City man makes progress after brain damage

The Oklahoman ^ | March 26, 2005 | Ken Raymond and Jim Killackey

[nicmarlo]

Not as rare as collapsing with a broken back, broken femur, broken ribs, broken ankles, broken knees and a head injury all caused by drinking too much iced tea, but rare.

Yeah....not as rare as all those broken bones sustained by someone NOT in a car accident, which Dr. Walker said is also rare.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

"An advance directive spells out exactly what a patient wants or doesn't want if faced with a possible end-of-life decision. It can be used to withhold or withdraw all forms of life-sustaining treatment, including food and water."

In other words this Living Will is a sham. It can be used to kill you, not to keep you alive. Better to get a Will to Live from your local Right to Life chapter.

[underwiredsupport]

Michael "Frankenstein" and his lawyer Felonious played this case like a violin....unfortunately, the only music being played is Requiem....

Very Sad!!!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

My husband has been following this case only when I talked about it, but he was an EMT early in his career. He told me based on the discussion he heard on Hannity yesterday that in his opinion, Terri was beaten with a blunt object (perhaps an iron skillet or other heavy pan) in a fit of rage on the part of MS.

This incident happened on a Saturday night. If the police phones were busy that night, the police may have done a perfunctory check (i.e., they messed up), and later when the case took on more prominence, there was a lot of incentive to bury the evidence that they didn't follow up on domestic violence. No one has that many simultaneous broken bones from bulemia or a fall.

[nicmarlo]

No, the don't, and Dr. Walker testified to that, under deposition, I believe. Felos filed a motion to prevent Dr. Walker's testimony being admitted into evidence. He won, because Greer thought that though the broken bones were "interesting," they were irrelevant to Terri's condition.

Motion for Protective Order 11-19-03 (pdf format)
(Filed by Michael Schiavo to block discovery in the issue of Dr. C. Walker's findings of Terri Schiavo's bone scan)

DEPOSITION OF: WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER, M.D.

See also: Do we have a RADIOLOGIST on the board? (post #135), regarding a FReeper Radiologist's impressions of Terri's brain.

[valleygal]

Amen, don't move to FL.

[TASMANIANRED]

It can be used to kill you, not to keep you alive. Better to get a Will to Live from your local Right to Life chapter.

True words.

[Sola Veritas]

"Better to get a Will to Live from your local Right to Life chapter."

That is a VERY good idea. I wonder if they provide "templates" online?

[windchime]

Bump!

[Dante3]

There are many more stories like this.

Incredible the number of persons who insisted Terri must die a horrible death.

Martin Katz stated, "We, as a society, the government and the people of the United States of American, have not managed, for whatever reason, to permit a mother, deluded or not, to put water onto the lips of her dying child, brain dead or not."

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

AZ RTL send me one via email. You may get some mailings from them but it could save your life!

[BykrBayb]

At least for the one I have, you can specify that you want to be kept alive.

That didn't used to be necessary. It was understood that patients were to be treated humanely. Very few people wanted to forgo procedures that the majority of us consider basic care (like food and water.) They were the ones who had to put those wishes in writing, because nobody would believe those were actually their wishes without irrefutable proof. What happened?