Anita, you said,
"Re: "There are serious questions about what happened to cause her to collapse as there was never discovered in tests the "chemical imbalance" that the news media always falsely reports.";
I told you that was not true and gave you a link to her
medical records to show you why.
Now you give me quotes by Dr H, and even he says that there was a chemical imbalance.
I have indeed read and reread (among the other Dr reports, affs, depos, and transcripts) every word in Dr Hammesfahr's report - long and short versions, interview transcripts and his actual trial testimony.
I wont nitpick his Nobel prize nomination, but I can tell you that the reality of what that nomination means is not that impressive to me, or the court. Read the trial transcripts and the decisions.
Anyway, you quote him:
"In the Emergency Room, a possible diagnosis of heart attack was briefly entertained, but then dismissed after blood chemistries and serial EKG's - did Not show evidence of a heart attack."
Indeed he did say that, and he knows the difference between a "heart attack"(MI) and a "cardiac arrest".
Her doctors and medics saw her in
cardiac arrest and diagnosed it as such, and made the completely appropriate diagnosis that it was caused by her "severe hypopotassemia". It's all on her chart at the link I gave you.
Cardiac Arrest is a problem with the way the heart *beats*. Too much potassium, and it will become sluggish. Too little causes the heart to beat way too fast - erratically - so that the oxygenated blood doesn't actually get pumped out.
(Her potassium level, at a 2, was fatally low if not caught before the entire brain has died from lack of O2)
Heart attack (MI) *can* coincide with cardiac arrest, and to find out if that happened, you look for cardiac enzymes that would rise from the destruction of heart muscle an MI causes. You only see that in 50% of cardiac arrests. But you need to know so you can treat the damaged muscle.
"Similarly, a pulmonary or lung cause of the disorder was ruled out in the Emergency Room after normal blood gases and Chest X-Rays were obtained. The possibility of toxic shock syndrome was also entertained. The diagnosis of the cause of her condition was unknown."
Yes, they ruled these out - and they weren't necessary to explain her lack of O2 to the brain. Yes, "the diagnosis of the cause of her condition was unknown"
in the ER.
But once they were finished with her medical history, the diagnosis was clear and is stated on her charts.
"Her admission laboratory studies showed low potassium level, markedly elevated glucose level,"
..and low calcium, and undernourishment, all consistent with her diagnosis and event.
(and contradicts your assertion that there was no chemical imbalance)
"and a normal toxic screen - Without evidence of diet pills or amphetamines."
And he knows that those aren't necessary. All it takes is too many or chronic use of laxatives, diuretics, emetics, or vomiting. It is what killed Karen Carpenter, because she wasn't found in time.
My sons need me now, so I'll leave the rest of your post to answer later, since it is irrelevant to the point.
Just consider that many of you are going by certain quotes from one doctor, hired by her parents, who only looked at her charts years later. (Like the other dr who appeared on Greta and got everyone in a tizzy)
I am going by what was said by an entire staff of physicians with no bias, and that is medically sound because it is so consistent.
And so no one mistakes me, I am in no way supporting her husband or what he wants to do. I think she should go to her parents. I just think we need to dispel rumors when they see them, for the sake of our own integrity.