Schindler's attorney Pat Anderson to appear on Fox News with reaction to Michael on Larry King

Oct 28, 2003

[amdgmary]

The Schindler's attorney, Pat Anderson, and Terri's brother Bobby Schindler will appear on Greta Van Susteren on Fox News at 10 p.m. EST with reaction to Michael's appearance on Larry King Live.

Dr. Hammesfahr will be on Hannity and Colmes at 9:00 pm EST, the same time Michael Schiavo will appear on Larry King Live.

[Calpernia]

What about the OB GYN that was sued in reference to the potassium issue? How did that suit go through if the ER visit showed what is stated here?

Has any of the family been in contact with that OB GYN since?

[Future Useless Eater]

From Greta's "On the Record" - Schiavo segment - Monday, 27 oct 2003
(this was taped in the hour immediatly after the L.K.Live interview)

Greta: The husband of a severely brain-damaged woman has until Wednesday to challenge Florida Governor Jeb Bush's order to reinsert his wife's feeding tube. Last Tuesday, Bush issued the order six days after Michael Schiavo won court approval to disconnect his wife Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Tonight, in an interview, Michael Schiavo said: "This is Terri's wish and I'm going to follow that wish if its the last thing I can do for her".

Joining us from Tampa is Pat Anderson, the attorney for the parents of Terri Schiavo. Welcome Pat.

Pat Anderson: Good evening, You know, Michael Schiavo ALSO said, NOBODY ever talks about death, and I think he's got it quite right. He knows that these are not Terri's wishes. She was just 26 years old!

Greta: Alright, well I want to talk a little bit about, her last day before she ended up in the hospital, and the unfortunate things that unfolded since then. But, umm, when was the FIRST time he ever said that Terri would not want to be on life support?

Anderson: The first time that anybody in the family ever HEARD about that was in January of 2000. He SPRUNG that on the family. And he brought his brother, and one of his sisters-in-law down, to back him up on that, but NOBODY had EVER heard that before! Certainly not...

Greta: Well let me tell you what I'm a little bit confused about... I've got a deposition from two different occasions, maybe you can explain it to me. The first one I will pull up, its from November 19, 1993, in which Michael said: "He was talking about removing the feeding tube," meaning the doctor, "and I said I couldn't do that to Terri." Now that means his intention was NOT to remove the... at least in 1993.

Greta: That same day, in the same deposition, he said this: "I put a - after speaking with my doctor, I gave an order not to treat a bladder infection Terri had." The attorney then asked a question, "So when you made that decision not to treat Terri's bladder infection, you in effect, were making a decision to allow her to pass on?" Michael Schiavo: "I was making a decision on what Terri would want"

Greta: So in that same day, we have two conflicting things he was saying in 1993. How do I know what to believe?

Anderson: Its HARD to know what to believe with him, because he says what the occasion demands, or whats in his financial interest. He told a medical malpractice jury just exactly one year before that deposition fragment that you put up, that he would ALWAYS take care of Terri, for the REST of his life. And yet there he was within a matter of months, directing that antibiotics be withheld. Its HARD to know.

Greta: Alright, lets go back... give me a quick rundown... the day she ah, tell me what happened her last day before she ended up in the hospital.

Anderson: Terri ahh, got her hair done that day, and spent more money than he thought she should have... They had a GREAT BIG fight before he went off to work. Ahh, she was so upset about the fight, that she called her best friend from work, a girl that she had discussed, perhaps both of them getting a divorce, and taking an apartment together... She called this girl, Jackie Rhodes, told her about the big fight... She was sufficiently upset that Jackie Rhodes asked her: "Should I come over? Should I come over and spend the night with you so you'll be safe?"

Anderson: And Terri said, "No, I'll either be asleep, or pretend to be asleep when he gets home from work."... and the next thing Jackie heard, was she was in the emergency room.

Greta: Alright, um, is there ANY indications she had ANY head injuries from from any records there are... any physical injuries at all?

Anderson: There is a NOTATION that her neck was "rigid", and "stiff", and that her body was stiff, when she posit...[interrupted]

Greta: What does that mean? in the 40 seconds we have left, I'm sorry to do this time thing to you.

Anderson: Well, Dr. Hammesfahr, a neurologist who testified at a big evidenciary hearing last year, said HE had only seen ONE other neck THAT rigid, and that was in an attempted STRANGULATION victim. There's LOTS of questions about this case. LOTS of unanswered questions.

Greta: And, we're going to continue to follow this. I'm sorry to give you so little time but these fires have consumed all of our time tonight. Pat THANK YOU!

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Too bad Greta can't interview him. I'd bet she would like to!

[Calpernia]

Thank you for making those transcripts FL!

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

My guess is (and it's only a guess), the docs settled out of court. Sometimes it's easier and cheaper to do rather than go to trial, even if you're innocent.

I recall one case like that at the last hospital where I worked.

[editor-surveyor]

In case you may have missed it, post # 13 is a must read!

[JulieRNR21]

I understood him to say the same thing in the context of removing a feeding tube....he said he had to 'do that for his parents'.

[Future Useless Eater]

>>I wonder if he's referring to the Attorney General...Ashcroft?

I doubt it. Sounds like the family only tried at the city/county level and hit brick walls. My bet is on corruption in the police and courts, and really good 'connections'
on the part of MS.

>>What about the OB GYN that was sued in reference to the potassium issue?

I don't know the details... someone else will have to answer...
MS certainly knew ALL the dirty tricks and schemes!
I'd bet a good hard investigation could turn up a HUGE
death scamming industry.

[countrydummy]

bump to this post!

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for posting that transcript.

We need to email Greta, thank her & ask her to follow-up with more time on Terri's case. Ask her to give the parents, doctors, advocates for Terri an hour to rebut LKL appearance of Michael Schiavo!

ontherecord@foxnews.com

[sisterjforteri]

Thank you!

[JulieRNR21]

Michael Schiavo said that Terri had been seeing a primary doctor & gyn for problems in becoming pregnant.

He said that no blood tests had been given to her. Therefore, he said he sued them for malpractice since her potassium imbalance should have been detected.

He was awarded 1.2 Million, I believe.

[Calpernia]

>>>>HUGE death scamming industry.

Yes it will.

[thulldud]

Yes! Blow this stinking pile up so high that all of MS's "connections" will turn and rend each other rather than be caught handling it!

[Future Useless Eater]

oops, one correction... THIS quote was Schindler, which should be obvious from the context...

Dr.Hammesfahr Schindler: Well, that comes from the evidence, that ah, there is medical evidence that she had neck injury, and as the doctor said, she had no heart attack, and her ribs and parts of her body suffered fractures, and there's really no explanation for what her collapse was. None at all.

[Ronin]

Thanks for posting this. So all this crap the media has been blithering about potassium is just that -- crap.

Gad, it it amazing the lies they get away with.

[Spunky]

From Article:"The only thing found in the emergency room is the damaged neck."

I think this statement is wrong.

On one of these threads they had a link to the Cat-Scan report and I remember several fractures mentioned in various bones.

I am almost sure they weren't all in the neck.

Does anyone have that link to the Cat-Scan?

[Future Useless Eater]

FoxNews Channel rebroadcasts...

Hannity & Colmes (with Dr. Hammesfahr and Bob Schindler)
at 2:00am Eastern time

On the Record with Greta (guest Pat Anderson -attorney)
at 3:00am Eastern time

[T'wit]

Now we have to wonder, "WHAT potassium imbalance?" Dr. Hammesfahr was pretty adamant about it:

Dr.Hammesfahr: But the medical record clearly shows that there has NEVER been heart attack. Potassium causes damage by causing heart attacks, so we know that potassium is not an issue...

Can you figure what's going on here?

[185JHP]

Thanks.