Posted on 03/30/2004 4:38:13 AM PST by 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!
Didn't say that.
I merely pointed out that the hyperbole-to-fact ratio in this case is well over unity.
This woman hasn't died of starvation or neglect nearly as fast as he wanted her to die.
Funny thing is that the punctures were found after a visit by the parents.
I had a friend damn near die of anemia because the hospital (a) didn't record the 35 blood samples they took and (b) didn't notice all the hypodermic sticks.
I had another friend who damn near died because the hospital didn't do the blood tests he needed.
"Organization" and "hospital" often cannot be said in the same breath.
If Terri became Governor Bush's Ward, maybe Felos and Michael wouldn't be able to keep attempting to kill her and then BLAME THE PARENTS.
PLEASE PING EVERYONE YOU KNOW to make phone calls. This is just as serious as October, 2004. Thank you. We are PROTESTING TODAY AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL IN DOWNTOWN CLRARWATER but the details are still being worked out.
PLEASE CALL, PING AND HELP TERRI THIS WEEK. Attempted murder is in progress IMO. If you reply to me, I won't be here to answer you back because I'll be downtown. Thanks, floriduh voter
By LEANORA MINAI, Times Staff Writer Published March 30, 2004 CLEARWATER - Terri Schiavo was being examined Monday night in the Morton Plant-Mease Hospital emergency room after workers at her nursing home discovered "fresh puncture wounds" on her arms.
George Felos, the attorney representing Schiavo's husband, Michael, said the wounds appeared to have been caused by a hypodermic needle. A purple needle cap was found in Schiavo's gown, he said.
The puncture marks were discovered Monday at Park Place assisted living home after a 45-minute visit by her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, Felos said.
"It appears that someone was either trying to inject Terri Schiavo with something or withdraw fluids from her," Felos said.
Terri Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, said late Monday he was disgusted by such innuendo. Schindler told WTSP-Ch. 10 he was at the hospice Monday afternoon and said nothing was wrong with his daughter when he left.
He said he did not insert a needle into his daughter's arms. Clearwater police were investigating the incident after Schiavo's husband called them to the nursing home Monday.
Terri Schiavo was undergoing blood tests and other toxicology screenings Monday night at the hospital. No charges were filed.
"Our posture right now is we have to wait and see what the hospital says," said Wayne Shelor, Clearwater police spokesman.
Schiavo collapsed on Feb. 25, 1990, from a suspected chemical imbalance that some doctors think was related to bulimia. She has remained in a vegetative state, but feedings have kept her alive.
Her husband and parents have been battling in court over her fate for years.
Schiavo's husband says she told him before her illness that she would not want to be kept alive. He petitioned the courts in 1998 to remove her feeding tube.
Schiavo's parents doubt she had any such end-of-life wishes and believe she could be rehabilitated with therapy.
After five years of litigation over Terri Schiavo's wishes and fate, her feeding tube was removed Oct. 15.
A massive campaign by religious conservatives across the country pressured lawmakers and Gov. Jeb Bush to step in and save her. The Legislature passed a law Oct. 21, and her feeding tube was reinserted that evening. Monday's incident adds another wrinkle in the legal saga. Schiavo's husband issued orders denying visits by anyone until the police investigation is complete.
"Mrs. Schiavo was found in a disheveled state with her feeding tube wrapped around her back and an allergy band pulled up very tight on her arm like a tourniquet," Felos said in a press release. "On one arm were four fresh puncture wounds with another fresh puncture wound on her other arm. Also found were fresh scratch wounds, over the puncture wounds as if an attempt were made to conceal the puncture wounds."
Pat Anderson, the Schindlers' attorney, called the development a "ruse to cut off" visits by Terri Schiavo's parents.
"I tell you what it looks like to me," Anderson said. "They're accusing the parents of abusing her, which is insane because the parents have been fighting to take care of her."
Felos, the attorney representing Schiavo's husband, stopped short of accusing Schiavo's parents in the incident but said they were her only visitors Monday.
"Maybe one of their quack doctors told them, "Here, we have a substance that can help Terri get better, but it has to be injected,"' Felos said.
FV SAYS: Michael ALWAYS calls the cops which is another ruse.
The father said he didn't do anything to Terri. I think her mother was also present during this visit. If either one of them tried to take Terri's blood, they could be charged with practicing medicine without a license, unless one or the other is an MD, RN or other licensed professional.
A cause celebre is not necessarily breaking news fodder.
Quite the opposite, don't you think?
Terri is trying to kill her parents?
THIS IS A PRECEDENT SETTING CASE. That's why in addition to helping Terri, we will not tire or falter on the BIG PICTURE.
"Poppycock, Holmes! The butler did it in the kitchen with a revolver!"
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