[Future Useless Eater]

From FoxNews Channel Oct 27,2003 Hannity and Colmes program:
(this was on the same time as L.K.Live...   I also taped Greta and will report on that next.)

Sean Hannity: A 1990 heart attack left Terri Schiavo with severe brain damage; Since then, a ferrocious legal battle has raged over whether or not to keep Terri alive. On October 15th her feeding tube was removed, according to her husbands wishes. Last week after intervention by the Florida legislature, Governor Jeb Bush ordered that her feeding tube be re-inserted. Now time is running out for Terri's husband to challenge the constitutionality of the law that has been dubbed by many as "Terri's Law".

Sean: So what will happen next in this tragic case? Joining us now, is Terri's father, Robert Schindler, and also joining us, a neurosurgeon who has examined Terri, Dr. William Hammesfahr. Ahh, Thank you both for being with us... How is she doing first of all, Mr. Schindler, after the tube has been re-inserted?

Robert Schindler: Oh, She's really made a remarkable comeback, but she's very very tired naturally, being without food for seven days and hydration. But, ah, today, she was probably a little more responsive than yesterday, and she was very agitated today... She didn't want to bother with anybody or anything.

Sean: Doctor, you've examined her, and you've come to the conclusion that, number one, she CAN be rehabilitated, and ah, when's the last time you evaluated her? and what else did you find?

Dr.Hammesfahr: Well, I saw her last, about a year ago for the court... I want to just jump in her for a second and say I'm a neurologist, and not a neurosurgeon.

Sean: oh I'm sorry,

Dr.Hammesfahr: But I saw her last about a year ago, and ahh, as part of the court ordered evaluations.

Sean: Yea, but you basically said that that she could be rehabilitated.

Dr.Hammesfahr: Oh ABSOLUTELY. She is NOT in coma. She did NOT have a heart attack... She is not in coma presently. She absolutely CAN be rehabilitated. There is NO question about that!

Sean: Umm, you know Mr. Schin...

Dr.Hammesfahr: In fact...

Sean: yes, go ahead..

Dr.Hammesfahr: She follows commands right now... She follows commands right now, which means she is NOT in coma.

Sean: Well I can see that on the.. I am not, sir, a doctor, but when I see this video, it is heartwrenching to me, and the fact that this poor woman went six days without a feeding tube, is frightening to me...

Sean: You know, the last time we had you on Mr. Schindler, you were VERY harsh in your comments about the husband. and, and you believe, his fear is, is that if your daughter wakes up, she will have a tale to tell about him.

Dr.Hammesfahr: 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.

Alan Colmes: Doctor Hammesfahr, I read the medical report, There was a report that when she came into the E.R. she had a "rigid neck". Is that consistent with a neck injury?

Dr.Hammesfahr: ABSOLUTELY. Yes it is. They also did xrays at the emergency room, and the xrays showed that a straightening of the normal spinal curvature, which is very typical of a NEW neck injury.

Alan: We heard a lot about low potassium, but this neck injury ahh, stuff is very interesting. Would that kind of situation be consistent with the possibility of foul play?

Dr.Hammesfahr: Umm, I'd like to go back to potassium for a second? Because people have talked about the potassium, and also about the diet pills issue... or some other drugs...

Alan: Sure,

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. And second...

Alan: But with that 'rigid neck'... Rigid Neck, is that consistent with what could be foul play?

Dr.Hammesfahr: I have seen a neck that rigid from trauma to the neck.

Alan: So you wouldn't venture to say foul play? but are you intimating that?

Dr.Hammesfahr: I think that that type of a neck shows a degree of injury, and I think that it needs to be looked at much more closely to find out the exact cause. Right now, we have a woman who had a collapse, with no known cause. No evidence of infection, or heart attack, respiratory failure, or ANYTHING, The only thing found in the emergency room is the damaged neck.

Alan: Mister Schindler, are you going to try to prove foul play at some point? and try to press some kind of a case here, against your son-in-law?

Shindler: Well, what we're TRYING to do... we have... there's two issues... One is to get Terri therapy, because we believe she can recover. And the second thing, is we want to have an investigation... we're asking the local police, the attorney, ahhh, and NO ONE will touch it! There's a cap on it. Someone is blocking everything.

Sean: Mister Schindler, we're going to continue to follow this story. I'm very very grateful for the Florida legislature and Jeb Bush. I think they did the right thing. And we'll monitor this, and have you back on again.

Shindler: So are we.

Sean: Thank you sir, doctor, good to see you again.

[LADY J]

Great post! Thanks for making it so easy to read and follow.

[sweetliberty]

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

Very telling....so why has this NEVER been brought to the court's attention before? How could something THAT significant just be ignored. It seems that mandatory investigation would be routine in such an instance, at the time the injury occurred.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Thanks for the transcript. I watched Greta tonight. It is so GOOD to see Fox taking this case seriously. There may be justice for Terri after all.

[countrydummy]

bump!

[Graymatter]

>>Shindler: ... we want to have an investigation... we're asking the local police, the attorney, ahhh, and NO ONE will touch it! There's a cap on it. Someone is blocking everything.

I wonder if he's referring to the Attorney General...Ashcroft? Hope not. This sounds discouraging.

[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?

[editor-surveyor]

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

[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.

[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

[Dajjal]

Thanks for the transcripts of the interviews.

[Canadian Outrage]

Great post for sure!! After listening to Schiavo and Felos last night on LKL, I wouldn't believe a SINGLE WORD that came from Schiavo's mouth. For once also, LKL did just softball it?? His ONLY explantion for not divorcing Terri, moving on with his life and letting the parents look after her, was "to carry out her wishes". I almost screamed. We are supposed to believe HIM??

[drlevy88]

Potassium causes damage by causing heart attacks, so we know that potassium is not an issue

Just a nit pick - if the heart just stops from a potassium level problem, does that cause any heart muscle damage? That would stop the blood flow to the heart muscle, but also the heart muscle wouldn't be using very much oxygen because it is stopped, so why would it be in any more danger of damage than a heart which is in transport to be transplanted?