One of the local talk radio guys here in Toledo, Denny Schaffer (who regularly fills in for Glenn Beck), and his producer did some research on the story that appeared in WND. Apparently the granddaughter, Beth Gaddy (who is alledgedly trying to starve her to death) has been taking care of her grandmother for 10 years. She has been feeding her every day, whether it be soft food, jello, ice chips, etc. She does not currently receive nourishment through a feeding tube at all. The nephew, Ken Mullinax, wants feeding tube inserted. So when he claims that Hospice-LaGrange has denied Magouirk normal nourishment or fluids via a feeding tube through her nose or fluids via an IV" the reality is that his insistence that she be put ON a feeding tube is being denied. The hospital policy is that doctors will not do that while a patient can still swallow and ingest food by normal means.
Gaddy received emergency guardianship from probate court two weeks ago in order to have Mae transferred to the hospital after her aortic dissection. Gaddy, Mullinax, and two other relatives all reached settlement following week that Gaddy would receive guardianship, that three cardiologists will examine Mae, and treatment will be administered according to what 2 out of 3 doctors determine is necessary.
So, the sum of it is that Mullinax is p***ed off about Gaddy being awarded guardianship and is seeking to draw attention to his case with outrageous claims. It should be noted that even the local officials in LaGrange (population of only a couple thousand) had no idea about anything regarding this case. You would think if it was what Mullinax made it out to be that somebody would know something about it. As it was, the only local information available on it was from a local paper which the producer had to buy a subscription to in order to read the article.
I don't doubt that there are cases out there where elderly are being essentially euthanized, but I don't think this is one of them.
***One of the local talk radio guys here in Toledo, Denny Schaffer (who regularly fills in for Glenn Beck), and his producer did some research on the story that appeared in WND. Apparently the granddaughter, Beth Gaddy (who is alledgedly trying to starve her to death) has been taking care of her grandmother for 10 years. She has been feeding her every day, whether it be soft food, jello, ice chips, etc. She does not currently receive nourishment through a feeding tube at all. The nephew, Ken Mullinax, wants feeding tube inserted. So when he claims that Hospice-LaGrange has denied Magouirk normal nourishment or fluids via a feeding tube through her nose or fluids via an IV" the reality is that his insistence that she be put ON a feeding tube is being denied. The hospital policy is that doctors will not do that while a patient can still swallow and ingest food by normal means.
Well, the question then is, Is she getting fed orally or are they letting her die?
***Gaddy received emergency guardianship from probate court two weeks ago in order to have Mae transferred to the hospital after her aortic dissection. Gaddy, Mullinax, and two other relatives all reached settlement following week that Gaddy would receive guardianship, that three cardiologists will examine Mae, and treatment will be administered according to what 2 out of 3 doctors determine is necessary.
So are they starving her or not?
Is there a link or transcript of this you could hook us up with???
Sounds like we need someone in the area to do some legwork and see which story is tru and see if Mae is in the hospital or a hospice. That would help for starters.
Oh My :-o
eevil, please read this post carefully, and please make it a point to really grill the nephew to find out the truth.
I mean grill him!