Terri Schiavo Hospitalized With Apparent Puncture Wounds In Arm! Apparent Foul Play!

WFTV-ABC in Orlando | UNK

[MindBender26]

In 7:25 break, anchor reported "Terri Schiavo was rushed to a Pinellas County emergency room last night after nursing home staff noticed puncture wounds on her arm. The wounds appeared to be caused by a hypodermic needle! Toxicology tests were conducted but the results are not available yet!"

This could open a huge new round in this case. What did tests reveal? Who was last person in room? When was husband there? Was staffer trying the Angle of Death routine?

This will be developing hard all day!

[Catspaw]

Clearwater police are already investigating. Is Jeb asking the FDLE to join the investigation?

[Dante3]

Wonderful news! And thank you for all you've done.

As a mother I would certainly try anything to help my child even if I didn't have much faith in it. To mock Terri's parents in their efforts to help their daughter is perverted and sadistic, something Michael would do.

This case is not a "right to die" issue. Terri left no living will. Life is precious. What is the harm of giving Terri and her parents the benefit of doubt?

[kimmie7]

Amen, Lord.

((Pegita))

[Ohioan from Florida]

4 puncture wounds on one arm and 1 on the other. Nothing unusual.

Did they say nothing was unusual?

GREAT NEWS!!! GOVERNOR BUSH IS ASKING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ENTIRE MATTER. Thanks to everyone who contacted Governor Bush. As usual, he's listening to his constituents.

I know it's brief, but for a minute I feel like my prayer has been answered! Thank you, LORD!

I also pray that one day, Michael Schiavo will rue that Al Gore invented the internet! LOL!

[floriduh voter]

The radio wfla 970 Tampa stated that Jeb was launching his own investigation. I guess that means, the Fla AG or the FBI? Since she was on Medicaid during "the event", technically, he could contact the FBI in addition to the Fla AG to investigate.

[fly_so_free]

Why is her hino still her guardian? Didn't one of Terri's nurses say that she thought evil incarnate husband had tried to inject her with insulin? Why are there no security cameras in her room? Pray for Terri, the attacks on her are unrelenting.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I keep trying to explain, the majority of any of the groups don't even know that Terri's not in a coma! How could they possibly voice an accurate opinion? They haven't even been told the truth!

[kimmie7]

Thank you, LM.

[Saundra Duffy]

This is sooooooo frightening! Does anyone know if Terri is going to be all right?

[floriduh voter]

"However, tests found no unauthorized drugs or other substances in her blood. Clearwater police were investigating, and Gov. Jeb Bush said he has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to also get involved."

There are TWO stories re: Terri at worldnetdaily.com including Terri's mom's outrage at FELOS' ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY INJECTED TERRI and the excerpt above from another article. I also recommend checking out www.lifenews.com.

[fly_so_free]

I want to add, What happened to her teeth? Why does she have bedsores? This is very suspicious. Remember the "aspiration", "vomitting" incidents from just little a while back?

Husband-from-hell needs to be removed as her guardian, at least while the case is pending ,and they need security cameras in her room now.

[Catspaw]

Jeb doesn't control the FBI (although his brother does), so all he could do is request an investigation from the FBI. He can ask the FDLE to investigate (and should, because they have the state labs to review the evidence), and if the AG's office has an investigatory wing, he can ask that they investigate. The smarter thing to do--so the various agencies don't get into a turf battle--is to set up a task force with representatives from each agency so that there are no overlaps and each agency knows what the other agencies are doing.

My concern is that both sides are so overlawyered that even a simple police interview will be conducted with so many lawyers that they'll need a ballroom to hold them all.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thank you for what you're doing for Terri. Please keep us posted and keep up the good work.

[Saundra Duffy]

Will Jeb Bush remove the HINO as Terri's guardian?

[tuckrdout]

Listen, isn't it obvious to everyone that the day after a judge denied the parents the right to know Terri's medical condition, that her parents took blood from her, so that they could find out if Terri's husband has been injecting her with substances?

If I were her parents, I would do it!

[Saundra Duffy]

From CNN - Lawyer: Puncture wounds found on Schiavo's arms
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Posted: 1:42 PM EST (1842 GMT)

Terri Schiavo

CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) -- Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a long-running right-to-die court battle, was hospitalized briefly after nursing home workers found what appeared to be needle marks on her arms, a lawyer for her husband said.

However, tests found no unauthorized drugs or other substances in her blood.

Police were investigating.

Four puncture wounds were found on one arm and one was found on the other arm, said attorney George Felos, who represents Michael Schiavo.

He said the wounds, which appeared to have been caused by a hypodermic needle, were discovered after a 45-minute visit Monday by her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who have been fighting Michael Schiavo's efforts to remove his wife's feeding tube. Schiavo maintains that his wife would not have wanted to be kept alive artificially.

A purple needle cap was found in Terri Schiavo's gown in her room in a Clearwater nursing home, Felos added.

"It appears that someone was either trying to inject Terri Schiavo with something or withdraw fluids from her," Felos said.

Terri Schiavo, 40, was taken to a hospital emergency room, where toxicology tests were negative, Felos said. She was returned to the nursing home.

Felos also said that after the parents' visit, Terri Schiavo was found in "a disheveled state" with her feeding tube wrapped around her back and a medical wrist band pulled up very tight on her arm like a tourniquet.

Her father, Bob Schindler, told WTSP-TV in Tampa that nothing was wrong with his daughter when he left the nursing home and that he did not insert a needle into his daughter's arms.

The Schindlers referred calls Tuesday to attorney George Tragos, who said it would be "absurd" to suggest that her parents were somehow responsible.

"It's just another mean-spirited attack designed to get some judicial advantage," Tragos said.

Tragos said the Schindlers reported that their daughter was clean, dressed in street clothes and sitting up when they left.

"I have no idea what happened, but it certainly is mysterious since we believe she was actually showing some improvement," Tragos said.

Terri Schiavo has been in what court-appointed doctors call a "persistent vegetative state" since 1990 when she collapsed from a chemical imbalance. Her husband says she once told him she would not want to be on life support. Her parents say otherwise and believe she can be rehabilitated.

Also on Monday, Circuit Judge George Greer denied a motion filed by the Schindlers seeking to have Michael Schiavo defend himself in a hearing against charges that he is not sharing sufficient medical information about his wife with her parents.

The Schindlers say he has violated a 1996 court order requiring him to share the information. He countered that he has shared sufficient information with them through attorneys.

Michael Schiavo won a court order to remove a feeding tube in October, but the Florida Legislature quickly passed a law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order the tube reinserted.

Michael Schiavo claimed the law was unconstitutional and has sued the governor. That case is pending.

[floriduh voter]

We call Governor Bush and request that he become Terri's guardian or that she become a ward of the state. I thought that was part of Terri's Law but MICHAEL REMAINS.

I hope Jeb launches a complete investigation of the bed sores, the teeth in addition to the puncture wounds. It appears Terri is roughed up or neglected on a regular basis.

[floriduh voter]

Terri's parents wouldn't even know how to do that let alone, they wouldn't do it. Terri was dressed in regular clothes when they left.

When she was found with the cap of the needle and with five puncture wounds, SHE WAS IN SOME KIND OF HOSPITAL GOWN.

[Canadian Outrage]

Dev I think it's pretty much proven that Schiavo has squandered the medical settlement money that was ORDERED for her rehabilitation. What I think Schiavo is unwilling, at this point, to give up is the LIFE INSURANCE policy on Terri's life. His motive throughout this is clearly money. He's a ghoulish criminal if you ask me. He also ABUSES his status as a registered nurse to medically "complicate" and therefore deteriorate her condition.!!

[Velveeta]

Do you have any idea on the timeline?

What time did her parents leave the nursing home and how much time before the aides found Terri?