***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?
If the granddaughter is in the right, why the heck doesn't she or her attorney come forward other than in a small newspaper and tell the whole story instead of dodging phone calls?
Unknown. I emailed Denny asking him to find out whether or not Mae is getting the nourishment she needs.
Did you mean that Mae was transferred to hospice after her aortic dissection? If so, why a hospice and not a nursing home, I wonder?