Every single doctor who has attended her with the exception of two doctors the Schindlers brought in have said she is PVS.
The two doctors were thoroughly discredited in court. They could not find credible doctors and so used these guys who other doctors completely discredited:
Dr Hammesfahr
- an alternative medicine neurologist
- He's the one who made the 4 hour video exam we see 4 minute snippets of
- who said she wasn't pvs even *before* seeing her that one, and only, time
- his testimony under oath and his public statements contradict each other.
Maxwell (an elderly radiologist):
- He couldn't tell the difference between coma and PVS, or give the descriptions of them - he just said she wasn't.
- He was there only to say he thought hyperbaric treatment (never used in a case like this before) could help, and that he thought there was improvement in her brain density on the scans. But it was clear there wasn't - just newer, clearer resolution and less grainy because the old image was "blown up" in size.
Four board certified neurologists, two board certified internists, one neuro-psychologist, and two speech pathologists have testified in person or by affidavit that Terri is not PVS.
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*Pearse confirmed the charge by the Schindlers that once the medical malpractice money was in the bank, Schiavo began to refuse medical treatment for Terri, writing:
After February 1993, Mr. Schiavo's attitude concerning treatment for the ward apparently changed. Early in 1994, for example, he refused to consent to treat an infection from which the ward was then suffering and ordered that she not be resuscitated in the event of cardiac arrest. The nursing home where she resided at that time sought to intervene, which ultimately led the ward's husband to reverse his decision and authorize antibiotic treatment.
Perhaps because of the intervention by the home, Schiavo soon moved Terri to a different nursing facility.
*Schiavo admitted to the guardian ad litem that he had at least "two romantic involvements" after Terri's collapse. "It is apparent to me," Pearse wrote the court, "that he has reached a point that he has no hope of the ward's recovery and wants to get on with his own life." (To say the least. At the timeof Pearse's investigation, Schiavo was already living with the woman who would become the mother of his children.)
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