have tried to keep up but are the Senators from the State of Georgia aware of this.

[Future Useless Eater]

>>I didn't take a side in her case, I ~mostly~ sat out of the discussion of it.

Well, to your credit, you did have the sense to NOT to stick around and join the "death Freeper crowd" that formed their own WPPFF/Wild Turkey club, and poked, jabbed and rubbed salt into the wounds of grieving Terri-supporters for two weeks.

I'd hardly say though that you did not take a side in her case.

On 03/18/2005, in reference to Terri speaking "I WAAAAAA", you essentially called the 4 people who later swore under oath that Terri said this, liars. You implied her mom would lie about anything to save her daughter, and you said Gibbs, who wasn't in the room for that event, should have repeated that story 2nd-hand that same afternoon during the taping of Hardball, or else that proves it was obviously a lie... you said:

>> If it were that simple this scam would not have made it 16 years and through many many hearings and judgments. If she was capable of not only reacting to stimulus, but speaking, doctors who have and are treating her would not be sucked into lying about that by the arguable charms of Michael Schiavo. On the other hand, if we asked her mother "Would say anything right now if you thought it would save Terri's life?" exactly how long do you think she'd think it over?

Thanks though for not sticking around while she died and joining the organized Terri-hater's club. They were the most horrific concoction of (left-leaning freepers +DU trolls) I've ever seen.

If you ever do manage to listen to the testimony that Greer refused to hear, please keep in mind even Michael and his attorney both contended in Nov 1992 that Terri WAS responsive and better than PVS. Michael changed his story 180degrees by Feb 1994 after he had her cash, while her caregivers KEPT right on noticing and pointing out that Terri was responsive.

November 1992 - Opening Statements, Medical Malpractice Trial [MICHAEL's ATTORNEY speaking]

You'll find from the evidence past medical bills and lost earnings are in the neighborhood of $500,000, and to care for her in the future and compensate her for lost earnings, obviously, she cannot work. And if she lives a normal life expectancy, fifty-one years, and the cost of that, depending on whether or not in an institution or Mike takes her home is between 12 and 16 million dollars. They say, well, she doesn't have a normal life expectancy. You'll hear if she receives proper treatment, there's no reason why she shouldn't. And she is not just a head on a pillow. She can't respond much but she can respond, and she does respond a little bit, not much. But enough to give him hope.

[combat_boots]

Could this be Spring Break there?

Don't know re Senators. I called mine in DC. Someone was trying to reach Saxbe Chambliss.

The toll free number (877) is posted here.

[yellowdoghunter]

Just amazing that people say, "I did not take a side on the Terri issue".

May my children and grandchildren know that I did take a stand, a stand for life. May they know that I was not too lazy to find out the facts and act on those facts.

Don't you love the line, "Well, since I wouldn't want to live that way, how could anyone else? I mean, I don't so no one possibly could". It is shocking the arrogance of some people.