"Other doctors held that Mae's best interest involved medical treatment that was not available at hospice."
The heart specialists in LaGrange couldn't treat her?
NO! They are the ones that said she was not treatable in the first place. They are the ones that recommended Hospice to Gaddy.
Plus- Ruth has been treated by UAB for the same condition and knows they are BETTER equipped----
And all 3 doctors agreed...
Beats me. I wasn't on the panel of doctors that made the decision.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381143/posts?q=1&&page=71#71 <--
Note: Dr. Stout, Mae's attending Dr. in LaGrange, said in so many words that he would ignore Mae's Living Will since he felt her quality of life and outlook for recovery was grim at best. However, it seems that the panel of three doctors thought there must be a chance because they reported back to Judge Boyd, according to the settlement our lawyer, Jack Kirby crafted and wrote for the court, and Mae is now in UAB Medical Center.10. In Judge Boyd's court decree order(Civil Action, Estate 138-05, dated April, 2005) it states:
"The guardian shall see that Dr. Brennan, Dr. Gore, Dr. Aqel evaluate/and or examine the ward (Mae Magouirk) for the purpose of determining whether any medical treatment should be pursued for her aortic aneurism. If at least two of the three doctors agree that there is a viable course of treatment for the aortic aneurism, then, in that event, the petitioner(Beth Gaddy) shall follow the recommendation of the doctors who agree to such a course of treatment, including the location and manner of treatment to be provided."
A few more details, I remain curious too.
Cardiologist James Brennan was Mae's cardiologist in LaGrange. He is listed as a specialist at WGHS (the facility that Mae was admitted to in Georgia, and has since been removed from).
Cradiologist Thomas Gore is also of LaGrange, and is also listed as practicing at WGHS.
http://www.wghs.org/p-specialty.html
The doctors determined that Mae Magouirks aortic dissection is contained and not presently life threatening. I.e., she isn't terminal.
Obviously, at least one other doctor disagrees (or did), since Mae had to be certified terminal in order to be admitted to hospice. I assume that the doctor who certified Mae as terminal was Dr. Stout (sp?).
No, they could not. They are not a state-of-the-art facility, they are a small town hospital.
When my stepfather had a stroke, we moved him from the podunkville hospital he was in (which had advised us to discontinue all care and "let" him die) to the state-of-the-art Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, where he was diagnosed as "able to be rehabilitated" (and his condition greatly improved once we undertook rehabilitation).