Posted on 06/12/2014 7:34:14 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Casey Kasem could have died from wife disconnecting his feeding tube, snatching him from nursing home — EXCLUSIVE
Casey Kasem could have died after his wife disconnected his surgically implanted feeding tube and snatched him from a California nursing home against medical advice at 2:30 a.m., staff members claim.
The shocking details — revealed in documents and an exclusive interview with a private investigator — paint a desperate portrait of Jean Kasem, who grabbed her husband out of Berkley East Convalescent Hospital on May 7.
“She disconnected his G-tube, which provided his only source to nutrition and hydration,” Dr. Paul Leitner, who was Kasem’s doctor at the facility, wrote to Santa Monica police. “She was informed of the risks of doing so and was told she was placing Mr. Kasem in great bodily harm or possible demise.”
Jennifer Kusiappiah, a registered nurse, also signed a statement, saying Kasem’s wife was concerned about her 82-year-old husband’s privacy after his daughters, Kerri and Julie, visited their father.
“Mrs. Kasem insisted on taking Mr. Kasem out of the facility, even though I have clearly explained that it was dangerous and can be fatal due to his medical condition,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
I do not care to continue this verbal badminton with you any longer.
I am also pro-life, up close and more personal than I care to share in a public forum, and have remained so for 7 decades.
Your condemnation of Catholic Hospice care might appear to some of us to be “Catholic bashing”, because it certainly doesn’t fit my experience (not RCatholic, but Anglican). They were dedicated to keep my husband alive, with me, comfortable, eating and drinking as much as humanly possible.
I sense that you have an agenda, and if so, there is no point in discussing it further. I believe in life, as you do, but we part ways when we get “technical” about how far to go when bodily systems have shut down, when more intervention is only for us, not those we love so much.
You have made your case, and I have made mine. Neither of us know the mind of God, and all any of us can do in our personal decisions is the best we can, given the information we have at the moment.
That, I pray, is all that is expected of us, except the humility to know how much we do not know.
Good night.
Please explain how I was “wrong on this from the start.” And what priests did I insult how?
I'm not condemning Catholic Hospice care. I work for and am helping expand access to good Catholic Hospice care.
I follow the Church's directives on nutrition and hydration, ordinary vs extraordinary. That's my sole "agenda."
You seem to know a bit about hospice care. I have a question. Is it typical to remove medications (like blood pressure med’s, vitamins, etc) once a person is placed under hospice care?....and if so, why? Isn’t this hastening death and reducing quality of life?
The group I'm chairing is
dedicated to promoting and developing pro-life alternatives within the healthcare field, to combat the threat that the rationing of care and euthanasia pose to our vulnerable, sick, elderly and dying. We are setting up a pro-life hotline and a network of pro-life healthcare providers, facilities and institutions to help those threatened by health care rationing and the pressures for euthanasia. We are also working on developing a network of patient care advocates to help people navigate the landmine that our healthcare system is rapidly becoming.To do this we are networking with established pro-life groups and healthcare organizations. In the future we hope to help grassroots pro-life healthcare providers and facilities (like our Catholic Hospice) get off the ground and fill in the gaps of the pro-life infrastructure to provide pro-life care at end of life.
More than likely we have far more in common than we do differences, we've just unfortunately found ourselves on opposite ends of very trying situations with loved ones we held dear.
I felt personally attacked by your posts on this thread, so my responses were probably stronger than they could have been. If so, my apologies.
See my pm.
LOL!
LOL! (squared)!
Agree, I've seen and heard that also and it was not true at all. Trusting medical care staff to give proper medical care for a loved relative is dangerous, imho for heart and soul. We need to advocate for our loved ones.
I have a loved one in Alzheimer care and am very impressed with the care they give all of the residents. Many of the caregivers are young people who sought this as their life’s calling and they are doing amazing work with these people... many who have no family or friends to even give an hour of their time in a month.
This is talking about the incident when his wife took him out of any medical facility and kept him for several weeks without medical treatment. That led to the current situation, where his body is apparently shutting down and he seems to be beyond medical care.
I believe that the history of the "right to die" movement stems from similar situations, where everything possible was done to try to prolong life in dying people.
On both sides, there are people who advocate "all or nothing" approaches. Either they want to hasten death in every case, even where the patient is not dying, or they want to prolong life by any means possible, even when the patient is clearly about to pass. There is a large area between the extremes that is being ignored--where the decisions are made based on the condition of the patient. The middle road, of course, requires some thought and analysis, which makes it harder than taking either extreme position.
another Kasem post FYI
Thank you for your reasoned response.
Some of the replies here have been hurtful. I’m a big girl, and can take it. Maybe those responding haven’t been up close and personal with brain cancer or Lewy Body Dementia
I wouldn’t wish either on anyone, They’re both horrible.
You’re welcome.
Generalization about these situations does not help anyone. Each situation really is unique and must be considered on its own merits.
At this point, it is RIP, Casey. He was such a big part of so many people’s lives.
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